Research Projects

NATIONAL:

Research Programmes:

• ARIS Research Programme (P1-0034): Analytics and chemical characterization of materials and processes / (2020-2027)

Programme Leader: prof. dr. Samo Hočevar / Programme funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / WRC contact persons: branka.mozetic@ung.si and mitja.martelanc@ung.si

• ARIS program (P1-0385): Remote sensing of atmospheric properties (2020–2026)

Programme Leader: prof. dr. Griša Močnik / Programme funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / WRC contact person: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si

Research projects:

• Basic Project ARIS (J1-70041): PLASTVINE - Generation, uptake, and impact of micro- and nanoPLASTics in grapeVINE (2026-2029)

Project financed by ARIS – Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency / Lead partner: Jožef Štefan Institut / Contact person at WRC: erika.jez@ung.si

• Basic Project ARIS (J1-70024): GRAPEVALOR - Innovative strategies for grape pomace valorization: Anthocyanin extraction, pyranoanthocyanin synthesis, and energy use with life cycle assessment (LCA) (2026-2029)

Project financed by ARIS – Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency / Lead partner: Rudolfovo - Science and Technology Centre Novo mesto / Contact person at WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

• Aplicative Project ARIS (L4-70179): Climate change adaptation in viticulture and winemaking (2026-2029)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: Agricultural Institute of Slovenia / Contact person at WRC: jan.rescic@ung.si

• Projekt MKGP Pilotna alkoholna pijača z uporabo haskap jagod (akronim PA-HAS) (2023-2024) /

Projekt je financiran s strani Evropske unije iz Evropskega kmetijskega sklada za razvoj podeželja in Republike Slovenije - odobren kot pilotni projekt v okviru ukrepa M16 – Sodelovanja: podukrep 16.2. Razvoj novih proizvodov, praks, procesov in tehnologij v okviru Programa razvoja podeželja 2014-2020, ki ga vodi Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano (MKGP).

• Aplicative Project ARIS (L4-50141): Wine provenance: geo-climatic, microbiological or human construct? Example of Slovene blaufrankish wines (2023-2026)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: Agricultural Institute of Slovenia / Contact person at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Basic Project ARIS (J4-50139): Valorization of Impatiens glandular (Impatiens glandulifera Royle) wastes for the development of bioactive extracts with potential protective activity on the human vascular system (2023-2026)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: National Institute of Chemistry / Contact person at WRC: mitja.martelanc@ung.si

• Target Development ARIS Project - CRP (P-V4-2381): MED-STI-K - Knowledge Hub for Green, Sustainable and Innovative Mediterranean Agriculture (2023 - 2025)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) / Lead partner: Znanstveno-Raziskovalno središče Koper / Contact persons at WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si and jan.rescic@ung.si

• Postdoc Research Project ARIS (Z1-3197): Does the presence of microplastics effect the copper dynamic in contaminated vineyard soils? (2021-2023)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Contact person at WRC: erika.jez@ung.si

• Aplicative Research Project ARIS (L4-1842): The influence of metals on white wines aging : (2019-2022)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and BioLaffort / Contact person at WRC: guillaume.antalick@ung.si

• Postdoc Research Project ARIS (Z4-7189): Facilitating green care in viticulture by means of metabolomic-based front line conception (2016-2017)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Contact person at WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si

• Bilateral Research Project ARIS (N4-0158): Exploring the grapevine metabolic plasticity under drought (2020-2023)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency and FWWF) / Contact person at WRC: guillaume.antalick@ung.si

• Basic Research Project ARIS (J4-4300): Genes behind aroma compounds in wine (2011-2014)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Contact person at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• PhD project TIA: Characterisation of Slovenian apple juice with respect to its geographic origin and agricultural production practice (2008-2015)

Project funded by TIA – Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia “Young Researchers from the Industry” with Fructal Food Industry d.d. / Contact person at WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

• PhD project TIA: Biological role of grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) in winegrowing region of Northern Primorska (2010 – 2016)

Project funded by TIA – Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia “Young Researchers from the Industry” with Development Agency of Primorska region / Contact person at WRC: marusa.pompe.novak@ung.si

• PhD project TIA: The impact of grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV) on quantity and quality parameters of grapevine (2011 – 2015)

Project funded by TIA – Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia “Young Researchers from the Industry” with Development Agency of Primorska region / Contact person at WRC: marusa.pompe.novak@ung.si

