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Information about the capacity of ERC domains for the realisation of item 2.a is published on the ARIS website. Information about the capacity of ERC domains for the realisation of items 2.b, 2.c, 2d and 2.e is published on the ARIS website. Item 5.1 specifies the minimum amount of financing for clinical studies and the minimum amount of financing for interdisciplinary research within items 2.b, 2.c and 2.d. Information about the capacity of ERC domains for the realisation of item 2.f is published on the ARIS website. For item 2.f, the indicative amount of financing for clinical studies is also specified, namely in item 5.2. 3.3. Amount and share of (co-)financing 3.3.1. Amount of (co-)financing
ARIS shall finance up to 100% of eligible project costs for basic projects at the base or reduced funding value (hereinafter: basic projects), post‑doctoral basic projects and basic projects – AD Programme. ARIS shall finance up to 75% of eligible project costs for applied projects and post-doctoral applied projects. 3.3.2. Share of (co-)financing
Basic projects at the
base funding value or applied projects at the base funding value shall
be (co‑)financed at the indicative annual amount of €150,000.00. At the proposal
of the international panel, the project may be (co-)financed at the indicative
reduced funding value of €75,000.00 annually. Calculated in terms of effective project research hours this equates with approximately:
Basic projects – AD Programme shall be (co-)financed at the indicative annual amount of €150,000.00. Calculated in terms of effective project research hours, this equates with approximately:
Post-doctoral basic projects shall be (co‑)financed for 1700 annual effective hours of project research work (1 FTE) in Price Class B. Post-doctoral applied projects shall be (co‑)financed for 1275 effective research hours annually (0.75 FTE) in Price Class B.
The selected project shall be assigned an annual volume of research hours at the valid cost of the full‑time equivalent at the time of allocation, which means that the annual scope of effective project research hours is thus determined for all years of the project’s duration under the Call. The volume of (co-)financing is annually adjusted with the valid price of the full-time equivalent for an individual year.
In view of the number of effective research hours (co-)financed from the budget of the Republic of Slovenia, ARIS shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Decree on the Scientific Research Funding from the Budget of the Republic of Slovenia (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos. 35/22, 144/22 and 79/23), (co-)finance the work of an individual researcher according to their research employment share, but for a maximum of 1700 effective project research hours per year. The minimum annual workload of a researcher per individual project is 34 effective hours of research work. 3.3.3. (Co)financing of an applied project
The applicant of an applied project or a post‑doctoral applied project must ensure (co‑)financing of the project in the amount of 25% of the eligible project costs by other interested users (hereinafter: (co-)financier).
Upon entering the contract with ARIS, the applicant must attach a signed (co‑)financing contract for the applied project with the annual (co‑)financing schedule for the entire duration of the project, established so that:
The full amount of (co-)financing must be paid by the end of the implementation of the applied project.
As the starting value for entering the (co‑)financing contract for the applied project, three times the annual financial amount of the project from the Call shall be taken. If the applicant does not attach the signed (co‑)financing contract for the applied project, the contract for the implementation and (co‑)financing of the research and development activity (hereinafter: project (co‑)financing contract) with ARIS shall not be entered into, regardless of whether the director’s decision on the selection of applications, which determined that the application for the applied project is selected for (co‑)financing, has already been issued.
All project costs and revenues must be accounted for in a single cost centre.
(Co‑)financing may be provided in cash or by direct purchase from the (co‑)financier’s resources for the acquisition of research equipment which is recorded as tangible fixed assets of the applicant. (Co‑)financing in kind, except for the purchase of research equipment or in the form of work by employees of the (co‑)financier, is not permitted.
The projects cannot be (co-)financed by research organisations that are entered into the database of scientific research activity at ARIS (hereinafter: RO Database), except for business companies.
A (co-)financier of an applied project may also be a co-implementer of the same applied project, together up to a maximum of 10% of the ARIS (co‑)financing amount of the project. If the applicant is a (co-)financier of an applied project, the above mentioned limit does not apply to the applicant.
