Slovene Science Foundation

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Slovenska znanstvena fundacija
Štefanova 15, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 426 3590




The Slovene Science Foundation is an independent and autonomous national institution of common-good significance in the field of science. It was founded in 1994 as a private institution with a public function and establishe by several enterprises and institutions, including Slovene Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU), University of Ljubljana and University of Maribor. It promotes the development of new achievements and technology, and the expansion of knowledge in organisations.


Aims and funding

Through its presence as a non-governmental national institution in the field of science and through a concrete programme of co-operation, especially with non-governmental national and international science foundations, the Foundation extends international scientific co-operation on behalf of the Slovene scientific community in order to accelarate and promote scientific research. Stipends for additional studies and postgraduate studies are offered twice each year; in Autumn and Spring, according to the availability of funds.

International cooperation

The Slovene Science Foundation joined the European Science Foundation (ESF) in 1995; ESF programmes supported up to 2003 included Life, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Physical and Engineering Sciences and also Humanities (Cultural Exchange in Europe, 1400–1700).

From 2002 until 2007 the foundation cooporated with the World Federation of Scientists and in 2007 organised the 6th Noordung's Forum, named after and devoted to the Slovenian-born rocket engineer and a space flight pioneer Herman Potočnik Noordung, to whom a memorial centre in Vitanje was dedicated.

The foundation also organises the international Slovenian Science Festival, each year devoted to a different scientist or to a special event and occassion. In 2011 when UNESCO declared The International Year of Chemistry and The Year of Forests, the 17th edition of the festival run with the slogan The Planetary Challenges for Today and Tommorow.

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