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Slovenian Research Agency, Bleiweisova cesta 30, 1000
Ljubljana, on the basis of Article 11 of
Rules of procedure (co) financing and evaluation, and monitoring the
implementation of research activities (Official Gazette of the RS, No.
52/16, 79/17 and 65/19), in connection with Article 15 of the
Act on Research and
Development (Official Gazette of the RS, No. 22/06-UPB1, 61/06-ZDru-1
112/07, 9/11, 57/12-ZPOP-1A, 21/18-ZNOrg and 9/19) and on the basis of
Methodology for
Evaluating Applications for Tenders No. 6319-2/2013-38 - official
consolidate text of 5 June 2017, 6319-2/2013-39 of 11 December 2017,
6319-2/2013-40 of 22 January 2018, 6319-2/2013-41 of 1 February 2018,
6319-2/2013-42 of 19 February 2018, 6319-2/2013-43 of 5 March 2018,
6319-2/2013-44 of 14 May 2018, 6319-2/2013-45 of 20 June 2018, 6319-2/2013-46 of
9 July 2018, 6319-2/2013-47 of 17 August 2018, 6319-2/2013-48 of 18 October
2018, 6319-2/2013-49 of 19 November 2018, 6319-2/2013-50 of 17 December 2018,
6319-2/2013-51 of 4. February 2019, 6319-2/2013-52 of 11 February 2019,
6319-2/2013-53 of 13 May 2019, 6319-2/2013-54 of 14 October 2019, 6319-2/2013-55
of 28 October 2019 and No. 6319-2/2013-56 of 2 December 2019, hereby publishes
Public call for the (co)financing of research projects in 2020
- Title and address of the budgetary funds user
Slovenian Research Agency, Bleiweisova cesta 30, 1000 Ljubljana
(hereinafter: the Agency).
- Subject of the call
The subject of the Public call for the (co-)financing of research
projects in 2020 (hereinafter: the Call) is the (co-)financing of research
projects:
- small basic research projects (hereinafter: basic projects) and
small applied research projects (hereinafter: applied projects)
- post-doctoral basic and post-doctoral applied research projects
(hereinafter: post-doctoral basic projects, post-doctoral applied
projects)
- small basic research projects – dr. Aleš Debeljak Programme
(hereinafter: basic research projects - AD Programme)
- Amount of funds for the call
The estimated annual amount of funding for the realization of items 2(a)
and 2(b) of this call is €16,000,000.00. When allocating funds for the
co-financing of research projects as part of the implementation of the call,
the distribution of funds is considered by scientific discipline per annum
so that the ratio of resources among scientific disciplines in 2020 is
approximately the same as the ratio in 2019.
The estimated annual amount of funding for the realization of item 2(c)
of this call is €1,200,000.00.
The call will be realised in view of the funding resources available in
the budget of the Republic of Slovenia and the Agency’s financial plan.
3.1. Distribution of approximate annual funds in the amount of
€16,000,000.00 per scientific disciplines
Scientific disciplines |
Ratio of resources in 2019 (in %) |
Ratio of resources in the call (in %) |
Natural Sciences and Mathematics |
21.2 |
21.7 |
Engineering |
27.9 |
27.9 |
Medical Sciences |
14.0 |
14.6 |
Biotechnical Sciences |
11.0 |
9.9 |
Social Sciences |
10.5 |
9.9 |
Humanities |
15.4 |
16.0 |
TOTAL |
100.0 |
100.0 |
Approximately 10% of the funding of each scientific discipline is
allocated to interdisciplinary studies. Applicants for interdisciplinary
projects must state the social objective of their research project proposal
when applying. The chosen social objective must be from the field of the
primary discipline stated by the applicant in the application of the
interdisciplinary project. If the chosen social objective is not from the
field of the primary discipline, the application is rejected.
Below is the list of social objectives as established by the ministry
responsible for science, with the relevant primary discipline:

Eligible primary disciplines for each social objective are marked with
. Short
descriptions of the social objectives and their relevant thematic fields or
research fields are published on the Agency’s website.
