Climate Crops
Innovations for Resilience
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR INNOVATIONS
National projects
Curent national projects
Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia
Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia
a) program IDEAS
- Creating climate smart sunflower for future challenges – SmartSun
Grant number: 13-76/1944
Duration: 01/2022-12/2024
Project coordinator: Dr. Sandra Cvejić, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Sandra Cvejić
b) program PRISMA
- New biorational methods for stored seed pest control and protection: To serve and prevent – SafeSeed
Grant number: 6619
Duration : 01/2024-12/2026
Project coordinator: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute : Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac - Nutrition-sensitive breeding of Cucurbita plants – NutSens_PumpBreed
Grant number: 6680
Duration: 12/2023-12/2026
Project coordinator: Dr. Milka Brdar-Jokanović, Institute of field and vegetable crops, Serbia
Coordinator for the Institute: Dr. Milka Brdar-Jokanović
- Evaluating the stimulating effect of Trichoderma sp. on rapeseed and white maize seed germination
Programme: Technology Transfer
Grant number: TTP 1163
Start and end dates: 15/10/2023-15/02/2025.
Coordinated by: Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops, Novi Sad
Project coordinator: Dr. Sonja Tančić-Živanov
Provincial Secretariat for Higher Education and Scientific Research, AP Vojvodina
- Biorational methods in the control of storage pests
Program: Long-term projects of interest for the development of scientific research activities in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (project cycle 2025-2028)Grant number: 003857733 2025 09418 003 000 000 001 04 004Start and end dates: 09/12/2025-1/10/2028 Coordinated by: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad
Project coordinator: Prof. Dr. Dejan Prvulović, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad
Coordinator for the Centre: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac - Stress biomarkers as a basis for the development of environmentally friendly control measures for the rice weevil (Sitophilus oryzae)
Program: Long-term projects of interest for the development of scientific research in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina (project cycle 2025-2028)
Grant number: 003875718 2025 09418 003 000 000 001 04 004
Start and end dates: 10/12/2025-01/10/2028
Project coordinator: Dr. Jelena Ačanski, BioSens Institute, Novi Sad
Coordinator for the Centre: Dr. Sonja Gvozdenac
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