Projects and Grants

At RIT Croatia we take every opportunity to make a positive impact. Our esteemed faculty members go above and beyond to detect opportunities for further development and contribution both locally and globally.

Current projects

MONI.CA – Air MONItoring aCross Adriatic (EU Interreg Italy-Croatia, 2023–2024)

"The goal of the MONI.CA project is to contribute to solving emerging air quality problems and to proactively address the health of urban populations through effective problem-solving with smart technologies. We hope that the collected information will be beneficial to city authorities, enabling them to detect sources of pollution and take preventive action for the well-being of the local population.” – Dr. Martin Žagar, principal investigator

Global Gamemakers: Cross-Cultural Interactive Design through UEFN (RIT Global Faculty Research Grant, 2024–2025)

“Through this initiative, we want to integrate the strengths of two amazing RIT programs, the 3D Digital Design program, and the New Media Design program: creating a virtual environment by combining game development with interactive and interface design. We aim to empower the next generation of designers to create immersive experiences that resonate with audiences worldwide.” – Dr. Ante Poljičak, co-principal investigator

Shaun Foster (RIT), Jason Arena (RIT), Dr. Ante Poljičak (RIT Croatia), Dr. Jurica Dolić (RIT Croatia)

Telemedicine Education Advancement through Microcredentials (TEAM) (2023–2026)

The TEAM project is an international collaborative effort of partners from six European countries: Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, Greece, Ukraine, and Romania. It aims to revolutionize digital health and telemedicine education by developing flexible learning pathways that align with global best practices. It focuses on addressing challenges such as limited digital literacy and aims to bolster cross-sectoral collaboration. The initiative is especially pivotal for countries with urgent healthcare needs. RIT Croatia as a partner on the project is represented by Dr Martin Žagar.

Micro-credentials in Digital Health for Ethiopia and Somalia (DigHealth) (Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE), 2024-2027). RIT Croatia is the Lead Partner (Dr. Martin Žagar, Dr. Ana Havelka Meštrović, Dr. Alan Mutka), total budget = €400.000

The objective is to enhance healthcare delivery in Ethiopia and Somalia through the development of digital health micro-credentials. The project aims to build academic capacity by training educators, designing new curricula, and implementing digital health courses to support healthcare systems in remote and underserved areas of Ethiopia, and Somalia, with the help of Greek, Belgium, and Croatian partners.

Developing INnovative Alliances for Management, Innovation, and Collaboration in European BioEconomy (DINAMIC Danube) (Interreg Danube Region Programme, 2025-2028). RIT Croatia is the Lead Partner (Dr. Martin Žagar, Dr. Kristina Šorić, Dr. Vanja Vejzagić), total budget = €2.4 million


The main idea behind the DINAMIC Danube project is to strengthen small family farms in the Danube Region by providing lifelong learning, peer mentoring, and technological innovation, with a focus on sustainability, gender equality, and rural development, and by creating pilot actions on precision farming, policy recommendations, and a regional support network. RIT Croatia is coordinating 17 institutions from across the Danube Region including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Ukraine.

Social Media Leadership Incubator for the Danube Region (SMILE Incubator) (Interreg Danube Region Programme, 2025-2027), RIT Croatia is the project partner (Dr. Martin Žagar, Dr. Jasminka Samardžija), total budget = €1.98 million

The SMILE project will empower youth in rural Danube communities by strengthening their digital communication and leadership skills. The project promotes active citizenship and sustainable democracy through social media engagement and strategic capacity-building by developing leadership training toolkits, policy guidelines, and a Social Media Leadership Incubator. The Lead Partner is the School of Advanced Social Studies (Slovenia) with 20 organizations from all 14 countries in the Danube Region partnering on the project.

Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science (PANGEOS) (COST Action CA22136, 2023-2027). RIT Croatia is project partner (Dr. Martin Žagar, Dr. Kristina Šorić)

The objectives set by PANGEOS are developed in the wake of the European Green Deal strategic goals. To support these goals, PANGEOS aims to leverage state-of-the-art remote sensing technologies to advance field phenotyping workflows, precision agriculture/forestry practices and larger-scale operational assessments for a more sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources.