Maja Salapić was born in Split in 1981. She graduated in Croatian and Czech studies from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. She was employed as the head of the office of the Smart School where she was in charge of the entire administration and communication with clients. In 2013 she attended a training course for office managers organized by Poslovni savjetnik. Since 2014 she has worked in the Agency for Mobility and European Union, which conducts and promotes programs of the European Union and other international programs in the field of science, education, training and youth. She currently works as a national contact person for social challenges of Smart, green and integrated transport and Secure, clean and efficient energy within the framework of the EU program for research and innovation Horizon 2020. She is a member of the program committees for both social challenges. She is cooperating in the project network of national contact persons C-Energy2020 and is a frequent guest lecturer at various seminars, conferences and workshops where she presents options for the funding of energy and transport within the Horizon 2020.
