R&D labs in Bulgaria
The 311 Institute tracks 38 R&D labs in Bulgaria: 32 research institutes, 5 government and 1 military. Most are in Sofia, Plovdiv and Anton, and the leading organisations include Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Agricultural Academy and Bulgarian Institute of Metrology. Their main focus areas are molecular biology, plant science, genetics and electrical and electronic engineering.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
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| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgarian Academy of SciencesBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Government Chemicals and materials | Inorganic Chemistry, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 1869 |
| Bulgarian Institute of MetrologyBulgarian Institute of Metrology | Sofia, Bulgaria | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering | |
| Bulgarian Science FundBulgarian Science Fund | Anton, Bulgaria | Government Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 2006 |
| Ministry of Education and ScienceMinistry of Education and Science | Sofia, Bulgaria | Government Technology | Information Systems and Management, Information Systems, Political Science and International Relations | 1879 |
| Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and CommunicationsMinistry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications | Sofia, Bulgaria | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Computer Networks and Communications | 1910 |
| "Professor Tsvetan Lazarov" Defence Institute"Professor Tsvetan Lazarov" Defence Institute | Sofia, Bulgaria | Military Technology | Information Systems, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Media Technology | |
| AgrobioinstituteAgricultural Academy | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Molecular Biology, Food Science, Plant Science | 2000 |
| Institute of Soil Science “Nikola Poushkarov”Agricultural Academy | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Soil Science, Pollution, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 1947 |
| Forest Research InstituteBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology | |
| Georgi Nadjakov Institute of Solid State PhysicsBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Basic science | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials | 1972 |
| Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear EnergyBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology | 1946 |
| Institute for Parallel ProcessingBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Technology | Computational Mechanics, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Hardware and Architecture | 1985 |
| Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem ResearchBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography, Genetics | 2010 |
| Institute of Biology and Immunology of ReproductionBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Reproductive Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Agronomy and Crop Science | 1938 |
| Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical EngineeringBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Management Science and Operations Research, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Molecular Biology | 2010 |
| Institute of Chemical EngineeringBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Control and Systems Engineering | 1961 |
| Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy SystemsBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Automotive Engineering | 1967 |
| Institute of General and Inorganic ChemistryBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1960 |
| Institute of Information and Communication TechnologiesBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Technology | Management Science and Operations Research, Numerical Analysis, Artificial Intelligence | 2010 |
| Institute of Mathematics and InformaticsBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Basic science | Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Applied Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence | 1947 |
| Institute of MechanicsBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Mechanics of Materials, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Control and Systems Engineering | 1962 |
| Institute of Metal Science, Equipment and TechnologiesBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, General Materials Science | 1960 |
| Institute of Molecular BiologyBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Genetics | 1995 |
| Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of PhytochemistryBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Biochemistry, Food Science | 1960 |
| Institute of Physical ChemistryBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry | 1958 |
| Institute of Plant Physiology and GeneticsBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change | 1948 |
| Institute of PolymersBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomaterials | 1960 |
| National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and GeographyBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Environment and climate | Molecular Biology, Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2010 |
| National Institute of Meteorology and HydrologyBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering | |
| Space Research and Technology InstituteBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ecology, Atmospheric Science | 1987 |
| Stephan Angeloff Institute of MicrobiologyBulgarian Academy of Sciences | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Biotechnology, Food Science, Plant Science | 1947 |
| Center of Plant Systems Biology and BiotechnologyCenter of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Plant Science, Genetics, Molecular Biology | 2015 |
| Institute of Animal SciencesInstitute of Animal Sciences | Kostinbrod, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Genetics, Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science | 1950 |
| Institute of Astronomy and National Astronomical ObservatoryInstitute of Astronomy and National Astronomical Observatory | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 1958 |
| Institute of BiophysicsInstitute of Biophysics | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 1967 |
| Institute of Molecular Biology and BiotechnologyInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology | 2011 |
| Maritsa Vegetable Crops Research InstituteMaritsa Vegetable Crops Research Institute | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | Research institute Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Genetics, Analytical Chemistry | |
| National Center of Public Health and AnalysesNational Center of Public Health and Analyses | Sofia, Bulgaria | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Social Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Occupational Therapy |
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Questions and answers
How many R&D labs are there in Bulgaria?
The 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory lists 38 active R&D labs in Bulgaria as of October 2026: 32 research institutes, 5 government and 1 military.
Which organisations run the most R&D labs in Bulgaria?
In this directory the organisations with the most labs in Bulgaria are Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Agricultural Academy and Bulgarian Institute of Metrology.
Where are R&D labs concentrated in Bulgaria?
They cluster around Sofia, Plovdiv and Anton. The largest R&D ecosystem is Sofia region.
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