In the event of a reduction in the (co-)financing of the project by the (co-)financier, the applicant is obliged to comply with the ARIS rules and procedures for the management of applied projects if other interested users reduce the (co‑)financing of project implementation as well as the ARIS rules and procedures in the event of a change in the composition of the consortium implementing the research project, No. 007-26/2024-1 of 24 September, 2024
4. Entities eligible to apply for the Call
The Call is open to research organisations registered in the RO Database and to private researchers registered in the ARIS Register of Private Researchers who meet the conditions laid down in the ZZrID and the General Act on Procedures. Only research organisations can apply for the basic projects – AD Programme.
If there are several providers of scientific research activities collaborating on a project, the applicant is the parent research organisation. The parent research organisation is the one that submits the project application, is listed first on the application form and employs the project leader at the time of signing the project (co-)financing contract. Projects which are (co-)financed by ARIS and comply with the framework programme of research and technology development activities of the EU shall be open to research entities from the EU, whereby the said entities (co-)finance their own part of research using their own funds. The applicants may register these subjects as participating research teams.
5. Objective of the Call
The objective of the Call is to select for (co-)financing: 5.1. Basic projects and post-doctoral (basic and applied) projects
The amount of €450,000.00 is allocated to clinical studies for the realisation of items 2.b, 2.c and 2.d. At least €1,050,000.00 is allocated to interdisciplinary research under items 2.b, 2.c and 2.d, of which €450,000.00 is allocated to ERC domain Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE), €300,000.00 to ERC domain Life Sciences (LS), and €300,000.00 to ERC domain Social Sciences and Humanities (SH).
No more than 10% of projects amounting to €75,000.00 within items 2.b., 2.c, 2.d and 2.e can be approved for all the ERC domains in total. Projects amounting to €75,000.00 are usually assigned to applications that are at the bottom of the list of approved applications. 5.2. Applied projects
Within the scope of item 2.f, €4,950,000.00 EUR (61.11%) is allocated to ERC domain Physical Sciences and Engineering (PE), €1,950,000.00 (24,07%) to ERC domain Life Sciences (LS) and €1,200,000.00 (14.81%) to Social Sciences and Humanities (SH).
The amount of €300,000.00 is allocated to clinical studies for the realisation of item 2.f.
No more than 10% of projects amounting to €75,000.00 within item 2.f can be approved for all the ERC domains in total. Projects amounting to €75,000.00 are usually assigned to applications that are at the bottom of the list of approved applications.
Applied projects are not to be submitted under the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH and under the WEAVE agreement with the Austrian agency FWF, the Polish agency NCN, the Swiss agency SNSF, the Croatian agency HRZZ, the Flemish agency FWO, the Czech agency GAČR, the Luxembourg agency FNR and the German agency DFG. 5.3. Basic programmes – AD Programme
Initially, four top-ranked projects are selected within each ERC domain, whereby they cannot belong to the same field within the ERC domain, except in the cases specified in item 10.
Basic projects – AD Programme are not to be submitted under the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH and under the WEAVE agreement with the Austrian agency FWF, the Polish agency NCN, the Swiss agency SNSF, the Croatian agency HRZZ, the Flemish agency FWO, the Czech agency GAČR, the Luxembourg agency FNR and the German agency DFG.
6. Eligibility conditions and co(financing) allocation criteria
The conditions for applying to the Call for basic and applied projects, post-doctoral basic projects and post-doctoral applied projects are set out in the ZZrID, the Methodology and the General Act on Procedures, as well as in the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH and the WEAVE agreement. All listed documents are published on the ARIS website. 6.1. Requirements for basic and applied projects and post-doctoral (basic and applied) projects 6.1.1 Entry conditions
1) The applicant to the Call must be an eligible applicant in accordance with item 4.
2) Basic and applied projects must be carried out by a project team consisting of the project leader, researchers, as well as technical and/or professional staff.
3) A post-doctoral project (basic and applied) is carried out by one researcher only.
4) Project leader:
5) The project leader who is listed as a post-doctoral researcher in the application must meet the following conditions:
6) A project leader who is listed as a young doctor in the application must meet the condition that no more than seven years have elapsed since the year of defending their first doctoral dissertation (doctoral defence period from 1 January, 2019 until the closing date of the Call).