Information about the capacity of research fields is published on
the Agency's website.
3.2. Amount of (co-)financing
Basic and applied projects will be financed in the approximate annual
amount of €100,000. Any project applying for €100,000 may be approved for
either €100,000 or €50,000.
Calculated in terms of effective project research hours, this equates to
approximately 3193 hours annually in Price Class A (1596 for projects valued
at €50,000), 2828 hours annually in Price Class B (1414 for projects valued
at €50,000), 2469 hours annually in Price Class C (1234 for projects valued
at €50,000), 2210 hours annually in Price Class D (1105 for projects valued
at €50,000), 2005 hours annually in Price Class E (1002 for projects valued
at €50,000) or 1834 hours annually in Price Class F (917 for projects valued
at €50,000).
Basic research projects – AD Programme will be financed in the
approximate annual amount of €100,000. Calculated in terms of effective
project research hours, this equates to approximately 3193 hours annually in
Price Class A, 2828 hours annually in Price Class B, 2469 hours annually in
Price Class C, 2210 hours annually in Price Class D, 2005 hours annually in
Price Class E or 1834 hours annually in Price Class F.
The Agency will finance up to 100% of substantiated project costs for
basic projects and basic research programmes – AD Programme. The Agency will
finance up to 75% of substantiated project costs for applied projects. The
scope of a post-doctoral project is 1700 effective research hours annually
(1FTE) in Price Class B, whereby the amount of co-financing of an applied
post-doctoral project by the Agency shall amount to 1275 effective research
hours annually (0.75 FTE) in Price Class B.
The applicant of an applied project or applied post-doctoral project must
ensure that at least 25% of eligible project costs are covered by other
interested users and submit proof of the project’s co-financing (a
co-financing agreement) for the entire period of the project’s
implementation in view of the value of the effective research hours at the
start of financing. Projects cannot be co-financed by research organisations
listed in the register of ROs, with the exception of corporate entities.
(Co-)financing can only be in the form of money.
A (co-)financer of an applied project may also be a (co-)implementer of
the same applied project, not exceeding 10% of the scope of the project,
unless they are the applicant of the same applied project.
In view of the number of effective research hours financed by the budget
of the Republic of Slovenia, the Agency will, in accordance with the
provisions of the Decree on norms and standards used to determine funding
for research activities financed by the budget of the Republic of Slovenia
(Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 103/11, 56/12, 15/14,
103/15, 27/17, 9/18 and 62/19), finance an individual researcher in view of
the ratio of employment options for research, but no more than 1700
effective research hours per annum. The minimum annual workload of a
researcher per individual project is 17 hours. The participating RO must
collaborate for at least 170 hours during the period of the project’s
implementation, whereby the minimum amount of RO collaboration is 170 hours
per annum. During the project’s implementation, the number of hours rendered
annually by the participating RO can be 0.
- Entities eligible for applying to the call
The call is open to research organisations entered into the database of
research and development activity providers (hereinafter the RO Records) as
well as private researchers entered into the register of private
researchers, with both the RO records and the register being kept by the
Agency, and that meet the requirements set out in the Act
on Research and Development and the
Rules of procedure (co) financing and evaluation, and monitoring the
implementation of research activities (hereinafter the Rules). Only
research organizations can apply for the basic research projects – AD
Programme.
If there are several providers of research activities collaborating on a
research activity, the applicant is the parent RO. A parent RO is the RO
that submits the application for the research project, is listed first on
the application form and employs the leader of the research project upon
signing the agreement on implementation and (co-)financing. Research
projects that are (co-)financed by the Agency and comply with the framework
programme of research and technology development activities of the EU are
open to research subjects from the EU, whereby these subjects finance their
own part of the research using their own funds. The applicants may register
these subjects as participating research groups.
- Objectives of the call
5.1. The objective of the call is to select:
- small (basic and applied) research projects
- post-doctoral (basic and applied) research projects
At least 10% of the selected projects within each discipline must be
post-doctoral projects. At least 30% of projects in engineering sciences and
technologies, at least 20% in biotechnical sciences, at least 10% in medical
sciences and social sciences, and at least 5% in the natural sciences and
mathematics must be applied projects. The implementers of at least 20% of
the selected projects must be young researchers (up to 10 years since the
completion of their first doctoral dissertation).
