EURAXESS portal helps you to enjoy your research in Serbia
Entry conditions/visas
Before travelling to the Republic of Serbia, please check here whether you need a visa. Be sure to contact your host organization regarding the formalities about your stay. Check our page on Entry conditions/visas to find more about the details related to temporary and permanent stay in Republic of Serbia.
Health Insurance
Foreign citizens, as well as Serbian citizens who live and work abroad, are entitled to receive urgent medical care. Check out on EURAXESS portal how to claim your right to healthcare. Find useful contacts on our dedicated page to health insurance.
Work permits
Work permits are required for foreigners employed in Serbia and are issued with a validity of 3 to 12 months. Find out what are the steps for obtaining the work permit. Find out about the different employment types in Serbia and general working conditions on our dedicated page.
Research funding
The funding opportunities for research&science are mostly related to bilateral scientific cooperation. Find out about the terms and conditions for getting the funds for travelling to your collaborators organization in different countries.
Serbian research landscape
What does it mean to be a research in Serbia? Find out about how research is funded, How PhD programmes are implemented, how does international cooperation contribute to the quality of the scientific results and much more, on our dedicated page on EURAXESS portal.
R&D Organizations in Serbia
The research in Serbia is mostly done in public sector. Majority of research organizations are in higher education sector, with addition of major, independent public research institutes.
Follow the links below to get familiar with Serbian R&D sector. Learn about the research position classification and about how to become a member of the strongest science community in Serbia - PhD students.
National R&D Funding
In 2012, some 5% of the total budget (government) for science in Serbia was allocated for development of human resources. This budget is spent on the programs of incentives and funding for researchers.
A part of the budget is also allocated for international cooperation programmes, mostly through the programmes of bilateral cooperation.
Most of the R&D funding in Serbia comes from the national budget, through the programmes of basic research, technological development and innovation fund. However, Serbia is also associated to FP7 and Horizon 2020 programmes with full participation rights.
Working Conditions
Full research freedom, coverage of health and pension insurance costs by the employer, rising competitiveness in European projects are the main qualities of working conditions in Serbian research community.
HRS4R process has started in Serbia with University of Niš, as the first one to get awarded with 'HR Excellence in Research' label. The process of drafting HR strategies is ongoing in all public universities.
Charter & Code principles in Serbian reseearch community
Career Development Center of the University of Niš will organize a career fair on October 25th 2019
The career fair will be organized at the University of Niš on October 25th, 2019, 10-15:00. The fair is supported by Konrad Adenauer Stifung, Leoni, US embassy, French Institute in Serbia, IESN, DAAD and the others. Miroslav Trajanović from EURAXESS Serbia will present the EURAXESS Jobs portal and
COST Info Day in Belgrade
The COST Info Day in Belgrade will be held on the 29 March 2019, 9:30-13:00. Among others, the participants will be addressed by COST National Coordinator for Serbia, Dr Bratislav Marinkovic and Director of the COST Association, Ronald de Bruin. Presentations about Marie Skodolwska Curie Actions and
Serbia ready for full membership in CERN
PM Ana Brnabic met with representatives of CERN who are on a several-day visit to Serbia, the government announced. According to this, they met "to determine whether Serbia meets the conditions for full membership in this organization." Brnabic said that Serbia has worked hard over recent years on
Center for Technology Transfer becomes a member of Council for science-industry collaboration
Council for Science-Industry Collaboration of Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded with aim to foster academia-industry cooperation. From its foundation, Center for Technology Transfer helped scientists’ and researchers’ work lead to new, life-improving products. Center actively works on