7) A project leader who is listed as a mid-career researcher in the application must meet the condition that no more than fifteen years have elapsed since the year of defending their first doctoral dissertation (doctoral defence period from 1 January, 2011 to 31 December, 2018).
The project leader’s period for determining the researcher’s career stage is extended for the duration of justified absence due to parental leave and other types of justified absence specified in health insurance regulations, provided that the absence is uninterrupted and longer than six months, and the extension may not exceed the duration of the justified absence.
8) The applicant for a basic project – AD Programme shall have adopted an internal act in accordance with Article 5 of the Rules Determining Special Projects of National Importance and the Regulatory Framework for the Determination of Salaries for Researchers. 6.1.2 Other conditions
1) If a project team comprises several project sub-teams 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 research organisation must collaborate with at least 170 effective hours of research work during the period of the project’s implementation, whereby the minimum amount of the research organisation's collaboration is 170 effective hours of research work per annum. During the project’s implementation, the number of effective hours of research work rendered annually by the participating research organisation can be 0.
2) The applicant of an applied project or a post-doctoral applied project must ensure that at least 25% of eligible project costs are covered by other interested users with whom a written agreement on (co-)financing must be entered into.
3) The project leader and the members of the project teams must have available capacities as regards FTE to carry out the project (the maximum permitted capacity for full-time employment is 1700 effective hours of research work or 1 FTE), namely:
4) The project leader must be employed by the applicant research organisation in the Republic of Slovenia carrying out the research project for at least 20% of full-time employment or must hold the status of a private researcher.
5) Members of project teams must be employed by the research organisation carrying out the research project or hold the status of a private researcher.
6) The project leader must be the same person at the time of submission of the application and at the time of entering into the project (co-)financing contract. 6.1.3 Fulfilment of conditions 6.1.3.1. Entry conditions
The entry conditions (item 6.1.1.) must be fulfilled on the last day of the application submission deadline. If the entry conditions are not fulfilled, the application shall be rejected. 6.1.3.2. Other conditions
Other conditions (item 6.1.2.) must be fulfilled at the time of entering into the project (co-)financing contract, with the exception of the condition in the second indent of paragraph 3 (available capacities of project team members) which must be fulfilled on the day the project team member commences work on the project.
If the conditions set out in this item are not met, the project (co-)financing contract shall not be entered into. 6.1.3.3. Additional conditions for applicants submitting projects under the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH and under the WEAVE agreement with the Austrian agency FWF, the Polish agency NCN, the Swiss agency SNSF, the Flemish agency FWO, the Croatian agency HRZZ, the Czech agency GAČR, the Luxembourg agency FNR and the German agency DFG 6.1.3.3.1. Common provisions for applicants submitting a project under agreements with partner agencies
Only basic projects as defined in items 2.b, 2.c, 2.d and 2.e may be submitted.
If a joint application is not submitted to the partner agency or both partner agencies in the case of trilateral cooperation, the application shall not be further evaluated and shall be rejected.
If the entry conditions of one of the participating agencies are not met, the application shall be deemed to have been rejected by all participating agencies.
Only applications accepted for (co-)financing by both or all participating agencies shall be selected for (co-)financing. 6.1.3.3.2. Additional requirements for applicants who submit projects under the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH
Applicants may submit projects in collaboration with Hungarian researchers (researchers who work in Hungarian research organisations), whereby ARIS acts as the “lead agency” and performs the project review. Hungarian researchers are required to submit a joint project application to the NKFIH in accordance with the NKFIH requirements. The total amount of NCFIH funds must be less than the total amount of (co-)financing for the Slovenian part of the project.
