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All Horizon 2020 Projects Coordinated In Bulgaria: €60m EU Funding For 51 Local Innovation Initiatives
- Horizon 2020 is the largest EU program focused on research, innovation, and technological development, with about €80b made available for the 2014-2020 period.
- To date, participants from Bulgaria have received the modest €114.6m or 0.25% of the EU’s total (Germany is the biggest beneficiary with €7.6b.
- 675 Bulgarian organizations are currently involved in Horizon 2020 projects (0.58% of the EU’s total)
- 10.5% of all eligible Bulgarian proposals have received funding (EU average is 11.98%)
By taking a look at the ‘CORDIS – EU research projects under Horizon 2020’ dataset, we discovered that Bulgarian organizations are coordinating 51 projects. The total budget for all them is a bit over €64.3m with EU’s contribution standing at €60.2m.
If we rank all projects by the amount of EU contribution, it turns out two projects stand out with about €15m backing each – GATE, Sofia’s new big data Center of Excellence, and PlantaSYST, which aims to establish a new Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (CPSBB) in Plovdiv.
While many of the projects are coordinated by academic, research or government institutions, we can also see familiar startup names in the list, for example, EnduroSat and Transmetrics. The latter received another 1.67m from the European Innovation Council last year.
| Status | Project Name | Total Cost in EUR | EU Max Contribution in EUR | Coordinator | End Date |
| SIGNED | BiG DAta for SmarT SociEty | 14,999,498 | 14,999,498 | SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | 2026-08-31 |
| SIGNED | Establishment of a Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology for the translation of fundamental research into sustainable bio-based technologies in Bulgaria | 14,940,000 | 14,940,000 | TSENTAR PO RASTITELNA SISTEMNA BIOLOGIYA I BIOTEHNOGIYA | 2024-02-29 |
| SIGNED | Supporting Active Ageing through Multimodal coaching | 3,996,400 | 3,996,400 | BALKANSKI INSTITUT PO TRUDA I SOCIALNATA POLITIKA ASSOCIATION | 2020-11-30 |
| SIGNED | TRANSTEM: ERA Chair in Translational Stem Cell Biology | 2,499,979 | 2,499,979 | Medical University Of Varna | 2024-09-30 |
| SIGNED | WIDER AND ENHANCED VERIFICATION FOR YOU | 2,931,000 | 2,499,450 | ONTOTEXT AD | 2021-11-30 |
| SIGNED | Microwave driven ion trap quantum computing | 2,363,344 | 2,363,344 | FOUNDATION FOR THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS | 2021-09-30 |
| SIGNED | Space Data Gateway | 2,845,001 | 1,991,501 | ENDUROSAT AD | 2021-09-30 |
| SIGNED | Multifunctional Graphene-based Nanocomposites with Robust Electromagnetic and Thermal Properties for 3D-printing Application | 1,935,000 | 1,651,500 | Institute of Mechanics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | 2020-12-31 |
| SIGNED | Electromobility in urban transport: a multi-dimensional innovation (socio-economic and environmental effects) | 1,525,500 | 1,525,500 | UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMY | 2020-02-29 |
| SIGNED | Train-to-NZEB: The Building Knowledge Hubs | 1,426,334 | 1,426,334 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY CENTER – ENEFFECTFOUNDATION | 2018-11-30 |
| SIGNED | EnduroSat provides innovative space communication satellite solutions. | 2,030,138 | 1,206,588 | ENDUROSAT AD | 2019-02-28 |
| SIGNED | Resurrection plants reveal secrets of vegetative desiccation tolerance | 1,062,600 | 1,062,600 | TSENTAR PO RASTITELNA SISTEMNA BIOLOGIYA I BIOTEHNOGIYA | 2023-02-28 |
| CLOSED | Enhancement of training capabilities in VVER technology through establishment of VVER training academy (CORONA II) | 2,063,939 | 1,017,605 | KOZLODUY NPP PLC | 2018-08-31 |
| SIGNED | Innovative training schemes for retrofitting to nZEB-levels | 1,013,849 | 1,013,849 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY CENTER – ENEFFECTFOUNDATION | 2019-06-14 |
| SIGNED | Enhancing the scientific capacity of the Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy at Sofia University as leading regional research and innovation centre in the area of advanced functional materials | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | 2019-08-31 |
| SIGNED | Three dimensional breast cancer models for X-ray Imaging research | 998,050 | 998,050 | TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA | 2018-12-31 |
| SIGNED | Advanced theoretical network for modeling light matter interactIon | 929,200 | 874,000 | NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY | 2023-02-28 |
| SIGNED | European Contest for Young Scientists 2019 | 1,001,250 | 800,000 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE | 2020-01-31 |
| SIGNED | Establishment of a Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology for the translation of fundamental research into sustainable bio-based technologies in Bulgaria | 495,475 | 494,726 | INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY | 2016-05-31 |
