Polish Academy of Sciences

Not to be confused with Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Polish Academy of Sciences
AbbreviationPAN
Formation30 October 1951 (30 October 1951)
Type
HeadquartersWarsaw
Region served
Poland
President
Marek Konarzewski
Websitepan.pl
Formerly called
Warsaw Scientific Society
Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning

The Polish Academy of Sciences (Polish: Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored national academy of sciences and institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, 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 the Polish People's Republic following World War II.

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