The Czech Academy of Sciences (the CAS) was established by Act No. 283/1992 Coll. as the Czech successor of the former Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. It is set up as a complex of 54 public research institutions. The Academy employs over 8,000 employees more than a half of whom are researchers with university degrees. The primary mission of the CAS and its institutes is to conduct basic research in a broad spectrum of the natural, technical and social sciences and the humanities. This research, whether highly specialised or interdisciplinary in nature, aims to advance developments in scientific knowledge at the international level, while also taking into account the specific needs of both Czech society and national culture. Scientists of the Academy institutes also participate in education, particularly through doctoral study programmes for young researchers and by teaching at universities as well. The Academy also fosters collaboration with applied research and industry. The integration of Czech science into the international context is being promoted by means of numerous joint international research projects and through the exchange of scientists with counterpart institutions abroad.
I. Mathematics, Physics and Earth Sciences
2. Section of Applied Physics
Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Physics of Materials of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Plasma Physics of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Hydrodynamics of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Scientific Instruments of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Thermomechanics of the CAS, v. v. i.
II. Life and Chemical Sciences
4. Section of Chemical Sciences
Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Biotechnology of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Physiology of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Experimental Botany of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Experimental Medicine of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Molecular Genetics of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the CAS, v. v. i.
5. Section of Biological and Medical Sciences
Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the CAS, v. v. i.
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS, v. v. i.
III. Humanities and Social Sciences
8. Section of Historical Sciences
Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Brno, v. v. i.
Institute of Archaeology of the CAS, Prague, v. v. i.
Institute of History of the CAS, v. v. i.
Masaryk Institute and Archives of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Art History of the CAS, v. v. i.
Institute of Contemporary History of the CAS, v. v. i.