Czech Academy of Sciences

The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, , abbr. AV ČR) was created in 1992 by the Czech National Council. It replaced the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The Academy is the leading non-university public research institution in the Czech Republic. It is located in the Czech capital of Prague.

 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.

References

Other websites
 Official Web site (in English)

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