Presentation

Through a Lead Agency Agreement, two or more agencies from different countries/regions allow researchers to apply for a joint research project with one of the agencies (the Lead Agency), which is responsible for carrying out the evaluation process of the joint research project proposal.

I. ARRS AS LEAD AGENCY

The applicant may apply for a research project in cooperation with a Partner Agency under the regular annual ARRS national call for (co)funding of research projects. The applicant must submit a joint research project proposal to the ARRS under the conditions defined by the ARRS in the call for proposals. The co-applicant must normally submit a copy of the joint proposal to the Partner Agency within one week of the submission of the joint proposal to the Lead Agency. If a copy of the joint proposal is not submitted to the Partner Agency, such proposal will not be considered for further evaluation. The partner institution may also request the submission of a parallel application under their conditions, if necessary.

The ARRS, in its role as Lead Agency, shall carry out the evaluation procedure of the joint projects proposals, inform the Partner Agencies of the results of the evaluation and propose to the Partner Agencies the (co)funding of their part of the joint research project which has exceeded the agreed threshold for (co)funding in the evaluation procedure. The Partner Agencies or their decision-making bodies, without any further evaluation on their part, shall normally acknowledge the results of the ARRS evaluation and shall normally accept for (co)funding their part of the positively evaluated joint research project. The Slovenian part of the approved joint research project is (co)funded by the ARRS, while the Partner Agencies each (co)fund their own part of the joint research project. The decision to (co)fund a joint research project must be taken by all participating agencies in order for the (co)funding to be implemented.

Public call for the (co)financing of research projects in 2023

II. ARRS AS PARTNER AGENCY

WEAVE                         

Please also consult the official Weave website: weave-research.net 

Weave - Information for applicants (valid form 24th February 2023)

Weave – Agencies acting as Lead Agency

FWF - Der Wissenschaftsfonds
http://www.fwf.ac.at/

Lead Agency Agreement – in process

Memorandum of recognition: Lead Agency Agreement (FWF-ARRS) - Memorandum of Understanding on the unilateral administration and mutual recognition of evaluation procedures – on hold

FWO - Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen   
http://www.fwo.be/

Lead Agency Agreement – in process

Memorandum of recognition: Lead Agency Agreement (FWO – ARRS) Memorandum of Understanding on the unilateral administration and mutual recognition of evaluation procedures – on hold

HRZZ – Hrvatska zaklada za znanost
https://hrzz.hr/programi/medunarodna-suradnja%e2%80%8b/

Lead Agency Agreement – in process

Memorandum of recognition: Memorandum of Understanding between the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) and the Croatian Science Foundation (HRZZ) (referred to as “Partner Organizations”) on a Lead Agency Procedure for the unilateral administration of the evaluation procedure and the mutual recognition of the evaluation results concerning Slovenian-Croatian Joint Bilateral Projects – on hold

GA ČR - Grantová Agentura České Republiky
https://gacr.cz/en/types-of-grant-projects/ 

Lead Agency Agreement – in process

Memorandum of recognition: Memorandum of Understanding on the Unilateral administration and mutual recognition of evaluation procedures – on hold

FNR - Luxembourg National Research Fund
https://www.fnr.lu/international-cooperation/weave/

Lead Agency Agreement – in process

NCN – Narodowe Centrum Nauki
https://www.ncn.gov.pl/en

Lead Agency Agreement – in process

Memorandum of recognition: Memorandum of Understanding on the Unilateral administration and mutual recognition of evaluation procedures – on hold