On 20 November 2025, the ‘13 Centuries of Bulgaria’ National Endowment Fund awarded the Ralitsa Prize to three students from the Medicine, Dental Medicine, or Pharmacy specialisms of the Medical University of Plovdiv, who have achieved excellent results in Biochemistry.
A committee from the Department of Medical Biochemistry, headed by Assoc. Prof. Anelia Bivolarska, M.D., announced the three laureates of the 2025 Ralitsa Prize: students Merve Mustafa Hasan (Medicine), Katerina Tomova Georgieva (Medicine), and Esin Shenol Sabri (Pharmacy).
The donor, Dr Maria Staykova, proposed that the amount granted in 2025 from the donation account with the Fund should be EUR 300 for each winner.
The awards were presented at a special ceremony that took place in the Auditorium Complex of the Medical University – Plovdiv.