Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences (INNV) is regarded as Serbia’s leading scientific institute in fundamental and applied research, owing to its size, scientific productivity, international reputation in research, and the quality of its scientific personnel and research facilities. INNV is a member of the University of Belgrade and the scientific staff of the Institute significantly contributes to the process of knowledge exchange in science-education model in Serbia. Over the past seventy years, more than 1000 Ph.D thesis have been made at the Institute. Today, the Institute with 311 researchers and 210 Ph.D. students is the host for 73 national projects and more than 60 international projects classified as EU H2020, IEAE, COST, EUREKA, Erasmus+, Bilateral, as well as other international scientific research collaborations in which the Republic of Serbia is a member.

School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade
The School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Belgrade (ETF) was established in 1948. ETF is a top educational and scientific institution in the field of electrical engineering, computer science, photonics and nanomaterials. More than 1,000 students enrol in BA, MS and PhD programmes every year. In particular, ETF group involved in this proposal has provided significant contributions in the field of semiconductor devices and nanostructures. To reach this goal, a specialized Center for nanostructures, nanoelectronics and nonophotonics (3N Center) was opened. The most noticeable achievements of the ETF group are related to the optimization of the optical properties of nanostructures. This group has established a host of numerical simulation techniques for the so-called "quantum engineering" that was applied in the design and optimization of the structural parameters.

Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš
The Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics (UNFSM), University of Niš, has been a credible educational institution for years, involved in both national and international research and innovation projects. UNFSM educates students in the fields of mathematics, computer science, physics, chemistry, biology and ecology, and geography. Over the past five years, the Faculty has participated in 38 national and 18 international projects, as well as in COST actions and bilateral projects. The Faculty is currently involved in 11 international projects (H2020, Erasmus+, COST, bilateral research projects). Also, the Faculty has been involved in European and global programs of academic mobility and exchange at all levels. Furthermore, the Faculty has experience in the coordination of science promotion projects and has been a significant contributor, participant, and coordinator of the European Researchers Night in the previous years.

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac
The Department of Chemistry is one of the organizational units of the Faculty of Science, University of Kragujevac. At the Department are organized bachelor, master and doctoral academic studies of chemistry. The Institute has well-equipped scientific research laboratories for inorganic, organic, analytical, physical chemistry, biochemistry and chemistry teaching methodology. About 24 teachers, 4 assistants and 25 researchers, research associates and scholarship holders are engaged in several scientific research and other national and international projects. They publish the results of their research in well-known international scientific journals and cooperate with a large number of institutions in the country and abroad.
