Programme to accelerate economic recovery and transformation through research and innovation

The Recovery and Resilience Facility provides EUR 142 million to support Bulgaria’s research and innovation performance, technology transfer and information-sharing.

EUR 120 million go for the implementation of innovation programs by 10 research higher education institutions.

The Technical University in Sofia receives BGN 28 million from the RRP for the project "Improving research capacity and quality for international visibility and sustainability of Technical University - Sofia". The project duration is 42 months.

Project objectives:

This project focuses on five strategic areas for the Technical University of Sofia: 

• Digitisation, Connectivity and Information Security;
• Intelligent Systems and Artificial Intelligence. Industry 4.0;
• Mechatronics, Clean Technologies, Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Management;
• New Technologies for Green Energy and Energy Efficiency;
• Engineering Technologies for Healthy Living.

The aim is to increase the quality of scientific research in the five strategic areas for TU - Sofia, to focus the scientific activity towards international visibility and integration with leading institutions and scientific networks, to increase the prestige and socio-economic role of TU - Sofia in society, to actively cooperate with and support the business community, and to make a significant contribution to achieving sustainable economic growth and improving the quality of life in the country through the training of highly qualified specialists.

Additional links:

• https://pressoffice.tu-sofia.bg/site/index

Top 100 recipients:

• Medical University - Sofia;
• Medical University - Plovdiv;
• Technical University - Sofia;
• University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy - Sofia;
• Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski";
• Thracian University – Stara Zagora;