This decision is in line with the commitment of the Republic of Serbia to advance the development of science and improve the quality of scientific research in accordance with the highest international standards.

The Science Fund supports projects with sustainable goals, clear concepts and systematic and well-designed work methodologies.

High scientific excellence, quality and innovative ideas represent the basic values of all projects supported by the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia.

The projects aim to provide high-level research impact, innovative results, competitiveness at the international level, and relevance to society in general.

The entire procedure of project evaluation and selection is based on three criteria - excellence, impact and implementation.

The goal of the procedures is to ensure the selection of the best and highest quality project proposals, the implementation of which will bring results of importance and impact on the entire society.

Second stage of evaluation - The members of the Program Board are foreign experts with an internationally recognized professional career.

The final ranking list needs to be accepted by the Scientific Council and adopted by the Managing Board of the Science Fund.

Transparency of the Expert Selection - The Call for Expression of Interest for Peer Reviewers is permanently open.

Publishing the Results - The Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia publishes all results on its website, showing the final ranking list with all project proposals which are approved for funding, project partners, final scores, and approved budgets.

Members of the Scientific Council are appointed by the Minister on the basis of a public invitation, and dismissed in accordance with the Law.

As part of the first PROMIS program announced by the Science Fund, 59 basic and applied research projects were selected, which will be implemented in the period 2020-2022.

[6] The program was initiated and prepared under the circumstances of the state of emergency declared in the Republic of Serbia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[9] The goals of the Program are: encouraging the excellence and relevance of scientific research in Serbia in the field of social and humanities; affirmation of the importance of social and humanistic sciences for education and society as a whole; improvement of international visibility and cooperation in the subject domain of science.

The program is aligned with the goals of scientific research activities, in terms of creating new knowledge to encourage social, cultural, artistic and economic development, with the aim of preserving and affirming national identity as a part of civilizational heritage and with a research focus on social challenges and priorities.

The specific goals of the Program are to support sustainable development and raise the level of environmental quality, focusing on the following topics: Air, water and soil; Industry; Waste.

[11] In accordance with the goal of involving more young researchers in scientific research projects, within the PRISMA program it was possible to register as team members doctoral students who have not yet been selected for a position, with the obligation to acquire the position before the start of the project implementation.

Program budget: EUR 25,000,000 The Science Fund strives to provide high visibility to all supported projects and research activities.