No more than 10% of projects amounting to €50,000 can be approved for all
the disciplines in total (particularly in clinical medicine, mathematics and
social sciences). Projects amounting to €50,000 are usually assigned to
applications that are at the bottom of the list of approved projects.
5.2. The objective of the call is also to select:
- basic research programmes – AD Programme.
As a rule, two top ranked projects in the assessment are selected per
research discipline, whereby they cannot belong to the same field within the
discipline.
In case the project submitted for consideration for the AD Programme is
not selected, it can be submitted for consideration for basic research
projects in line with the rules applicable for the selection of these
projects.
- Requirements
The requirements for participation in the call for basic and applied
projects and post-doctoral basic and applied projects are set out in the
Act on Research and
Development, the
Methodology
for Evaluating Applications for Tenders, (hereinafter: Methodology),
in the Rules and in the
Rules on the criteria for qualification for project leaders
(Official Gazette of the RS, No. 53/16; hereinafter: Rules on the criteria
for qualification for project leaders). All listed documents are published
on the Agency’s website.
The requirements for participation in the call for basic research
projects – AD Programme are laid out in the Methodology.
6.1. Requirements for basic and applied projects and
post-doctoral (basic and applied) projects
6.1.1. Basic requirements for applicants and project leaders
Basic and applied projects are to be carried out by a project group
comprising the project leader, researchers, as well as professional and
technical associates.
The public call applicant must be an eligible applicant in accordance
with item 4 of the public call. If the project group comprises several
project subgroups at various research organisations, the applicant must have
a signed agreement with the other participating research organisations on
the regulation of mutual rights and obligations.
The participating RO must collaborate for at least 170 hours during the
period of the project’s implementation, whereby the minimum amount of RO
collaboration is 170 hours per annum. During the project’s implementation,
the number of hours rendered annually by the participating RO can be 0. If
the project is granted €50,000, the applicant can exclude or reduce the
share carried out by the participating research organisations and must state
this in the application – Phase II – Item 28 (indication of the share of
participating research organisations).
Pursuant to an agreement with the Austrian FWF Agency, the Hungarian
NKFIH Agency and the Croatian HRZZ Agency, the applicant may register
projects in collaboration with Austrian, Hungarian or Croatian researchers
(researchers that work in Austrian, Hungarian or Croatian research
organisations), whereby the agency acts as the “lead agency” and performs
the project review. Austrian, Hungarian or Croatian researchers submit the
application together with Slovenian researchers, as well as send the
application documentation to FWF, NKFIH or HRZZ, as required by the said
agencies. The joint project may only be (co)financed if the project is
(co)financed by the Agency, FWF, NKFIH or HRZZ.
The applicant of an applied project must ensure that at least 25% of the
substantiated project costs are financed by other interested users.
The project leader must have a researcher record number, which means that
they must be entered into the database of research and development activity
providers kept by the Agency. Project leader without an assigned researcher
record number must fill out the ARRS-ZOP-02-2018-1 form, and submit an
accompanying statement on the intention of employment.
Researchers who have received a negative grade on a final report for a
project in which they were project leaders in the period of three years
prior to the starting year of the call cannot apply as project leaders on
this call.
If a project received a lower number of points in the evaluation in a
previous call (carried out in a single phase) than the amount defined as the
overall threshold for the sum of all scores, as specified in Articles 99 or
100 of the Rules, the researcher carrying out the role of a project leader
may not apply as a project leader under this call.
Only researchers that are project leaders for a maximum of one project
one year after the deadline for the submission of the application for the
first stage of the call or after the deadline for the submission of the
application for a single-stage procedure, including projects with an
extended deadline for project conclusion in accordance with Article 104 of
the Rules, may apply as project leaders under this call. Targeted research
programmes (TRP) and projects under Articles 139 and 146 of the Rules, as
well as new projects and projects under Article 145 of the Rules, for which
the co-financed amount is under €50,000.00 per annum, are excluded from the
limitation laid out in the previous sentence.
