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 TheStaszic Palace (the seat of PAN), andCopernicus Monument | |
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| Abbreviation | PAN |
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| Formation | 30 October 1951; 74 years ago (30 October 1951)[1] |
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| Headquarters | Warsaw |
Region served | Poland |
President | Marek Konarzewski |
| Website | pan |
Formerly called | Warsaw Scientific Society Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning |
ThePolish Academy of Sciences (Polish:Polska Akademia Nauk,PAN) is a Polish state-sponsorednationalacademy of sciences and institution ofhigher learning. Headquartered inWarsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars and a network of research institutes.
It was established in 1951, during the early period of thePolish People's Republic followingWorld War II.[2]
The Polish Academy of Sciences was established by the merger of earlier science societies, including thePolish Academy of Learning (Polska Akademia Umiejętności, abbreviatedPAU), with its seat inKraków, and theWarsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Science), which had been founded in the late 18th century.[3]
The Polish Academy of Sciences functions as a learned society acting through an elected assembly of leading scholars and research institutions. The Academy has also, operating through its committees, become a major scientific advisory body.
Another aspect of the Academy is its coordination and overseeing of numerous (several dozen)research institutes. PAN institutes employ over 2,000 people and are funded by about a third of thePolish government's budget for science.[4]
The Polish Academy of Sciences is led by a President, elected by the assembly of Academy members for a four-year term, together with a number of Vice Presidents.
The President for the 2019–2022 term wasJerzy Duszyński (his second term in the post),[5] together with five Vice Presidents:Stanisław Czuczwar,Stanisław Filipowicz,Paweł Rowiński,Roman Słowiński, andRomuald Zabielski.[6]
On 20 October 2022, General Assembly of the Polish Academy of Sciences electedMarek Konarzewski to become the new President of the Academy for the 2023–2026 term.[7][8] On 8 December 2022, another session of General Assembly of the Academy elected four Vice Presidents at the recommendation of the President Elect; as suchMirosława Ostrowska,Natalia Sobczak, andDariusz Jemielniak, and Aleksander Welfe were elected as Vice Presidents of the Academy for the 2023–2026 term.
All the Presidents of the Polish Academy of Sciences to date, by term, are as follows:
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The Polish Academy of Sciences has numerous institutes, including:
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