Комисија за помоћ у научним истраживањима 1952–1955
THE COMMISSION FOR SUPPORT IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH 1952–1955

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the composition, objectives, and activities of the Commission for Support in Scientific Research (KPNI), which operated between 1952 and 1955. The Commission was responsible for the organization, financing, and coordination of scientific research in Yugoslavia, primarily focusing on geological and mining investigations in the search for uranium ore, as well as the work of institutes for nuclear research established in the late 1940s and early 1950s (“Boris Kidrič” Institute of Physics in Vinča, “Jožef Stefan” Institute in Ljubljana, and “Ruđer Bošković” Institute in Zagreb). The activities of the Commission are examined within the broader context of the development of the Yugoslav nuclear project and the external and internal factors that influenced it. In April 1955, the Commission’s responsibilities were transferred to the newly established Federal Commission for Nuclear Energy (SKNE), which continued to address these issues in the following period. The paper is based on archival materials of the KPNI preserved in the Archives of Yugoslavia, as well as documents from other archival fonds of the Archives of Yugoslavia, materials from “Jožef Stefan” Institute held in the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana, records from the archives of the “Ruđer Bošković” Institute in Zagreb, and relevant scholarly literature.

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