Young doctor candidates are researchers for whom on the closing date of
the call no more than ten years have passed since the defence of their first
doctorate. Researchers who have already carried out a project as young
doctors can no longer register their project as young doctors.
A post-doctoral project can be only carried out by one researcher - a
post-doctoral researcher. Post-doctoral researchers fulfil the post-doctoral
project leader requirements if no more than three years have passed since
they defended their first doctorate (i.e. the doctorate was defended in the
period 1 January 2017 – end of this call). A post-doctoral researcher must
have defended their doctoral dissertation by 29 January 2020. If a
post-doctoral researcher utilises their parental leave under the parental
protection insurance, the time period following the year of doctoral defence
is extended beyond the three years for a period of one year per child. The
same applies to documented absences due to sick or injury leave, other types
of absence provided for in the regulations on health insurance, and
employment outside research exceeding three months.
Researchers who have already carried out a post-doctoral project or have
received funds from the “Researchers at the start of their
career/Raziskovalci na začetku kariere” call may no longer register a
post-doctoral project.
A researcher may apply as leader for only one research project within the
call.
6.1.2. Available capacities and employment
The project leader and the members of the project groups must have
available capacities as regards effective research hours to carry out the
research project (the maximum permitted capacity for full-time employment is
1700 effective research hours annually, or one FTE) and must be employed by
the RO that will carry out the project, or have the status of private
researcher. Upon signing the contract, the project leader must have at least
170 effective research hours (0.1 FTE) available annually. A project group
member (except for young researchers, doctoral students, financed from other
sources, retired researchers and PRO heads who may participate in the
project with 0 hours) must upon signing the agreement participate with at
least 17 effective research hours (0.01 FTE) available annually.
The agreement must be signed no later than three months after the
adoption of the decision on the selection of projects, except in the case of
delay of the beginning of (co)financing. The project leader must be employed
in at least a 40% full-time capacity at the RO in the Republic of Slovenia
carrying out the research project.
6.1.3. Research performance of project leaders
Research project leaders must hold a doctoral degree and comply with the
following conditions, stated with the minimum values for each parameter.
Researchers with young doctor status must fulfil the requirements for young
doctors where expressly required.
Requirements for leaders of basic and applied projects are:
- Achieved requirements regarding citations and a minimum number of
points for scientific publications as laid out by Articles 2 and 3 of
the Rules on criteria for project leaders,
- A1/2 ≥ 400 or A' ≥ 200 or A" ≥ 50 or basic requirement,
- value A' > 0.
The basic requirement for project leader candidates is A1 ≥ A1 minimum,
CI ≥ CI minimum and A3 ≥ A3 minimum.
Requirements for A1 minimum, CI minimum and A3 minimum for
each discipline and field are listed in the table below. The field is listed
if it is considered an exception and therefore has different requirements
than the discipline. For fields that are not listed, the requirements for
the discipline are applicable.
- Grade A1
- A1 minimum is as follows:
Discipline/Field |
A1 minimum |
Natural Sciences, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Biotechnical
Sciences, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Geography |
0.5 |
Humanities, Law, National Issues |
1 |
- For project leaders with young doctor status, the A1 minimum is set
out in the following table:
Discipline/Field |
A1 minimum |
Natural Sciences, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Biotechnical
Sciences, Social Sciences, Archaeology, Geography |
0.4 |
Humanities, Law, National Issues |
1 |
- Pure citations
- The minimum number of pure citations, CI minimum, for project
leaders is as follows:
Discipline/Field |
CI minimum |
Humanities, Law, National Issues |
1 |
Social Sciences, Archaeology, Geography |
5 |
Mining and Geotechnology, Geodesy, Transport, Hydrology,
Psychology, Sport |
15 |
Engineering, Biotechnical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences,
Geology |
50 |
Medical Sciences, Biology, Computationally Intensive Methods and
Applications, Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Materials |
100 |
Natural Sciences, Microbiology and Immunology, Biotechnology |
200 |
- For research project leaders with young doctor status, the minimum
number of pure citations, CI minimum, is as follows:
Discipline/Field |
CI minimum |
Humanities, Law, National Issues |
1 |
Social Sciences, Mining and Geotechnology, Transport, Hydrology |
5 |
Engineering, Mathematical Sciences, Geology, Forestry, Wood and
Paper Industry, Plant Production and Processing, Geography |
10 |
Natural Sciences, Medical Sciences, Biotechnical Sciences |
20 |
- Other quantitative conditions
For project leaders, A3 minimum equals 0.