| SIGNED | Rhodoshop – a pilot programme to facilitate investment in energy efficiency by creation of One-Stop-Shop in Rhodope Region of Bulgaria. | 470,550 | 470,550 | SOFIA ENERGY CENTRE LTD | 2020-08-31 |
| SIGNED | BIG DATA FOR SMART SOCIETY | 387,875 | 387,875 | SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | 2018-08-31 |
| CLOSED | Centre of Excellence for Mathematical Modeling and Advanced Computing | 370,300 | 370,299 | INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES | 2016-05-31 |
| SIGNED | Researchers in the knowledge triangle | 217,625 | 212,000 | SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | 2019-11-30 |
| SIGNED | REFRESH – Relate, Experience, Find Research Everywhere and SHare | 208,125 | 208,125 | ZENTYR ZA IZSLEDVANE I ANALISI | 2020-01-31 |
| CLOSED | Researchers in the Knowledge Triangle | 248,645 | 201,000 | NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY | 2015-11-30 |
| CLOSED | FRESH – Find Researchers Everywhere and SHare | 171,745 | 160,000 | ZENTYR ZA IZSLEDVANE I ANALISI | 2018-01-31 |
| CLOSED | Bottom-up Energy Efficient Emulsification and Structured Materials | 150,000 | 150,000 | SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | 2018-12-31 |
| CLOSED | Innovative Enterprise week SOFIA 2018 – Financial instruments fostering Research and Innovation | 149,750 | 149,750 | TECH TOUR GLOBAL | 2018-07-31 |
| CLOSED | Composite Pulses for Quantum Engineering | 140,994 | 140,994 | INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES | 2018-11-06 |
| CLOSED | Spectral Theory of Non-Selfadjoint Markov Processes with Applications in Self-Similarity, Branching Processes and Financial Mathematics | 128,994 | 128,994 | INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS AT THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE | 2017-06-30 |
| CLOSED | Innovation Support services by EEN for Enhancing the Innovation Management Capacity of Bulgarian SMEs | 117,929 | 117,929 | ARC CONSULTING EOOD | 2016-12-31 |
| SIGNED | Design and modelling of metal matrix composites | 105,746 | 105,746 | INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES | 2020-04-30 |
| CLOSED | FOOD 2030 Flagship Conference on Research and Innovation for Food and Nutrition Security and Quality Empowerment | 125,000 | 100,000 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE | 2018-09-30 |
| CLOSED | RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES FLAGSHIP CONFERENCE Enhancing Long Term Sustainability and Opening Up RIs to Society and Industry | 125,000 | 100,000 | MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE | 2018-08-31 |
| CLOSED | Bulgarian Days of Career Development and Mobility of Researchers | 77,875 | 77,875 | SOFIA UNIVERSITY ST KLIMENT OHRIDSKI | 2017-11-30 |
| CLOSED | EEN InnoSupp BG | 66,905 | 66,905 | ARC CONSULTING EOOD | 2018-12-31 |
| SIGNED | CaaS – Car Charging as a Service for Smart Mobility | 71,429 | 50,000 | NAVIGATO | 2020-03-31 |
| SIGNED | MANUBACK, the smart garment for operator protection in the field of Manual Handling of Goods | 71,429 | 50,000 | MADESIGN LTD | 2020-03-31 |
| SIGNED | AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTICS AND RADIOLOGICAL READING FROM LUMBAR SPINE MRI | 71,429 | 50,000 | SMART SOFT | 2020-01-31 |
| CLOSED | Feasibility study for the further development and market launch of the Archimedes Universal Decision Support System for irrigated crops growers | 71,429 | 50,000 | ARCHIMEDES – UDSS LLC | 2019-01-31 |
| CLOSED | Ocean Reef Tower Oases: Feeding the World, Restoring the Oceans | 71,429 | 50,000 | SEA HARMONY | 2018-12-31 |
| CLOSED | Optimizing Container Load for Parcel and Pallet Transport Networks | 71,429 | 50,000 | TRANSMETRICS AD | 2018-09-30 |
| SIGNED | Predictive Maintenance Tool for Non-Intrusive Inspection Systems | 71,429 | 50,000 | DANLEX EOOD | 2018-06-30 |
| CLOSED | Plasma Nitriding and Nitrocarburising for high wear resistance and high corrosion stability Stainless Steel | 71,429 | 50,000 | IONITECH LTD | 2017-11-30 |
| CLOSED | “Alcohol-impaired driving PREVENTion and personal authentication by a vehicle ignition interlock system“ | 71,429 | 50,000 | BIODIT GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY | 2017-10-31 |
| CLOSED | Cost-efficient, 35 seconds, comprehensive mastitis management system for dairy farmers and veterinarians | 71,429 | 50,000 | BULTEH 2000 LTD | 2016-06-30 |
| CLOSED | MirrorPV – Balanced growth photovoltaic generation with Roof PV mirrors | 71,429 | 50,000 | SCA DEVELOPMENT LTD | 2016-05-31 |
| CLOSED | Improving diagnostics of respiratory diseases and boosting the COMAC MEDICAL Ltd. competitiveness and growth by validation of fractional EBT biomarker through new method of measurement and device | 71,429 | 50,000 | COMAC MEDICAL LTD | 2015-10-31 |
| CLOSED | Zero Emission Robot-Boat for Coastal and Inland Water Monitoring | 71,429 | 50,000 | CORES EOOD | 2015-11-30 |
| SIGNED | EEN InnoSupp BG-3 | 45,008 | 45,008 | ARC CONSULTING EOOD | 2019-12-31 |
| CLOSED | Establishing services Enhancing the innovation management capacity of SMEs in Bulgaria | 25,156 | 20,125 | APPLIED RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS FUND | 2014-12-31 |
