The award ceremony of the National Prize "13 of Centuries Bulgaria" for young talents in contemporary art and science took place on 1 July 2022 in the Ballroom of the Palace - National Gallery. The Prize is awarded every two years by the National Endowment Fund "13 Centuries of Bulgaria" for innovative achievements and postgraduate studies in European higher education institutions. The distinction in the second edition of the competition was awarded to Dr. Ivalina Trendafilova. She obtained her PhD at the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Namur, Belgium. The prize was awarded for her work in the field of novel porous nanomaterials with applications in medicine, [...]

On June 17, 2022 at the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy was held XIX Scientific Poster Session for Young Scientists, Doctoral Students and Students. This year's edition was attended by 120 young scientists, PhD students and students with 130 posters in 10 different scientific fields. With the opening of the scientific session, the prize was awarded in the National Competition "Outstanding Young Scientist in the Field of Organic Chemistry" named after Academician Ivan Juhnovski organized by the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy (UCTM) and the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria. The winner of the award is MA eng. Victoria Ivanova from the Institute of Organic Chemistry with Center of Phytochemistry at BAS (IOCCP), a graduate of UCTM. Tribute was also paid to Prof. [...]