The Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (abbreviated BAS, in Bulgarian: Българска академия на науките, Balgarska akademiya na naukite, abbreviated БАН) is the National Academy of Bulgaria, established in 1869. The Academy is autonomous and has a Society of Academicians, Correspondent Members and Foreign Members. It publishes and circulates different scientific works, encyclopedias, dictionaries and journals, and runs its own publishing house.
Currently the chairman position is vacant after the death of Stefan Dodunekov on 6 August 2012. The budget of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2009 was 84 million leva, or 42.7 million euro. The Bulgarian Space Agency has a budget of 1 million euro and is part of BAS.
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