Archaeology and Media Award

An Archaeology and Media Award for a journalistic contribution to the archaeology was created by the National Institute of Archaeology and Museum at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences upon a decision taken by the Academic Board on January 23, 2007.

The Award is aimed at encouraging a better reflecting of the archaeological research in Bulgaria in general and the activity of the NAIM after Bulgaria’s accession in the European Union, at stimulating the presentation of the successes and the problems of the research and preservation of Bulgarian archaeological heritage and the museum activities related.

The Award is annual, amounting to 1000 leva. Journalists working at Bulgarian periodical and electronic media are invited to regularly submit to the NAIM copies or original materials on the subject published / broadcasted by them during the year.

The collected information units for the period from December of the previous year till December 1 of the current year will be evaluated by a committee of NAIM archaeologists. The committee will announce its final decision in December.

The first Archaeology and Media Award will be presented in the 2007 Christmas Eve.