The Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV in Slovak language) was established in 2005 pursuant to Act No.172/2005 Coll., on State Support Administration of Research and Development and to Act No. 575/2001 Coll. on Government operations and Central State Administration Structure as amended.
The Slovak Research and Development Agency is the only national grant agency established in order to support research and development in Slovakia by granting financial means from the State Budget to implement the following projects:
research and development in particular science and technology fields,
within the Agency‘s programmes,
within bilateral or multilateral contracts on scientific and technological cooperation and projects within the Slovak participation in international programmes of research and development and community programmes projects as well as initiatives of European Union in research and development including preparation costs
The Agency is a state-budget institution linked to the State Budget of the Slovak Republic through the budgetary chapter of the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic and fulfils the Programme Declaration of the Slovak Government whose core priority is formation of knowledge society in Slovakia.
For more information follow the link: SRDA (APVV)