Czech Academy of Sciences

Czech Academy of Sciences
The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS abbr. AV ČR) was established in 1992 by the Czech National Council as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and its tradition goes back to the Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences (founded in 1784) and the Emperor Franz Joseph Czech Academy for Sciences, Literature and Arts (founded in 1890). The academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic. It conducts both fundamental and strategic applied research.
It has three scientific divisions, namely the Division of Mathematics, Physics, and Earth Sciences, Division of Chemical and Life Sciences, and Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. The academy currently manages a network of sixty research institutes and five supporting units staffed by a total of 6,400 employees, over one half of whom are university-trained researchers and Ph.D. scientists.
The Head Office of the academy and forty research institutes are located in Prague, the remaining institutes being situated throughout the country.
History
The establishment of the academy in 1992 follows several previous organizations:
Royal Czech Society of Doctrines (Královská česká společnost nauk), 1784–1952
(Česká akademie věd a umění), 1890–1952
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (Československá akademie věd), 1953-1992
In 2010 the academy adopted an open access policy to make its research outputs free to read and reuse.
Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences
The official structure of the CAS consists of three areas (sciences about inanimate nature, life sciences, and humanities),
each with three sections. Each of these 9 sections contains between 4 and 8 institutes. An institute is divided further into departments, laboratories, or working teams, depending on the size and the topic of the institute.
The Area of the Sciences About Inanimate Nature
Section 1: Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics
Astronomical institute (Astronomický ústav), founded in 1954
Institute of Physics
Institute of Mathematics
Institute of Computer Science (ICS)
Nuclear Physics Institute
Institute of Information Theory and Automation of the CAS (UTIA), founded in 1959
Section 2: Applied Physics
Institute of Photonics and Electronics
Institute of Physics of Materials
Institute of Plasma Physics
Institute of Hydrodynamics
Institute of Scientific Instruments
Institute of Thermomechanics
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Section 3: Earth Sciences
Institute of Geophysics (GFÚ), founded in 1920 (as the State Institute of Geophysics)
Institute of Geology
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, established in 1964
Institute of Geonics
Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics
The Area of Life Sciences and Chemical Sciences
Section 4: Chemical Sciences
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry (Ústav fyzikální chemie Jaroslava Heyrovského, named after Jaroslav Heyrovský; abbreviated: JHI respectively UFCH JH), established in 1972 – merger of the Institute of Physical Chemistry and the Institute of Polarography
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, founded in 1960
Institute of Analytical Chemistry
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry
Section 5: Biological and Medical Sciences
Institute of Biophysics
Biotechnology Institute
Institute of Physiology
Institute of Microbiology
Institute of Experimental Botany
Institute of Experimental Medicine
Institute of Molecular Genetics
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics
Section 6: Biological and Ecological Sciences
Biology Centre
Institute of Botany
Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology
The Area of Humanities and Social Sciences
Section 7: Social Sciences and Economy
Economics Institute (EI) (departments: Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education (CERGE), founded 1991)
Institute of Psychology
Institute of Sociology
Institute of State and Law
Section 8: History
Institute of Archaeology (Prague)
Institute of Archaeology (Brno)
Institute of History
Masaryk's Institute and Archives
Institute of Art History
Institute of Contemporary History
Section 9: Humanities and Philosophy
Institute of Ethnology
Institute of Philosophy (and its specialized department Centre for Medieval Studies)
Oriental Institute
Institute of Slavonic Studies
Institute of Czech Literature
Institute of Czech Language, (Ústav pro jazyk český), founded in 1946
Literature
See also
Amalka Supercomputing facility
References
External links
Official Web site (in English)
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Science and technology in the Czech Republic
1992 establishments in Czechoslovakia
Scientific organizations established in 1992
Members of the International Council for Science
Members of the International Science Council