Abstract

This article addresses problems in the field of scientific research, faced by Bulgaria in its process of accession to the European Union. On a comparative analysis basis, it evaluates the state of existing financial and human resources support to science in the country. It points out a series of weaknesses in the research process, incurred in the past decade. It also suggests ways of overcoming them, focusing the attention on achieving standards that would provide science in Bulgaria with adequate means of development and integration in the European research area.