Requirements for post-doctoral project leaders are:
- At least one scientific publication, as laid out in the secondary
regulations setting our research performance criteria,
- organizational and leadership skills,
- value A1> 0,
- value A' > 0.
Quantitative grades for each evaluation factor (A1 and CI) and for each
scientific discipline defined in the Methodology are obtained and calculated
by the Agency. To calculate the quantitative grade, the Agency will use the
data entered into the SICRIS (COBISS) databases and the Agency’s records on
the closing date of the call (A1) or on the day of the last data capture in
the SICRIS (COBISS) database prior to the closure of the call (CI).
6.2. Requirements for basic research programmes – AD Programme
- On the closing date of the call, the leader of the submitted project
must be living abroad for at least one year and must not be employed in
the Republic of Slovenia. The requirement of living abroad for a period
of one year is also considered fulfilled if the leader of the submitted
project defended their doctoral dissertation abroad in 2019 or prior to
the closure of the call.
- On the closing date of the call, the leader of the submitted project
must fulfil the requirement that no more than 10 years have passed since
he defended his first doctorate.
- The leader of the submitted project must be a citizen of the
Republic of Slovenia on the closing date of the call.
- The leader of the submitted project must be listed as working on the
research project they lead for at least 680 effective research hours
annually (40% of 1700 effective research hours). Upon concluding the
agreement on co-financing a project successful on the call, the project
leader must be listed as employed for research activities in a share of
no less than 40%.
- The leader of the submitted project must fulfil the requirements for
leaders of basic projects.
- In case of a successful application, the researchers cannot submit a
second project for consideration within the same or a similar mechanism,
that is a mechanism for financing projects by researchers returning to
the Republic of Slovenia from abroad.
- Applying to the call
Applications for the call are made by completing the
ARRS-RPROJ-JR-Prijava/2019 Application Form, available on the Agency’s
eObrazci
web portal. The portal may be used by researchers listed in the Agency
register, the
eObrazci administrators at an RO, RO representatives, RO
authorized representatives and additional users. The web portal
eObrazci
may be accessed in two ways:
- using a digital certificate (SIGEN-CA, SIGOV-CA, NLB-CA, POSTArCA or
HALCOM-CA),
- using a username and password (researchers can obtain a password
themselves by going to the eObrazci website,
other users are given a password by the eObrazci administrator at the RO
or by the Agency). The application form must be filled out in Slovenian
and English - it must be completed in both languages.
The applicant must state in the application form whether the content of
the research project proposal should be treated as a trade secret.
The project group is an integral part of the application. The project
group as listed on the application form cannot be changed until the end of
the year in which the implementation of the research project begins, except
in the case of employment termination, retirement, death of a project group
member or other reasons substantiated in writing.
The applicants proposing projects in which a corporate entity is
registered as an implementer, co-implementer or co-financer of the project
will also have to submit a completed ARRS-RPROJ-JR-Prijava/2019-DP Form for
Granting State Aid pursuant to the Rules on State Aid for research
activities, No. 007-7/2015-11, published on 8 April 2016, entering into
force on 9 April 2016.
- Evaluation criteria
The evaluation requirements, criteria and indicators for evaluating the
project proposals are set out in the Rules and the Rules on the criteria for
qualification for project leaders, and the evaluation method is set out in
the Methodology.
