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Their core work

The Natural History Museum of Montenegro is a public museum in Podgorica that serves as the national coordinator for European Researchers' Night events in Montenegro. Their H2020 involvement centers entirely on organizing annual science engagement festivals — combining science cafés, hands-on experiments, and public outreach to bridge the gap between researchers and citizens. In recent editions, they have themed these events around sustainability topics including energy, agriculture, and tourism, reflecting Montenegro's national development priorities.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early work (2014-2015) focused on general science communication formats — science festivals, cafés, and hands-on experiments aimed at making researchers accessible to the public. By 2020-2021, the thematic framing shifted decisively toward sustainability: energy, agriculture, and tourism became the lens through which public engagement was organized. This mirrors a broader European trend of anchoring Researchers' Night events in Green Deal priorities.

Moving toward sustainability and green transition themes in their public engagement work, likely aligning with Montenegro's EU accession priorities.

How they like to work

They exclusively coordinate projects rather than joining as partners, but these are very small-scale Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) with only 1-2 consortium members. Their network is minimal — just 2 unique partners from a single country. This suggests they operate as a local organizer rather than a networked consortium builder.

Extremely limited network: only 2 unique partners from 1 country across all projects. This reflects the local nature of Researchers' Night events rather than broad European collaboration.

What sets them apart

As Montenegro's natural history museum, they hold a distinctive position as the country's institutional anchor for European Researchers' Night. For any consortium needing a Montenegrin partner for science communication, public engagement, or Widening Participation activities, they are one of very few options with proven H2020 coordination experience. Their museum setting gives them a built-in public venue and audience that most research institutions lack.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MONTENIGHT2014-15
  Their first and largest-funded H2020 project (EUR 14,640), establishing the museum as Montenegro's Researchers' Night coordinator.
• Montenight2021
  Most recent project, showing continuity and a thematic pivot to sustainability topics including energy, agriculture, and health tourism.