Current scientific projects:

Projects granted by National Scientific Foundation

• Structural frame and geochronology of Late Alpine tectonic, magmatic and ore-forming processes in the Eastern Rhodope domes (National Science Fund). Project coordinator: Nikolay Bonev (Sofia University), participants from Geological Institute: Peter Marchev, Milan Ichev, Mitko Popov
• Особености на златото и връзката им с магматичните комплекси в Средногорието и Вардарската зона. Р-л: Б. Маврудчиев, участници: М. Попов,Х. Белмустакова
• Продукти на високобарично топене в метаморфни скали от Централните Родопи. Р-л: Зл. Чернева, участници - Е. Станчева
• НЗ 1405/2004 с НС”НИ” “Метасоматична формация вторични кварцити в България - генетични особености и металогенна перспектива” Р-л: И. Велинов, участници - А. Кунов, Н. Велинова
• НЗ-1503 Геохимия на перлитите, свързани с Източнородопския терциерен вулканизъм. Р-л: Й. Янев, участници - Р. Иванова,
  М. Янева, М. Караджов
• ВУ10/06 “Study on the Thermal Autooxidation Alteration of Coals from the Pernik (Bulgaria) and Berovo (Macedonia) Open Coal Mines.” Participants from Geological Institute: M. Yossifova

  Projects funded by EU, NATO, IUGS, and other programmes

• Tectonic and magmatic controls on Cretaceous and Tertiary gold and copper deposits in the Rhodope Massif, the Srednogorie belt and the Caucasus, Bulgaria and Georgia. Subproject 2: Magmatism and ore deposits during Late-Alpine extension in the Eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria, Swiss National Fond, SCOPES, IB7320-111046, 2005-2008 Leader of Team 2 - P. Marchev, participants from Geological Institute - R. Raicheva

  Projects funded through collaboration between Academies and foreign institutions

• Insights into Late Alpine geodynamic processes of the Eastern Rhodope and Eastern Srednogorie zones from potassic-ultrapotassic volcanism and sandstone sedimentation. Bilateral BAS-CNR project, 2007-2009. Project coordinator: P. Marchev, participants from GI: Y. Yanev, R. Ivanova, R. Raicheva

Last update: 16 September 2011