Criteria and indicators for research project assessment are specified in
Articles 99 and 100 of the Rules and are as follows:
- for basic projects and post-doctoral basic projects:
- Scientific excellence of researchers
- Scientific, technological or innovation excellence
- Quality and efficiency of implementation and management
- for applied projects and post-doctoral applied projects:
- Scientific excellence of researchers
- Scientific, technological or innovation excellence
- Potential impact due to the development, dissemination and
application of expected research results
- Quality and efficiency of implementation and management
Basic research projects – AD Programme are evaluated according to the
criteria and indicators for evaluating basic projects, as set out in Article
99 of the Rules.
- Project evaluation
The application evaluation procedure is carried out in a single phase.
Applications are evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Rules
applicable to evaluation of applications in the second phase.
Applications for basic and applied projects, post-doctoral basic and
applied projects and basic research projects – AD Programme are evaluated by
two foreign reviewers according to the procedure laid out in Article 93 of
the Rules. In case of an unconsolidated report by the reviewers, the expert
body assigns a third reviewer.
- Research project duration
The expected start of the (co-)financing of project implementation is 1
July 2020, depending of the funds available in the budget of the Republic of
Slovenia and the Agency’s financial plan. The expected start date of the
co-financing of project implementation will be communicated to the
applicants while the call is in progress.
The selected projects are (co-)financed by the Agency for up to three
years, with the exception of post-doctoral research projects, which are
(co-)financed for two years. The selected projects will be allocated an
annual amount of research hours, and this number of effective research hours
is applicable for each year of the project’s duration as part of this call.
- Project selection
Projects with a total or individual grade that is lower than the limit
set in the Rules and Methodology cannot be selected as co-financed projects.
A temporary expert body draws up a draft priority list of projects and
submit it to the SCA for discussion. The SCA draws up a draft of the
financially evaluated priority list for the selection of projects and sends
it to the Managing Director of the Agency for a decision. On the basis of a
decision, the Managing Director of the Agency then issues each applicant
with a notification on the selection or rejection of their application.
Basic research projects – AD Programme are selected according to the
following procedure:
- The temporary expert body draws up a draft priority list of
projects, starting with the 2 highest evaluated projects per research
discipline, which must concern different fields within the discipline.
In case all submitted projects within the discipline concern the same
field, the priority list includes 2 projects concerning the same field.
- If the draft priority project list contains fewer than 12 project
submissions, the remainder of the funds for the public call (allocated
for Item 2.c of the public call) are proportionately divided among those
disciplines of the entire public call, for which the temporary expert
body did not list 2 project submissions on the draft priority project
list.
- If a basic research project – AD Programme is not selected within
this programme, it can be submitted for consideration for basic research
projects in line with the rules applicable for the selection of these
projects.
- The panel for each discipline including applications for
(co-)financing basic research projects – AD Programme that fulfil the
requirements of the public call and have not been listed on the draft
priority project list based on indents 1 and 3 of this paragraph,
additionally proposes up to three applications for the reserve list. The
reserve list applications are to be considered by the SCA within the
scope of its competences, adding to the draft priority project list up
to the amount of the funds available for the public call (for Item 2.c
of the public call), whereby the draft priority list may include more
than two projects per research discipline.
- Legal remedies
An applicant may appeal the decision on the results of the application
selection within 15 days of receiving notification of the selection.
Management Board of the Agency issues a decision on the appeal.
A filed appeal does not delay the signing of contracts with selected
applicants.
- Open access to reviewed scientific publications and web access
to information about the research project
In accordance with the provisions of the National strategy for open
access to scientific publications and research data in the Republic of
Slovenia 2015-2020*, all reviewed scientific publications arising from the
implementation of a research project must be published in open access. A
reviewed scientific publication must also include information on the
financer or financers and the project number in accordance with Article 105
of the Rules.
After the project is approved, the applicant must create a website or
subpage on their RO’s website dedicated to the project and enabling the
dissemination of its results. The minimum requirements of the website
content are: a description of the project’s content including basic
information about financing, composition of the project group with links to
data in the SICRIS system, the project phases and descriptions of their
implementation, bibliographical references arising directly from the
implementation of the project, as well as the Slovenian Research Agency’s
logo and logos of other co-financers. Content included in the SICRIS system
should be linked and need not be provided twice. The project presentation
website must remain active for five years following the conclusion of the
project. The implementer reports on the establishment of the website in the
interim and final report.
