Slovak republic: SAS

Name of Funding agency
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Geographical coverage (national/regional)
Slovak republic
Name of the programme/initiative
Promoting knowledge-based research in selected areas
Programme website
Programme owner
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Program manager (executing funding organisation)
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Contact person(s) (e-mail, tel.)

Martin Novák, email: , tel.: +421257510119

Zuzana Panisova,, email: , tel. +421257510245

Funding commitment
360.000 €
Anticipated number of fundable research partners

3

Maximum funding per grant awarded to a partner

120.000 €

Funding rates (approx.)

Up to 100%

Major eligibility criteria (e.g. types of organisations, thematic restriction, cost types and caps)

Onlyresearchinstitutes and/or centres of the Slovak Academy of Sciences are eligibleorganisationsforfunding by SAS (up to 100%). The mainapplicantmusthave, at the time of submission, a contract(s) withone or several of the institutes/centresequivalent to more than 50% of the full-timeemploymentvalidfor the wholeduration of the project. Eachmember of the applicant’s team mustalsohaveanemploymentcontract or a fellowshipwith the same or another SAS institute/centre. 

Applicants from other Slovak R&D centres (universities and/or otherorganisations from Slovakia) canjoinprojectconsortiaonly as collaboratorsthathave to securetheirownfunding. 

Costsregulation: 

Personnelcostsup to 15 % of alldirectcosts or up to 30% of alldirectcosts, if the Slovak team is the consortium’scoordinator. 

Overheadsup to 20% of alldirectcosts 

Nocapitalexpenditures are allowed 

Submission of the proposal at national/regional level (schedule, cut-off dates, deadlines, etc.)

No

Submission of financial and scientific reports at the national/regional level

Yes