- 84 projects submitted – the highest number of applications in the history of the program
- 23 participating universities
- 12 cities represented: Bucharest, Cluj, Timișoara, Iași, Ploiești, Alba Iulia, Sibiu, Brașov, Oradea, Constanța, Bacău and Craiova
- 25 grants of €5,000 each – the highest number of scholarships offered so far
ANIS 2025’s scholarships mark a double record: the highest number of applications ever received, 84 projects from 23 universities and 12 cities, and the highest number of grants made available by industry: 25 scholarships of 5,000 euros each. Most projects focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning (27 applications).
The Tech for All category – aimed at bringing technology to non-IT faculties – attracted 23 proposals. In addition, for the first time in the history of the program, the Quantum Computing category was introduced, and the first applications show the openness of the academic environment to emerging fields.
“The distribution of applications shows us the national dimension of the program and the high potential of the academic environment for integrating emerging technologies into education. Professors are the ones who give direction to universities, and without changes in curriculum and method we cannot recover the digital gap compared to the European average. ANIS scholarships are part of a broader effort to align with the pace of economic development, European policies and the objectives of the Digital Romania 2030 Manifesto, a direct investment in those who can bring innovation to the classrooms”, said Corina Vasile, ANIS Executive Director.
The program, now in its eighth edition, is aimed at lecturers, university assistants and doctoral students up to 40 years of age, who propose courses or laboratories integrated with emerging technologies and modern teaching methods. The evaluation of applications is carried out until October 24, based on four criteria – innovation, structure, method and continuity.
The best-rated projects will enter the interview stage, and the winners will be announced at the ANIS Scholarship Gala, on November 12, 2025, in Iași.
Over the past seven editions, 82 projects from 51 faculties (21 university centers) have been supported with grants totaling 410,000 euros. The program has become a strategic platform for collaboration between academia and the tech industry. The grants are supported each year by ANIS member companies.
The 2025 edition is held with the support of partners: Adobe Romania, Amazon Romania, Bitdefender, Booking Holdings Romania, Cognizant Technology Solutions Romania, DB Global Technology, Endava Romania, Eviden Romania, IBM Romania, Orange Services, Siemens Romania, Societe Generale Global Solution Centre and SoftServe Romania.
