The National Innovation Fund (NIF) publishes the evaluation results for project proposals with Bulgarian participation under Eurostars-3 / Call 9 of the Eureka initiative. The lists of approved and rejected project proposals, together with the relevant Order, are published below. The results were subsequently amended, and the updated documents are available as part of this announcement.

The National Innovation Fund (NIF) publishes the evaluation results for project proposals with Bulgarian participation under Eurostars-3 / Call 9 of the Eureka initiative.

As part of the national stage, the project proposals underwent an administrative compliance and eligibility assessment and a financial assessment of the project budgets, in accordance with the Updated Rules for the Management of the National Innovation Fund (2026) and the Rules for the Evaluation of Project Proposals under the Eurostars-3 Joint Programme.

Following completion of the assessment, the project proposals approved for funding, as well as the rejected project proposals, have been determined.

Amendment to the results

Following their initial publication, the results under Eurostars-3 / Call 9 were amended. Both the originally published documents and the documents reflecting the subsequent amendment are available as part of this announcement.

The documents marked “as amended” constitute the current version of the results.

The following documents are attached:

• Order – Eurostars-3 / Call 9;
• Approved Projects – Eurostars-3 / Call 9;
• Rejected Projects – Eurostars-3 / Call 9;
• Order – Eurostars-3 / Call 9 (as amended);
• Approved Projects – Eurostars-3 / Call 9 (as amended);
• Rejected Projects – Eurostars-3 / Call 9 (as amended).

For the Bulgarian participants whose project proposals have been approved for funding, the procedure proceeds to the subsequent steps for the conclusion of funding agreements with the National Innovation Fund.