Business Development, Innovation and SMEs Programme Bulgaria, Support for start-ups

Read the call text in English: Call for Proposal, Support for Start-ups

Read the call text in Bulgarian: Call for Proposals, Support to Start-ups

See the mandatory attachments and essential reading below. 

Deadline

Thursday, 18 November 2021, 14:00 (Bulgarian time).

Projects must be completed by 31 October 2023 at the latest.

Available funding

A total of 2,000,000 euro.

Between 5,000 euro and 80,000 euro per project.

Aims 

This call will finance projects submitted by Bulgarian start-ups. The focus of the projects should be one of the two main areas of the Programme: Green Industry Innovation and Welfare Technology.

Eligible activities

Under the current call will be supported development activities corresponding to at least TRL 5[1]. Additionally, the development activities shall be envisaged to reach TRL 8 at the end of the project implementation.

Who can apply?

Bulgarian micro and small enterprises. The applicants:

• must have been established and registered for at least 6 months and maximum 4 years of operation at the date of the deadline of the Call;
• must be operating within one of the two focus areas of programme (Green Industry Innovation / Welfare Technology).
• shall be unlisted small enterprises up to four years following their registration, which have not yet distributed profits and have not been formed through a merger.

Who can be partner? 

The start-ups can apply to the call together with partners. The partners can be entities from Bulgaria or from Norway.

Eligible partners are any private or public entity, commercial or non-commercial, established as a legal person in Norway or in Bulgaria.

Webinar 

• Innovation Norway in Bulgaria organised an informational webinar and Q&A on Tuesday 14 September 2021. Watch the recording!
  
  
• Innovation Norway in Bulgaria and Romania organised a short information session on Support for start-ups. Watch the recording!