UL SSHA Fund

• Employees of the University of Ljubljana in the fields of social sciences, humanities and arts
• Researchers at the beginning of their research careers

The aim of applying for a call is not to further the research and research development of the project, but to increase the societal impact of the research and to improve society as a whole.

At the time of application, the project must demonstrate that:

• addresses pressing societal challenges,
• involves and addresses diverse groups in society,
• empowers different groups,
• increases citizens' mobilisation and participation; or
• has the potential to reduce social inequalities between individuals, groups or communities.

The SSHA Fund promotes interdisciplinary project collaboration between SSHA researchers and research groups from technical and natural sciences.

Applications for the current academic year are now closed.

The open call for 2024 ran from 1st March until 11th April 2024.

For additional information, please contact the UL Knowledge Transfer Office.

The recipients will be decided by the Committee. The final decision on the selected projects will be taken by the Rector of the UL.

The Commission may award to the selected projects an amount less than the amount requested.

Projects will be evaluated on the basis of:

• Research impact.
• The urgency of the social challenge addressed by the project.
• The potential of the project to address the problem.
• The appropriateness of the thematic and financial plan.
• The suitability of the team.
• Involvement of users and other stakeholders.
• Interdisciplinarity/innovativeness of the project.
• Clarity of presentation of the idea.

• Material costs;
• external expenses (consulting services, feasibility study development, prototype development services, analysis or research of user needs and feedback, etc.);
• participation in networking events with non-academic collaborators or research users;
• organization of events (workshops, focus groups, study visits, etc.) aimed at building relationships with users, gathering their opinions, and identifying needs, problems, challenges, etc.;
• travel expenses for attending events, conferences with professional contributions, or for organizing events from the previous paragraph;
• participation in impact-related education;
• study visit to potential partners;
• communication costs and media activities (including content creation for social media), if public engagement is a key path to achieving societal impact;
• other costs consistent with the project's purpose;
• VAT.

The amount of funding received per individual project is 5.000 euros.

The call will fund up to two project proposals per UL member.

The annual budget is 50.000 euros.

• The SSHA Fund is aimed at increasing the impact, effectiveness, and societal relevance of SSHA research on society. The funds from the fund are intended to support projects submitted by employees of UL in the fields of social sciences, humanities and arts. Applicants can also be young researchers with an employment contract at UL.
• The HUD (SSHA) Call is now part of the UL Rector's Award (as a HUD category), which rewards ideas, solutions, and innovations for societal challenges. In the HUD category, students from the 1st and 2nd levels of UL faculties can participate.