|
Academies and Royal Societies of Broad Scope: By Country
|
|
Founded |
Geographical Area / Society Name |
Acronym |
|
Africa
|
| 1985 |
African Academy of Sciences
[In English.]
|
AAS |
|
Albania
|
| 1972 |
Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë =
Academy of Sciences of Albania
[In English.]
|
ASS |
|
Argentina
|
| 1931 |
Academia Argentina de Letras =
Argentine Academy of Letters
[In Spanish.]
|
AAL |
| 1874 |
Academia Nacional de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales =
National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
[In Spanish.]
|
ANCEFN |
| 1971 |
Academia Nacional de Ingeniería =
National Academy of Engineering (Argentina)
[In Spanish.]
|
ANI |
|
Armenia
|
| 1943 |
Հայաստանի
Գիտությունների
Ազգային
Ակադեմիա =
Hayastani Gitowt'yownneri Azgayin Akademia =
National Academy of Sciences of Armenia =
Национальная
Академия
Наук РА
[In Armenian, English and Russian.]
|
HGA = NASRA |
|
Australia
|
| 1971 |
Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
|
ASSA |
| 1954 |
Australian Academy of Science
|
AAS |
| 1976 |
Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
|
ATSE |
| 1969 |
Australian Academy of the Humanities
|
AAH |
| 1888 |
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
|
ANZAAS |
| 2000 |
Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences
|
QAAS |
| 1821 |
Royal Society of New South Wales
|
RSNSW |
| 1853 |
Royal Society of South Australia
|
RSSA |
| 1854 |
Royal Society of Victoria
|
RSV |
|
Austria
|
| 1847 |
Austrian Academy of Sciences =
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
[In German and English.]
|
AAS = OeAW |
|
Bangladesh
|
| 1955 |
বাংলা
একােডমী =
Bangla Ekademi =
Bangla Academy =
Bengali Academy
[Located in Bangladesh.
No website found as of 2003-06-19.]
|
|
|
Belarus
|
| 1929 |
Нацыянальная Акадэмія Навук Беларусі
=
Nacyânalʹnaâ Akadèmìâ Navuk Belarusi =
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
[In Belarusian, English and Russian.]
|
NANB = NASB |
|
Belgium
|
| 1920 |
Académie Royale de Langue et de Littérature
Françaises =
Royal Academy of French Language and Literature
[Founded in 1920 according to
Kiger (1993), p.40.]
[No website found, as of 2002, January 4.]
|
ARLLF |
| 1769 |
Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de
Belgique =
Royal Academy of Science, Humanities and Fine Arts of Belgium
[In French and English.]
|
ARB |
1931? |
Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer =
Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen =
Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences
[In French, Dutch and English.
This Belgian Academy has the aim of promoting scientific knowledge in
overseas regions.]
|
ARSOM = KAOW = RAOS |
| 1886 |
Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde =
