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.
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
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).