*Web
address
- Means, form and deadline for application submission
The application to the call can be submitted in the form set out in Item
11.1 (electronic application using a qualified digital signature) or as is
set out in Item 11.2 (in electronic form without a qualified digital
signature and printed application).
Applicants are advised to not submit their applications on the final day
before the call deadline, as the server may experience an overload.
A reviewer receives for evaluation the application filled out in English,
as completed by the applicant on the Agency web portal. This means that the
reviewer receives only the application text entered in the fields for the
English text, together with the attachments uploaded to the section for the
English text. It is the responsibility of the applicant to correctly fill
out the application. The Agency will not verify the correctness of the
application or its attachments.
14.1. Submitting applications using a qualified digital signature
The application must be completed and submitted using the
ARRS-RPROJ-JR-Prijava/2019 Application form available on the Agency’s
website at eObrazci.
A submitted application is deemed complete if it carries both digital
signatures (the applicant’s representative or authorised person and the
research project leader).
Applications must be submitted by 2 p.m. on 29 January 2020. An
application using digital signatures will be considered timely if it is
completed and carries both digital signatures on the Agency’s website at
eObrazci
by 2 p.m. on 29 January 2020.
14.2. Submitting applications without a qualified digital
signature
If the applicant (representative or authorised person of the applicant)
and/or project leader do not have a digital signature, the application can
be completed and submitted in electronic form (digitally unsigned) on the
Agency’s website at
eObrazci
(the ARRS-RPROJ-JR-Prijava/2019 Application Form) and in printed form, which
must have a handwritten signature of the representative or authorised person
of the applicant and project leader, as well as a stamp of the applicant.
Both forms of application, electronic without a digital signature and
printed application, must be completely identical in content.
The printed application must be delivered in a sealed envelope marked “Do
not open – application for the Public call for the (co-)financing of
research projects in 2020 – application no. ______” and the name and address
of the applicant to: Javna agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike
Slovenije, Bleiweisova cesta 30, 1000 Ljubljana.
An application without a digital signature will be considered timely if
it is completed on the Agency’s website
eObrazci
by 2 p.m. on 29 January 2020 and if the printed form is also received by the
main office of the Slovenian Research Agency by 2 p.m. on 29 January 2020.
An application is also considered to be timely if it is sent by registered
mail in Slovenia by 2 p.m. on 29 January 2020 (determined by the post
stamp).
- Opening of applications
The committee for opening applications will open all applications that
are delivered in time and marked correctly on 31 January 2020 at 10:00 a.m.
at the registered office of the Slovenian Research Agency, Bleiweisova cesta
30, 1000 Ljubljana.
Untimely and incorrectly marked applications will not be considered by
the committee for opening applications and will be returned unopened to the
applicant with an accompanying letter (except in the event that the
applicant’s details on the envelope are illegible and the application must
be opened).
- Deadline for applicant notification on the outcome of the call
It is foreseen that the applicants will be notified about the project
selection in June 2020.
- Time, place and person where interested parties can collect the
call documents
The call documents are available on the Agency website (http://www.arrs.gov.si/sl/razpisi/).
Information in connection with the call can be found on the Agency
website at http://www.arrs.si/sl/ or
obtained at the Slovenian Research Agency, Bleiweisova cesta 30, 1000
Ljubljana, weekdays from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Contact persons: +386 (0)1 400 5960 (Ms. Vanja Rodič, Ms. Almira Bremec,
Ms. Alja Kastelic Primc, Ms. Mateja Gašpirc and Ms. Tina Valenci).
Number: 6316-9/2019-2
Date: 10 December 2019
Slovenian Research Agency
Prof. Dr. József Györkös
Managing Director
Published in the Official Gazette of the RS,
No. 74/2019 on 13 December 2019
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