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Scheme of (co)financing according to the lead agency principle (Lead Agency)

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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.

 

In Slovenia cooperation according to the Lead Agency principle is possible in both ways, namely:

  • ARIS acts as Lead Agency and

  • ARIS acts as Partner Agency.

 

ARIS is one of the twelve European agencies that signed the MLA agreement in 2020. In addition to ARIS, the MLA agreement was signed by: DFG (Germany), FNR (Luxembourg), FNRS (Belgium), FORMAS (Sweden), FWF (Austria), FWO (Belgium), GA ČR (Czech Republic), HRZZ (Croatia), NCN (Poland), RCN (Norway) and SNSF (Switzerland).

Direct cooperation is currently possible with the following seven agencies: Austria (FWF), Belgium / Flanders (FWO), Czech Republic (GA ČR), Croatia (HRZZ), Luxembourg (FNR), Poland (NCN) and Switzerland (SNSF).

Cooperation with four agencies DFG (Germany), FNRS (Belgium), FORMAS (Sweden) and RCN (Norway) has not yet been established. Within the five-year transition period defined in the agreement on MLA, cooperation within the framework of this instrument is expected to be established with all signatories to the agreement. Coordination with the German agency DFG is underway and the envisaged cooperation will be established at the next public call, when the DFG will act as the lead agency. Coordination with the agencies FNRS, FORMAS and RCN is also underway in order to establish the envisaged cooperation within the framework of the public call when ARIS will be acting as the lead agency (public call, which will be announced in the autumn of 2024).

I. ARIS AS LEAD AGENCY

The applicant may apply for a research project in cooperation with a Partner Agency under the regular annual ARIS national call for (co)funding of research projects. The applicant must submit a joint research project proposal to the ARIS under the conditions defined by the ARIS 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 ARIS, 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 ARIS 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 ARIS, 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 2024

II. ARIS AS PARTNER AGENCY

WEAVE                         

 

Cooperation is currently possible with the following agencies acting as Lead Agency: Austria (FWF), Belgium/Flanders (FWO), Croatia (HRZZ), Czech Republic (GA ČR), Luxembourg (FNR), Poland (NCN) and Switzerland (SNSF).
 

 

Contacts:

For collaboration with: FWF, HRZZ , FNR and NCN: Aleksandra Panič, Tel: +386 1 400 5924, E-mail: aleksandra.panic@aris-rs.si

For collaboration with: FWO, GA ČR and SNSF: Lucija Učakar Petrovčič, tel. +386 1 400 5944, e-mail: lucija.ucakar-petrovcic@aris-rs.si

Technical assistance for DigitalForms applications: digitalforms@arrs.si or Tomaž Žitnik, tel: +386 1 400 5946


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

Weave - Information for applicants (valid from 19th March 2024)

 

 

Weave – Agencies acting as Lead Agency

 

  Austria

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

Lead Agency Agreement – agreement in progress

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

 

  Belgium/Flanders

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

Lead Agency Agreement – agreement in progress

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

 

  Croatia

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

Lead Agency Agreement –agreement in progress

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

 

  Czech Republic

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

Lead Agency Agreement – agreement in progress

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

 

  Luxembourg

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

Lead Agency Agreement – agreement in progress

 

  Poland

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

Lead Agency Agreement – agreement in progress

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

 

  Hungary (not included in the Weave joint research projects funding)

NKFIH – National Research, Development and Innovation Office   
http://nkfih.gov.hu/about-the-office

Lead Agency Agreement: Memorandum of Understanding on the unilateral administration and mutual recognition of evaluation procedures – agreement in progress

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

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NKFIH - Information for applicants (valid from 28th March 2024)

Bilateral Agreements on hold

 

  CEUS  (Partnership of agencies) – on hold

In addition to ARRS, the CEUS partnership also includes FWF (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschafltichen Forschung, Austria), GA ČR (Grantová Agentura České Republiky, Czech Republic) and NCN (Narodowe Centrum Nauki, Poland).

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

Calls (in Slovene): http://www.aris-rs.si/sl/medn/vodilna/razpisi/

Results (in Slovene): http://www.aris-rs.si/sl/medn/vodilna/rezultati/