The National Center of Polar Research is a specialized body established by the Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski, working together with Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 2008 to appropriate the state budget funds allocated to polar scientific exploration, granted through the Ministry of Education and Science and Ministry of Environment and Waters of Bulgaria. See also Bulgarian Antarctic Institute Antarctic Place-names Commission References Decision by the Academic Council of Sofia University on the establishment of the National Center of Polar Research (in Bulgarian) Research institutes in Bulgaria Sofia University