On the 6th and 7th September 2017 in Lubljana, a meeting took place involving representatives of funding agencies from five Central European countries: prof. József Györkös, director of the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), prof. Klement Tockner, president of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), dr Alice Valkárová, president of the Czech Science Foundation (GA ČR), dr József Pálinkás, president of the Hungarian National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) and prof. Zbigniew Błocki, director of the National Science Centre. »