Czech Academy of Sciences

The CAS

The Czech Academy of Sciences (abbr. CAS, Czech: Akademie věd České republiky, 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.^[1] It is located in the Czech capital of Prague.

History

The establishment of the academy in 1992 follows several previous organizations:^[source?]

• Royal Czech Society of Doctrines (Královská česká společnost nauk), 1784–1952
• Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts [cs] (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.^[2]

References

1. Franc, Martin; Mádlová, Vlasta (2014). The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures / Dějiny Akademie věd v obrazech (in English and Czech). Prague: Academia. ISBN 9788020023407.
2. "OA in the Czech Republic". OpenAIRE. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.

Other websites

• Official Web site (in English)