RESEARCH GOVERNANCE

The Ministry of Education and Science (MES) is the governmental body responsible for research and development and educational policies in Bulgaria. A National Council on Scientific Research, consisting of the Minister of Education and Science and members from the relevant ministries, higher education schools and employers’ organizations, supports MES in implementing policies in the science and research areas. The National Council on Scientific Research coordinates the National Scientific Programmes approved with a government decision covering five areas – Genomics, Information Society, Nanotechnologies and New Materials, “Bulgarian society - part of Europe" and Cosmic Research.

The National Scientific Fund is a body at MES functioning since 1990 with the objectives of promoting research in the fields in which Bulgarian excellence is internationally recognized and of strengthening interaction between the research community and the country's economic players.