Two Slovenian institutes win places in Europe's toughest call for breakthrough research
Roman Jerala's team at the National Institute of Chemistry will lead GATEWAY, and the Jožef Stefan Institute joins ARTEMIS, a quantum sensor project.
Ana Ferk · Science and transport writer · · · Ljubljana
- Programme
- EIC Pathfinder Open 2026
- Applications
- 2,103, of which 43 funded
- Slovenian projects
- GATEWAY (lead), ARTEMIS (partner)
The European Innovation Council has picked 43 projects from 2,103 applications in its EIC Pathfinder Open 2026 call, which funds high-risk research that could lead to radically new technologies. Two of them involve Slovenian research organisations, the Ministry of Education, Science and Youth said.1
With a success rate of about two percent, the call is among the most competitive in the Horizon Europe programme. The selected projects share €166 million.1
GATEWAY
GATEWAY will be coordinated by the National Institute of Chemistry in Ljubljana under Professor Roman Jerala.1
ARTEMIS
ARTEMIS is coordinated by Italy's National Research Council and is worth about €3.9 million. The Jožef Stefan Institute is the only Slovenian partner, with Professor Viktor Kabanov leading its share. The goal is an all-electric molecular quantum sensor of magnetic fields with extremely high sensitivity, which could be used in medicine, security and navigation. Kabanov's group will build the theoretical models for how a spin-polarised current transfers magnetic moment to paramagnetic molecules.12
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- 1GOV.SI, Ministry of Education, Science and YouthSlovenski raziskovalci znova uspešni na enem najbolj konkurenčnih razpisov
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