PROJECT OFFICE

The IER Project Office is the focal point for comprehensive information, advice, administrative and financial support for IER researchers in the planning, application, implementation and monitoring of projects.

In order to provide efficient and integrated project support, the Project Office works closely on a day-to-day basis with the researchers engaged as project leaders, project partners, research team leaders, as well as with general sector personnel in the areas of accounting and finance, the library and the management.

The Project Office:

  • supports IER management in decision-making and strategic direction of research activities;
  • provides researchers with information on current calls for proposals and other information that is relevant to obtaining funding for research projects;
  • works with the main stakeholders (national contact points) in the research and innovation field;
  • supports the identification and establishment of relevant contacts, partnerships and networks at national, regional and international level;
  • provides professional assistance in all phases of the project application process: identifying an appropriate funding source; assessing the relevance of the project idea; assisting in the conception and design of the project application, including the financial and administrative review of the application; monitoring the application until approval; assisting in the drafting of Framework and Consortium Agreements and other relevant documentation; monitoring the financial and administrative aspects of the implementation of the projects; assisting in the closure of the projects and in the preparation of reports;
  • prepares analyses and reports on the performance of the projects that have been implemented;
  • helps to prepare project information to inform the interested public; 
  • organises and delivers in-house training, workshops and consultancy on project management and individual calls for proposals;
  • contributes to the preparation and design of project information on the website.

Larisa VODEB, MSc
Primary contact

t. +386 1 5303 868
e. larisa.vodeb@ier.si