Bulgaria
Bulgarian "Information Society" National Scientific Programme
(BG ISNSP)
The Bulgarian "Information Society" National Scientific Programme has been drawn up in accordance with the "Strategy and the National Programme for Information Society Development" in the Republic of Bulgaria and the priorities of the EU framework programmes. The programme founder is the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science. The programme's timeframe is 2003-2006, and the average annual budget is 50,000 euro.
The programme aims at speeding up the development of the information society through creating the necessary preconditions for improving the quality of life of all citizens as well as for making state and local administration more efficient.
The programme implementation is managed by the National Science Fund Bulgaria, based at the Ministry of Education and Science, supported by an expert panel comprising representatives of interested line ministries, research institutes of the Bulgarian Academy of Science, and universities.
The National Science Fund launches calls for project proposals once a year. The Expert panel selects the project proposals on the basis of the results of the evaluation procedure. Retained projects are being implemented by various consortia which may include foreign partners as well. The eligible organizations are institute of the Bulgarian Academy of Science (BAS), SMEs, NGOs, and universities.
The funding is provided on a project-competition principle only for scientific research projects whose objectives correspond to the objectives, priorities and tasks of the programme. The programme's direct beneficiaries are the public research institutes of Bulgarian Academy of Science, public and private industry SMEs, NGOs and public and private universities.
Contact
Ms. Albena Vutsova
Director, Scientific Research Directorate,
Secretary of the National Science Fund Bulgaria (NSFB) at the Ministry of
Education and Science
Phone number: +359 2 9808988
E-mail:
a.vutsova@minedu.government.bg
Postal address: Blvd. Dondukov 2 Sofia 1000, Bulgaria
Website
http://www.nsfb.net http://www.minedu.government.bg
