The Vice-President of BAS Corr. Mem. Evdokia Pasheva presented awards to young scientists from the Academy who were distinguished in a competition for the best publication in the field of natural-mathematical, and humanities and social sciences. Each year the awards are named after notable BAS scientists on the occasion of their anniversaries. For the year 2024 the awards are dedicated to Acad. Ivan Salabashev and Acad. Ivan Evstratiev Geshov. The jury in this year’s competition awarded seven scientific works of young researchers, announced Corr. Mem. Pasheva.
First prize in the competition for the best article in the field of humanities named after Acad. Ivan E. Geshov and in connection with the 100th anniversary of his death was awarded to Aleksandar Zlatanov from the Institute for Historical Studies of BAS. He received the prize for his study on the early activities of Evlogy Georgiev. The jury of the competition awarded two second prizes – to Natasha Noeva from the Institute of Art Studies for her research on gallery work in Bulgaria and to Simeon Simeonov from the Institute of Art Studies for his research on the National Revival art and culture. The third prize went to Radina Ilieva of the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum who had researched the role of convalescent camps in the country during socialism; Elina Anastasova from the Institute of Art Studies for her work on personification in Byzantine art; and Petar Topurov of the Institute of State and Law for his book on domestic violence.
In the field of natural sciences and mathematics, the second prize after the name of Acad. Ivan Salabashev was awarded to Danail Stratiev from the Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering.
The competition for the best publication in the field of natural and mathematical sciences and the humanities and social sciences was held for the fourth consecutive year, Academician Krassimir Atanassov, who had founded the award, said at the ceremony. He added that the aim of the competition was to encourage young scientists to write their scientific papers independently.
