The Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS, former ARRS) as an independent public funding organisation perform tasks relating to the National Research and Development Programme and creation of European Research Area. ARIS:
- provides framework for scientific research within the national budget and other sources,
- promotes high quality scientific research in Slovenia and its application,
- fosters internationaly comparable evaluation standards in Slovenia,
- provides the transparency of organising research community in Slovenia,
- promotes international research cooperation,
- analyses R&D activities and provides science policy expertise.