6.1.3.3.3. Additional conditions for applicants submitting projects under the WEAVE agreement with the Austrian agency FWF, the Polish agency NCN, the Swiss agency SNSF, the Flemish agency FWO, the Croatian agency HRZZ, the Czech agency GAČR, the Luxembourg agency FNR and the German agency DFG (ARIS in the role of the lead agency)
Applicants may submit projects in collaboration with Austrian, Polish, Swiss, Flemish, Croatian, Czech, Luxembourg and German researchers (researchers working in Austrian, Polish, Swiss, Flemish, Croatian, Czech, Luxembourg and German organisations) where ARIS acts as the "lead agency" responsible for reviewing the project. Slovenian applicants may submit the application with:
Applicants may also submit an application in combination with researchers from two of the countries listed under item 6.1.3.3.3. Regardless of the above, it is not possible to submit trilateral applications in cooperation with both Flemish and Czech researchers (participating agencies FWO and GAČR). Researchers from partner countries shall submit the application to the foreign partner agencies in accordance with their requirements. 6.2. Requirements for basic projects – AD Programme
7. Applying to the Call
In the application, the applicant selects one ERC domain and one ARIS sub-field or field, if it is not divided into multiple sub-fields. In the case of interdisciplinary research, the applicant must also specify an additional – secondary – ERC sub-field and ARIS sub-field or field, if it is not divided into multiple sub-fields. The primary and secondary ERC sub-fields must be selected in two different ERC fields. The primary and secondary ARIS sub-field or field, if it is not divided into multiple sub-fields, must be selected from two different ARIS disciplines.
When applying for interdisciplinary projects, applicants must indicate which strategic objective of the Republic of Slovenia and the European Union the proposed project addresses:
The strategic objectives defined by the ministry responsible for science are presented in the draft Council Recommendation on a Pact for Research and Innovation in Europe (COM/2021/407), in the presentation of the European Green Transition on the European Commission website and in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) report "The twin green & digital transition: How sustainable digital technologies could enable a carbon-neutral EU by 2050". The research represents the scientific basis for technological solutions for the green transition and digitalisation, the impact of the green transition and digitalisation on the functioning of society and social activities, human health, and the protection of natural and cultural heritage.
The composition of the project team is also an integral part of the application. Project team members whose most important research achievements are listed on the application must participate in the project team at all times, unless their employment relationship with the applicant or contractor ends or in case of another similarly justified reason. For a change due to another similarly justified reason, the applicant or contractor must submit an application to ARIS. Applicants who cannot yet specify the researchers involved in the project at the time of application (primarily foreign post-doctoral researchers who do not yet have appropriate contracts) should list them only in the designated section of the application form. In the application, a maximum of 20% of annual research hours may be allocated to them collectively.
The joint project application based on the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH and under the WEAVE agreement with the Austrian agency FWF, the Polish agency NCN, the Swiss agency SNSF, the Croatian agency HRZZ, the Flemish agency FWO, the Czech agency GAČR, the Luxembourg agency FNR and the German agency DFG consists of a joint scientific description of the project, describing the scientific contributions of individual partners. The joint project application must have a common research question and a unified research plan, while the individual national/regional parts of the project must be closely related and complementary. The scientific contribution of each partner must be clearly visible. Cost estimates must be provided separately for each national part of the project and must follow the guidelines of the (co-)financing partner agency. Should the joint project be approved, the project parts will be (co-)financed by ARIS and the foreign partner agency/agencies in accordance with their respective regulations.
Applicants for a clinical study project must select one ERC domain within the ERC Life Sciences (LS) and one ARIS field within the ARIS discipline of medicine. In the case of interdisciplinary study, this should be the primary field. A clinical study must meet at least one of the following conditions:
For each project application in which the applicant selects clinical medicine as the research field, the applicant must specifically justify that the project is clinically oriented. This will be verified and either approved or rejected by the international panel during the evaluation procedure. Clinical studies must demonstrate the participation of healthcare/educational institutions for at least 30% of the research hours.
Applications in which the applicant selects medicine as the research field and which are rejected on the basis of the assessment of the international panel or for failure to meet the project team composition requirement, cannot be included in the proposed priority list of applications.
In the event that the project is selected for (co-)financing with an annual budget of €75,000.00, the applicant may exclude or reduce the participation share of participating research organisations, which must be indicated in the application to the Call – item 25 of the application form (specifying the share of participating research organisations). If the applicant does not specify adjustments to the project proposal in the application in the event of reduced funding amount, it is understood that the project cannot be implemented at a reduced scale and this may be a reason for the application not to be included in the proposed priority list of applications.
