Project management
I was involved in several project preparations and implementations. Mostly European cross-border cooperation and national grants of the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA)
Through Poloniny to the stars
Natural tourism development supported by the Ministry of Environment. 2022 – 2025. Budget 288025,14 EUR mainly for new observing pavilions and new telescopes. The information about the projects is summarized in the brochure published during the implementation process. This was a very promising project, both for the Poloniny region and the Vihorlat Observatory itself. Unfortunately, the new management of the institution didn’t understand the possibilities provided by the project outputs. Thus, the sustainability is not guaranteed. Even more, the whole project team was destroyed and forced to leave the observatory.
From Interacting Binaries to Exoplanets
Research, 2021 – 2025, SRDA, 235 000 EUR, applicant: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute, 25 220 EUR for the partner Vihorlat Observatory.
Interacting binaries – Key for the Understanding of the Universe
Research, 2016 – 2020, SRDA, 214 174 EUR, applicant: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute, 25 000 EUR for the partner Vihorlat Observatory
Carpathian Star Way
The project funded within the Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENI Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 through the grant contract HUSKROUA/1901/6.1/0044. The estimated EU Contribution is 576,224.28 €.
The Main objective of the project is to increase the awareness of the light pollution problem and to present the ways to preserve starry nights in the Carpathian Mountains.
Space Emergency System
Cross-border system for the prediction of natural disaster incidents on the basis of the exploitation of satellite technologies in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania, and Ukraine. Enhance environmental quality, Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine ENPI CBC Program, 604 822 EUR, beneficiary: Uzhhorod National University, 106 797 EUR for the partner” Vihorlat Observatory
The Carpathian Sky
Development of tourism products based on astronomy in the region of the Polish-Slovak borderland. 2009 -2011, 1 246 521.40 EUR, beneficiary: Vihorlat Observatory as lead partner.
The Universe for Advanced
Popularization, 2009 – 2012, SRDA, 72 772 EUR, beneficiary: Vihorlat Observatory Humenné
The Universe Live
Popularization, 2006 – 2009, SRDA, 1 921 152 SKK, beneficiary: Vihorlat Observatory Humenné
Let’s Get to Know Each Other Through Stars
Cross-border cooperation project INTERREG III A between the Slovak Republic and Poland, 2005 -2006, 33 000 EUR, beneficiary: Vihorlat Observatory Humenné
Below the Common Sky
Cross-border cooperation project INTERREG III A between the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, 2006 -2007, 531 924 SKK, beneficiary: Observatory and Planetarium Hlohovec