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Open Call for Program for excellent projects of young researchers (PROMIS)

At the ceremony celebrating 100 days of the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Acting Director dr Milica Đurić-Jovičić presented the results of the work of the Science Fund up to this date. On this day, the first call for participation in research projects that will be funded under the Science Fund was officially opened.

At the ceremony were present and spoke on this occasion Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and Mladen Šarčević, Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development of the Republic of Serbia. The event was also attended by the Rectors, members of the National Science Council, Deans and directors of the institutes, as well as young researchers.

The first Program funded by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia is the Program for excellent projects of young researchers (PROMIS). The program aims to support ideas from all fields of science and to involve young scientists in scientific research. Through the training of young PhDs for management and application process of projects at national and international levels, this program will also work to strengthen professional capacities at an early stage in their careers.

Accordingly, projects supported by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia under this Program will be exclusively managed by young Ph.D. They will have the opportunity to form their own teams, with which they can apply for two-year projects, with a budget  up to 200.000 EUR per project. The funds are intended for all fields of science, and the Call for projects of young researchers will be open until 02.09.2019. A two-stage international review is planned for all accepted projects, according to the model used in the Horizon program.

The program is formed by a model of the European ERC grant and other EU and US funds that have specially designed programs to support excellent young people at an early stage in their careers.

Call and information regarding the conditions, preparation and application of
projects under this Program can be found at: http://fondzanauku.gov.rs/poziv/2019/06/promis/.

In addition to this PROMIS Program, the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia also announces the Cooperation Program with the Serbian Scientific Diaspora, as well as the Development Program in the field of Artificial Intelligence, whose implementation will also begin in 2019.