In the application, the applicant indicates whether the content of the project is considered a trade secret according to the Trade Secrets Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 22/19).
8. Evaluation criteria and indicators
The criteria and indicators for the evaluation of projects are set out in Articles 71 and 72 of the General Procedures Act:
The evaluation of project applications is carried out in accordance with the General Procedures and Methodology Act.
Project applications are evaluated by two foreign reviewers.
10. Selection of applications
Project applications with a total or individual score below the threshold specified in the General Procedures and Methodology Act cannot be included in the selection for (co-)financing.
The international panel, organised at the level of ERC domains, approves by majority decision the proposed priority list of applications for (co-)financing (hereinafter: priority list of applications), which is then submitted by the external expert panel to the ARIS Scientific Council (hereinafter: Scientific Council) for consideration.
In the case of a tie in scores between two or more basic, post-doctoral basic, or basic projects – AD Programme, the panel, when deciding on the proposed selection of applications, takes into account the evaluations, the project applications and the applicants’ responses to individual reviewers’ reports in cases where the reports differ. In this context, for the proposed priority list of applications, the panel ranks higher the application with a higher score for the criterion Scientific Excellence of Application, followed by the application with a higher score for the criterion Scientific Excellence of Researchers. In the event that, after ranking applications according to the criterion in the previous sentence, there are still several applications with the same score, the panel shall justify its decision regarding the ranking of the application on the proposed priority list.
In the case of a tie in scores between two or more applied or post-doctoral applied project applications, the panel, when deciding on the proposed selection of applications, takes into account the evaluations, the project applications, and the applicants’ responses to individual reviewers’ reports in cases where the reports differ. In this context, for the proposed priority list of applications, the panel ranks higher the application with a higher score for the criterion Scientific Excellence of Application, followed by the application with a higher score for the criterion Social and Economic Impact, and then the application with a higher score for the criterion Scientific Excellence of Researchers. In the event that, after ranking applications according to the criterion in the previous sentence, there are still several applications with the same score, the panel shall justify its decision regarding the ranking of the application on the proposed priority list.
In the case of a tie in scores between two or more post-doctoral basic and applied project applications, the panel, when deciding on the proposed selection of applications, takes into account the evaluations, the project applications, and the applicants’ responses to individual reviewers’ reports in cases where the reports differ. In this context, for the proposed priority list of applications, the panel ranks higher the application with a higher score for the criterion Scientific Excellence of Application, followed by the application with a higher score for the criterion Scientific Excellence of Researchers. In the event that, after ranking applications according to the criterion in the previous sentence, there are still several applications with the same score, the panel shall justify its decision regarding the ranking of the application on the proposed priority list.
The Scientific Council adopts the proposed decision on the selection of applications for (co-)financing and submits it to the ARIS director for approval. The ARIS director adopts the decision on the selection of applications, determining whether an application is selected for (co-)financing or not.
For the selection of applications submitted under the agreement with the Hungarian agency NKFIH, the following applies:
For the selection of applications submitted under the WEAVE agreement with the Austrian agency FWF, the Polish agency NCN, the Swiss agency SNSF, the Flemish agency FWO, the Croatian agency HRZZ, the Czech agency GAČR, the Luxembourg agency FNR and the German agency DFG, the following applies based on the agreement between the partner agencies:
After the completion of the evaluation procedure, ARIS informs the partner agency/agencies of the evaluation results, which, following consideration by their decision-making bodies, provide ARIS with either approval of ARIS’s decision or a reasoned rejection. Each partner agency shall inform the applicants of its national part of the joint project regarding the outcome of the assessment procedure.
In the selection for (co-)financing of basic projects within items 2.b, 2.c and 2.d, the following applies:
In the selection for (co-)financing of basic projects within item 2.e, the following applies:
Within each ERC domain, ERC fields shall be identified in which no application has been included in the proposed priority list under items 2.a, 2.b, 2.c, 2.d, 2.f and 2.g (hereafter: excluded ERC field).
