Balgarianovinite.com The third annual conference under the SUMMIT (Sofia University Marking Momentum for Innovation and Technological Transfer) project will take place at the Rectorate of Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, the university’s press office said.
The scientific forum will officially open on April 21 at 10:00 a.m. in the Aula of the Rectorate. Representatives of various state institutions, as well as international scholars and researchers, have been invited to attend.
During the conference, leading and affiliated researchers – heads of 22 scientific groups working in different fields – will present their activities under the project in dedicated sessions. A parallel poster session will showcase results achieved so far by some of the university projects funded through SUMMIT.
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski has been implementing the SUMMIT project since early 2023. The project is funded by the EU’s NextGenerationEU instrument under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, within the ‘Innovative Bulgaria” component. It has a duration of 42 months and is set to conclude on June 30, 2026, with total funding of BGN 44 million (EUR 22.5 million).
SUMMIT is a comprehensive strategic research and innovation programme for the development of the university. It includes 115 relatively independent projects and related activities, involving nearly 950 lecturers, researchers, PhD students and staff.
The core of the programme is the work of 22 selected research groups, each with a budget between BGN 1.1 million and BGN 1.8 million, accounting for 60% of the total funding. These groups operate in key areas such as artificial intelligence, green energy and environment, climate and natural risks, quantum informatics, medicine, new materials, European values and social challenges, digital education, digital humanities and SME digitalisation.
Seventeen of the groups are led by top researchers from Sofia University, while five are headed by leading scientists from foreign universities and industry.
In addition, 93 projects from all faculties have been funded on a competitive basis, 44 of which were successfully completed by the end of 2025.
Under the international cooperation component, 966 researcher mobility exchanges had been carried out by the end of 2025 – 673 outgoing and 293 incoming.
The programme also includes a component for intellectual property protection and technology transfer, aimed at building an integrated system to support researchers, including assistance with international patent applications. By the end of 2025, seven international and six national patent applications had been filed, the university said. Third Annual SUMMIT Project Conference to Be Held at Sofia University 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-21 06:12:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law