The year 2021 begins with good news at the West University of Timișoara, as a result of the results obtained by our colleagues in the Exploratory Research Projects competition, submitted in 2020 to UEFISCDI.

The UEFISCDI 2020 funding competition for exploratory research projects has once again highlighted the concern of the academic community of the Western University of Timișoara for performance in scientific research. The results of this competition materialized by winning seven exploratory research projects, accumulating an amount of 7.633.260 lei, dedicated exclusively to the financing of scientific research activities.

The rector of UVT, prof. univ. dr. Marilen Gabriel Pirtea, emphasizes the competitive performance of UVT researchers: "The entry into the new year brings for the UVT community a confirmation of the significant scientific value of its exceptional researchers, through the funding of the seven projects considered competitive by UEFISCDI. We have all overcome a complicated, difficult year through all the trials and challenges we have known, but here talent and perseverance have helped us, as always, and inspired us in imagining and writing well-scored research projects in the national research competition, a confirmation of our concerns oriented towards high performance."

The experience, tenacity and performance orientation of the colleagues who submitted projects in this competition made UVT have the highest success rate (31,8% of the total projects submitted by UVT) in this competition, compared to the other universities in Romania . The funded projects are assigned to the following scientific fields: 3 – social and economic sciences (psychology), 1 – computer science, 1 – mathematics, 1 – biology and ecology (biology), 1 – humanities (philology)