Applications are included in the proposed priority list as follows:
For the selection of applied projects for (co-)financing, the following applies:
In the selection for the (co-)financing of basic projects – AD Programme, the following applies:
The planned start of (co-)financing and implementation of projects is 1 January 2027, depending on the funds available in the budget of the Republic of Slovenia and the ARIS financial plan, as well as other objective circumstances that may affect implementation of the Call. Applicants will be informed of any potential changes to the planned start date of (co-)financing and project implementation during the Call procedure.
The selected projects shall be (co-)financed by ARIS for up to three years, with the exception of post-doctoral projects which shall be (co-)financed for two years.
12. Conclusion of the project (co-)financing contract
The project (co-)financing contract shall be signed no later than three months after the adoption of the decision on the selection of the application. If there is a delay in the start of (co-)financing, the contract shall be signed no later than six months after the adoption of the decision on the selection of the application.
13. Legal remedies
The applicant may file an objection against the ARIS director’s decision on the application selection within 15 days of receiving the decision. The ARIS Management Board issues a decision on the appeal.
The lodging of an appeal shall not affect the signing of (co-)funding contracts
with the selected applicants.
14. Communicating science 14.1. Open access to peer-reviewed scientific publications
In accordance with Article 41 of ZZrID and Articles 2 and 3 of the Regulation on the implementation of scientific research work in accordance with the principles of open science (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos. 59/23 and 39/25; hereinafter: the Regulation), all peer-reviewed scientific publications resulting from the implementation of the research project, together with the associated research data and other research results must be published with open access.
In accordance with the first indent of Article 3(1) of the Regulation, open access shall be implemented in such a way that a machine-readable digital form of the published version of a scientific publication (VoR) or peer-reviewed accepted manuscript (AAM) is deposited in a trustworthy repository for scientific publications. A trustworthy repository is a repository that is certified; or it is a recordlinary, institutional, or other repository that researchers trust. The scientific publication must also include information on the (co-)financier(s) and the project number in accordance with Article 82 of the General Act on Procedures as well as information on the share of (co-)financing from public funds in accordance with Article 1 of the Regulation.
Open access costs (APC or BPC costs), including costs for the preparation of scientific publications and other research results, are eligible costs of a scientific research activity.
Authors of scientific publications or their employers, when the rights have been transferred to them, may transfer copyright on scientific publications to third parties only on a non-exclusive basis. Authors of scientific publications or their employers, when the rights have been transferred to them, must, in accordance with Article 6(2) of the Regulation, publish scientific publications under an open license, such as CC BY, CC BY-SA or equivalent licenses. 14.2. Open access to research data and other research results
According to Article 4 of the Regulation, research data and other research results along with their metadata must be made publicly available and openly accessible.
In open access to research data and other research results, in accordance with Article 4 of the Regulation, the FAIR principle shall be applied, together with the principle that research data and other research results should be “as open as possible, as closed as necessary”. Regarding the method and timeliness of storing and the accessibility of research data and other research results in digital form, Articles 5(1) and 5(2) of the Regulation must be observed.
Authors of research data and other research results or their employers, when the rights have been transferred to them under the law, may transfer copyright on research data and other research results to third parties only on a non-exclusive basis. Authors of research data and other research results or their employers, when the rights have been transferred to them, must, in accordance with Article 7(3) of the Regulation, publish research data and other research results under an open licence, such as CC BY, CC BY-SA or equivalent licences.
In accordance with Article 4 of the Regulation, scientific research performers are required to prepare and subsequently regularly update a Research Data Management Plan (hereinafter: NRRP), which will have to be published on the project website within 6 months of the start of the project. In case of changes, the updated NRRP shall be published on the project website. The NRRP shall be drawn up using the form annexed to the Call.