• Target development ARIS project - CRP: Phytophenols for food safety and food shelf-life increase (2010-2012)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and MKGP (Ministry for Agriculture and Environment) / Lead partner: Biotehnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana / Contact person at WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

• Research Investment Project (RIP): Development of an intelligent ecological UltraPRESS (2009 – 2011)

Project funded by ŠKRLJ kovinska oprema d.o.o and Public Agency for Technology of the Republic of Slovenia (TIA) Contact persons at WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si, lorena.butinar@ung.si

INTERNATIONAL:

• Interreg Alpine Space RESPOnD: Climate resilient alpine wine orchards (2024-2027)

Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Interreg Alpine Space programme 2021 – 2027 / Lead partner: Eurac Research (Bolzano, Italy) / Contact persons at WRC: msternadlemut@ung.si and jan.rescic@ung.si

• Interreg-cross-border-EU-project AGROTUR +: Local products and tourism in the Karst region (2023-2025)

Project is co-financed by the European Union in the framework of the Interreg VI-A Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 programme / Lead partner: Slovenian Agricultural Institute / Contact person at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Interreg-cross-border-EU-project: The ENO(SATIRE): Sustainable wine tourism: cultural landscape, wine and satire (2024-2025)

Small Projects Fund GO! 2025, managed by EZTS GO and financed by the Interreg VI-A cooperation program Italy-Slovenia 2021-2027 / Project coordinator: Movimento Turismo del Vino Friuli Venezia Giulia / Contact person at WRC: mitja.martelanc@ung.si

• Trans-regional Project: Uncorking rural heritage: indigenous production of fermented beverages for local cultural and environmental sustainability (2020-2023)

Project funded by EEA and Norway Grants Fund for Regional Cooperation / Lead partner University of Nova Gorica / Contact person at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Bilateral ARIS Project (N4-0158): Exploring grapewine metabolic plasticity under drough (2020-2023)

Project co-financed by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and FWW (Austria) / Contact persons at WRC: guillaume.antalick@ung.si, jan.rescic@ung.si

• Bilateral ARIS Project (NI-0002): A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment and application of waste water to agriculture

Scientific co-operation between Slovenia and Izrael funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) and Ministry of Science and Technology Izrael / Contact persons at UNG/WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si, saim.emin@ung.si

• Transnational ERA-NET ArimNet2 project: »EnViRoS«: Opportunities for an Environmental-friendly Viticulture: optimization of water management and introduction of new Rootstock and Scion genotypes (2017-2020)

Project funded by MIZS – Ministry of Education, Science and Sport Slovenia / Lead partner: University of Udine / Contact person at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Interreg-cross-border-EU-project AGROTUR: Karst agritourism II (2017-2019)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2014-2020 financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Slovenian Agricultural Institute / Contact person at WRC, UNG: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Creative Cores: AHA-MOMENT (Active and Healthy Aging – MOlecular MEchanisms, Nutrition and nanoparticle-based Targeting) Structural Funds (2012­-2015)

Project funded by MIZS & EU – Ministry of Education, Science and Sport & European Regional Development Fund / Contact persons at WRC: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si, lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Interreg-EU-cross-border project HERITASTE: Paths of Taste and Experience (2011-2015)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2014-2020, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Provincia di Udine, Italy / Contact person at CRV/UNG: melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si

• Interreg-EU-cross-border project VISO: Viticulture and sustainable development of local resources in the wine industry (2013-2015)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Institute of Applied Genomics, Udine, Italy / Contact persons at WRC: paolo.sivilotti@ung.si, melita.sternad.lemut@ung.si

• Interreg-cross-border-EU-project AGROTUR: Karst agritourism (2011-2014)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner: Slovenian Agricultural Institute / Contact person: at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si

• Interreg-cross-border project UE LI JE II Olive oil: a symbol of quality in the cross-border area (2011-2014)

Project funded by Cross-border co-operation Programme Italy-Slovenia 2007-2013, financed by the European Regional Development Fund and national funds / Lead partner Municipality Brda, Dobrovo / Contact person: at WRC: branka.mozetic@ung.si

• Bilateral Project (BI-US/13-14-028: Establishment and dominance of domesticated yeast in fermenting grape must (2013-2014)

Project funded by ARIS (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) / Partner: Department of Genetics, Washington University, Saint Louis, ZDA / Contact person at WRC: lorena.butinar@ung.si