National Geoinformation Centre

NGIC

The strategic goal of the project is to improve the coordination and to integrate the efforts of the existing scientific infrastructure networks in the Republic of Bulgaria to unite the primary results in a single complex geo-information center, analysis for assessment, forecasting and prevention of natural and anthropogenic risks and disasters, and involvement in European networks and projects fo ...

Period: 2018 - 2027


The role of the Devene fault for safe and efficient geological carbon storage

Rodeca

The Rodeka project is an initiative to assess the fault parameters that are necessary for site selecting, designing and operating a geological storage of carbon dioxide in Northwestern Bulgaria. The project is investment No. BG-RRP-2.011-0010 of the Bulgaria's recovery and resilience plan and is implemented within the framework of procedure BG-RRP-2.011 Financing of research projects in the field ...

Period: 2024 - 2026


Resilient and effective exploration, mining and processing of critical and strategic raw materials in copper-gold and base metal deposits in Bulgaria: from the ore to the tailing

REXPro

The development of the European economy and the transition to renewable energy resources and waste-free technologies are highly dependent on mineral raw materials. From 2010 to 2023 the European Union defined 34 critical, and 16 strategic raw materials. Europe's ambition is a fully circular economy, in which demand can be satisfied by reuse and recycling; however, the stocks of secondary supplies ...

Period: 2024 - 2026


Integrated U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology of the magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic history of Paleozoic terranes separated by the Thracian suture during Variscan orogeny

The project “Integrated U-Pb and Re-Os geochronology of the magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic history of Paleozoic terranes separated by the Thracian suture during Variscan orogeny” started on December 14th 2023. The three-year long project is funded by the National Science Fund contract № КП-06-Н74-4 under the “Competition for financial support for basic research projects – 2023” call. The pr ...

Period: 2023 - 2026


Elemental and isotopic metal transfer during oil generation

ElimetraOilGen

A new five-year long project “ElimetraOilGen - elemental and isotopic metal transfer during oil generation” started on Feb 1st 2022. The project is funded by the National Science Fund contract # КП-06-ДВ/6 as part of the National Scientific Program “VIHREN-2021”. The main goal of the proposed research is to establish novel inorganic geochemical parameters that link organic-rich sedimentary rocks ( ...

Period: 2022 - 2026