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Bulgarian Ministry of Innovation

Green and Digital Partnerships for Intelligent Transformation

Supports mandatory small business and university partnerships in Bulgaria to build and validate green digital technologies for industry.

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BG16RFPR002-1.010 — Green and Digital Partnerships for Intelligent Transformation — is a Bulgarian national call under the PNIIDIT programme (Scientific Research, Innovation and Digitalization for Intelligent Transformation 2021–2027), co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund. The total budget is 60,770,432 BGN (approximately 31 million EUR). The programme is administered by the Bulga…

Development, validation, testing, and commercialisation of green and digital technologies by Bulgarian SMEs in mandatory partnership with higher education or scientific organisations.

CycleiHow often this grant runs - e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.-
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.-
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.-
Award typeiThe form of funding - grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.20%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.£60.8M

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