Structure Andcurrentstatus of the BAS

Structure andcurrentstatus of the BAS

The BAS includes 42 researchunits, 8 academicspecializedunitsand 8 specialized/supportingunits. Theresearch andacademicspecializedunits of BAS areautonomouslegalentitiesperformingbasicandappliedresearch, postgraduateandpostdoctoraltraining. Theresearchunitsareorganizedin9 divisions as follows:

I.INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONSCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Institute of MathematicsandInformatics (IMI)

Institute of InformationandCommunication Technologies (IICT)

Institute of Mechanics (IMech)

Institute of SystemEngineeringandRobotics (ISER)

National Laboratory of ComputerVirology (NLCV)

Laboratory of Telematics (LT)

II. ENERGY RESOURCES AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Institute of NuclearResearchandNuclear Energy (INRNE)

Institute of Electrochemistryand Energy Systems (IEES)

Institute of Chemical Engineering (IChE)

Central Laboratory of Solar Energy and New Energy Sources (CLSENES)

III. NANOSCIENCES, NEW MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES

Institute of Solid State Physics „Acad. GeorgiNadjakov“ (ISSP)

Institute of Electronics „Acad. EmilDjakov“ (IE)

Institute of OpticalMaterialsand Technologies „Acad. JordanMalinovski“ (IOMT)

Institute of MineralogyandCrystallography „Acad. IvanKostov“(IMC)

Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and Technologies „Acad. A. Balevski“ withCentreforHydro- andAerodynamics (IMSET-CHA)

Institute of General andInorganicChemistry (IGIC)

Institute of OrganicChemistrywithCentre of Phytochemistry (IOCCP)

Institute of PhysicalChemistry „Acad. RostislawKaischew“ (IPC)

Institute of Polymers (IP)

Institute of Catalysis (IC)

Central Laboratory of AppliedPhysics-Plovdiv (CLAP)

IV. BIOMEDICINE AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Institute of MolecularBiology „Acad. RoumenTsanev“ (IMB)

Institute of Neurobiology (INB)

Institute of Microbiology „StephanAngeloff“ (IMicB)

Institute of BiophysicsandBiomedicalEngineering (IBPhBME)

Institute of BiologyandImmunology of Reproduction „Acad. K. Bratanov“(IBIR)

Institute of ExperimentalMorphology, PathologyandAnthropologywithMuseum (IEMPAM)

V. BIODIVERSITY, BIORESOURCES AND ECOLOGY

Institute of BiodiversityandEcosystemResearch (IBER)

Institute of Forestry (IF)

Institute of PlantPhysiologyandGenetics (IPPG)

National Museum of NaturalHistory (NMNH)

BotanicalGarden (BG)

VI. CLIMATE CHANGES, RISKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Geological Institute „Acad. StrashimirDimitrov" (Gl)

National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy, andGeography (NIGGG)

National Institute of MeteorologyandHydrology (NIMH)

Institute of Oceanology „Prof. FridtjofNansen“ (IO)

VII. ASTRONOMY, SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES

Institute of Astronomywith National AstronomicalObservatory (IA NAO)

SpaceandSolar-TerrestrialResearch Institute (SSTRI)

VIII. CULTURAL-HISTORICAL HERITAGE AND NATIONAL IDENTITY

Institute forBulgarianLanguage „Prof. LyubomirAndreychin“ (IBL)

Institute forLiterature (IL)

Institute forBalkanStudieswithCentre of Thracology „Prof. AlexandarFol“ (IBSCT)

Institute of EthnologyandFolkloreStudieswithEthnographicMuseum (IEFSEM)

Institute forHistoricalStudies (IHistS)

Institute of ArtStudies (IAS)

National Archaeological Institute withMuseum (NAIM)

Cyrillo-MethodianResearchCentre (CMRC)

IX. MAN AND SOCIETY

Institute forEconomicStudies (IES)

Institute forthe State andLaw (ISL)

Institute forPopulationandHumanStudies (IPHS)

Institute fortheStudy of SocietiesandKnowledge (ISSK)