Costs related to the management and open access of research data and other results as well as the costs of preparing the NRRP are eligible costs of scientific research activities in accordance with Article 9 of the Regulation. 14.3. Communicating science and on-line access to research project information
The objective of carrying out scientific research activities is to promote progress and benefit society as a whole; therefore, it is important that the results of scientific research work are appropriately communicated to citizens and (political) decision-makers. It is important that scientific findings are interpreted and communicated by the researchers themselves who best understand the significance of their research work and discoveries, and that they do so in an appropriate way so that their information is understandable and convincing to non-experts. The project must therefore also include communication activities that not only present the results of the project to the public in an appropriate way, but also provide the (interested) public with such an insight into the research area addressed by the project that, in addition to being informed, the level of understanding is increased. The latter is particularly important when communicating information to decision-makers. In order to communicate science properly, it is important that researchers have the necessary communication skills and knowledge.
The project must therefore include a Communication Activities Plan (hereafter: Communication Plan), which must be published on the project website within 6 months of the start of the project and must address various target audiences. In case of changes, the updated Communication Plan shall be published on the project website. Communication activities may also include activities aimed at training researchers in science communication, but not exclusively educational activities.
After the application is selected for (co-)financing, the applicant must create a special website or sub-page dedicated to the project and enable the dissemination of its achievements.
The mandatory minimum content of the website includes:
Content included in the SICRIS system should be linked and need not be provided twice. The project presentation website must remain active for 5 years following the conclusion of the project. The implementer reports on the establishment of the website in the interim and final report on project results.
15. Method, form and deadline for application submission
The application for the Call shall be submitted in electronic form via the ARIS web portal: Digital Forms. Login to the Digital Forms web portal is possible with a username and a password. The portal can be used by researchers registered in the RO Database, administrators of the Digital Forms web portal in research organisations, representatives of research organisations, authorised representatives of research organisations and additional users. Researchers can obtain a login password themselves on the Digital Forms portal, while other users are assigned a password by the Digital Forms administrator in the research organisation or ARIS.
The application must be completed and submitted using the ARIS-RPROJ-Prijava-2026 application form available on the ARIS Digital Forms portal. The application must be electronically signed (a qualified digital signature is not required) by a representative or authorised person of the applicant and the project leader.
Applicants where a company, as defined in Article 4 of the Rules on State Aid in the Field of Research Activities, No. 007-2/2024-1 dated 7 March 2024, acts as the project implementer, must also attach a completed, signed and stamped State Aid Allocation Form ARIS-RPROJ-JR-Prijava/2026-DP, which is an annex to the Call. 15.1. Application deadline
Applications must be submitted by 2 p.m. on 31 March 2026.
Applicants are advised not to submit their applications on the final day before the closure of the Call as the server may be overloaded.
16. Opening of applications
The opening of applications is expected to be held on 2 April 2026.
The opening of applications shall constitute the recording of applications received in the electronic application system.
17. Deadline for applicant notification on the outcome of the Call
It is expected that the applicants will be notified about the selection of
applications for (co-)financing in December 2026.
18. Time, place and method of collecting the Call documents by the interested parties
The call documentation is available on the ARIS website (http://www.aris-rs.si/sl/razpisi/).
Links to public calls with partner agencies:
FWF: https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/funding/portfolio/international-collaborations/slovenia
SNSF: https://www.snf.ch/en/hTBUS7CLoDTMortt/funding/projects/weave-lead-agency-slovenia
GAČR: https://gacr.cz/en/types-of-grant-projects/
NCN: https://www.ncn.gov.pl/en/ogloszenia/konkursy/weave-unisono
NKFIH: https://nkfih.gov.hu/english-2017/funding-schemes/open-calls?json=0&save=1&cimke=
HRZZ: https://hrzz.hr/programi/medunarodna-suradnja/
FNR: https://www.fnr.lu/international-cooperation/aris-weave/
Information related to the Call can be found on the ARIS website at http://www.aris-rs.si or obtained at ARIS, Bleiweisova cesta 30, 1000 Ljubljana, on business days during ARIS office hours.
Contact email address for further information: razpis-projekti@aris-rs.si.
19. Personal data protection
The Agency shall process personal data resulting from the Call procedure in accordance with the Information on the personal data protection in public calls, which is annexed to the Call.
Number: 6316-28/2025-8
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