The President of BAS Prof. Julian Revalski, Full Member of the Academy, presented Prof. Diana Petkova with the Honorary Medal of BAS “Marin Drinov on a Ribbon”. The distinction is awarded for significant scientific achievements in the field of biochemistry and biophysics, for her multifaceted public, organizational and expert activities to raise the authority of Bulgarian science and on the occasion of her 70th anniversary. 
The ceremony has been held today during a solemn assembly of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria on the occasion of the Day of the National Enlighteners. Prof. Diana Petkova is the President of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria.
At the ceremony the Vice President of BAS Corresponding Member Evdokia Pasheva presented awards to young scientists for 2021 and 2022. The awards bear the names of eminent scientists from BAS, as well as foreign members of the Academy, on the occasion of their jubilees. Nine young scientists have been awarded in the 2021 competition in the fields of natural and mathematical sciences and humanities and social sciences. For a complete list of the awardees, see further. 
The 2022 awards were also presented to seven young scientists from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In the field of natural and mathematical sciences, the award is named after Acad. Roumen Tsanev. In the field of humanities it is dedicated to Paisii Hilendarski. A list of the awardees can be found below.
The prizes for the competition are a private donation. The prizes are awarded for the scientific work of a young scientist(s), alone or in co-authorship in a team of young scientists.
| Award named after Prof. Lotfi Zadeh, 2021 (Natural and Mathematical Sciences) |
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| I | Merilin Al Sharif | Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering |
| II | Daniela Avetisyan | Space Research and Technology Institute |
| III | Iva Vasileva Doycheva | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research |
| Award named after Acad. Azarya Polikarov, 2021 (Humanities) |
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| I | Mina Chavdarova Hristova | Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Muszeum |
| II | Adriana Svetlinova Spasova-Topurova | Institute for Literature |
| II | Alexandra Dimitrova Milanova | Institute of Balkan Studies with Centre of Thracology |
| III | Boris Plamenov Boev | Institute for Population and Human Studies |
| III | Boryana Vladimirova Vladimirova | Institute for Literature |
| III | Elena Ivanova Borisova | Institute for Literature |
| Award named after Acad. Roumen Tsanev, 2022 (Natural and Mathematical Sciences) |
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| I | Mila Valentinova Andonova | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research |
| II | Angel Valentinov Dyugmedzhiev | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research |
| II | Aneta Lambevska-Hristova | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research |
| III | Ivalina Ognyanova Trendafilova | Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry |
| III | Maria Nikolaeva Kachamakova | Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research |
| Award named after Paisii Hilendarski, 2022 (Humanities) |
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| I | Boris Plamenov Boev | Institute for Population and Human Studies |
| II | Radina Veselinova Ilieva | Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum |
