Pursuant to the Cooperation Agreement between the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) and the Croatian Science Foundation, in December 2019 the Foundation published a call for financing the Croatian part of Slovenian-Croatian bilateral research projects (IPS-2020-01).
The joint research project should include a Slovenian and a Croatian research group, headed by the Slovenian Principal Investigator. The Slovenian PI was tasked with submitting the joint project proposal to the ARRS Call, whose deadline was 29 January 2020.
A total of 966 proposals were submitted to the ARRS Call, 940 of which were referred to the evaluation procedure. Of this number, 40 project proposals were bilateral Slovenian-Croatian projects.
The Board of the Croatian Science Foundation, at its 178th session, held on 25 September 2020, on the basis of the evaluation conducted by ARRS, approved co-financing for eight Slovenian-Croatian joint research projects. The list of the approved projects is given below:
Project title | Scientific field | Principal Investigator (SLO) | Organization (SLO) | Principal Investigator (HR) | Organization (HR) |
Structural characterization of factors involved in DNA-protein crosslink repair | Biochemistry and molecular biology | Marjetka Podobnik | National Institute of Chemistry | Marta Popović | Ruđer Bošković Institute |
Modulation of fruit polyphenolic profile by sustainable postharvest physical treatments | Physics | Klemen Bohinc | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Studies | Davor Kovačević | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science |
Development of building blocks for new European quantum communication network | Technology driven physics | Anton Ramšak | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics | Mario Stipčević | Ruđer Bošković Institute |
Investigation of oxidative stress occurrence, causes and harmful effects induced by the use of fixed orthodontic appliances | Stomatology | Jasmina Primožič | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine | Gordana Čanadi Jurešić | University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicina in Rijeka |
Nanopore high-throughput sequencing for resolution of problems in plant pathogen epidemiology and diagnostics | Biotechnology | Maja Ravnikar | National Institute of Biology | Dijana Škorić | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science |
Quality of living in the housing estates of the socialist and post-socialist era: A comparative analysis between Slovenia and Croatia | Urbanism | Richard Sendi | Urbane Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia | Anđelina Svirčić Gotovac | Institute for Social Research in Zagreb |
Urban Futures: Imagining and Activating Possibilities in Unsettled Times | Ethnology | Saša Poljak Istenič | Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts | Valentina Gulin Zrnić | Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research |
Models and Practices of Global Cultural Exchange and Non-aligned Movement: Research in the Spatio-Temporal Cultural Dynamics |
Architecture and Design | Barbara Predan | University of Ljubljana. The Academy of Fine Arts and Design | Ljiljana Kolešnik | Institute of Art History |
We would hereby like to congratulate the Principal Investigators and wish them success with their projects.
