Green and Digital Partnerships for Intelligent Transformation

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 Bulgarian Ministry of Innovation and Growth through its European Funds for Competitiveness Directorate General. It targets the development, validation, testing, and commercialisation of green and digital technologies, and requires a mandatory consortium between an SME applicant and at least one higher education institution or scientific organisation.

Grant awards range from 100,000 to 1,500,000 BGN per project. SME partners receive 50–80% funding depending on enterprise size (micro, small, or medium), aid category (industrial research or experimental development), and the project's geographic region (transition or less-developed). Higher education and research partners receive 100% funding with no co-financing obligation. Only micro, small, and medium enterprises registered and operating in Bulgaria are eligible as lead applicants; solo SME applications without an academic or research partner are not permitted. The application deadline was 16:30 Sofia time on 16 February 2026.

Applications are submitted electronically through the ISUN 2020 platform (eumis2020.government.bg) using a qualified electronic signature (КЕП). All programme documentation is in Bulgarian. The ERDF co-financing structure means roughly 80% of the programme budget comes from EU sources, with 20% from national funds. Applicants should confirm their enterprise category and project region before calculating the aid intensity applicable to their specific project, as the co-funding obligation can range from 20% to 50%.