The National Innovation Fund operates as an active architect of the innovation ecosystem in Bulgaria, rather than merely as a source of funding.

The Fund’s strategy is aimed at creating effective mechanisms that connect ideas, scientific potential, entrepreneurship, and the market in a coherent and measurable process.

The National Innovation Fund’s strategic priorities concept presents the basic framework upon which the future focus of innovation support is built. It outlines the NIF’s role in addressing market failures, promoting technological development, and ensuring predictable, transparent, and effective funding. The concept serves as a management tool for setting priorities in the development of future programs, calls for proposals, and mechanisms to support innovative enterprises, research partnerships, and the innovation ecosystem in Bulgaria.

Supported projects are viewed as part of a broader innovation flow, in which each intervention has a clear role—to reduce risk, accelerate development, or facilitate market entry. The Fund’s strategic approach aims to transform public funding into a clear, accessible, and long-term resource.