Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Българска академия на науките
Established1869 (1869)
HeadquartersSofia, Bulgaria
Coordinates42°41′40″N 23°19′54″E / 42.69444°N 23.33167°E / 42.69444; 23.33167
President
Yulian Revalski
Websitewww.bas.bg
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The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS; Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките, Bŭlgarska akademiya na naukite, abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869.

The Academy, with headquarters in Sofia, is autonomous and consists of a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members. It publishes and circulates different scientific works, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and journals, and runs its own publishing house.

The activities are distributed in three main branches: Natural, mathematical and engineering sciences; Biological, medical and agrarian sciences and Social sciences, humanities and art. They are structured in 42 independent scientific institutes, and a dozen of laboratories and other sections.

Julian Revalski has been the president of the BAS since 2016. As of 2022, its budget was 119,860 million leva (€61.28 million).[1]

  1. ^ "Bulgarian Academy of Sciences budget puts the institution at risk, scientists say".

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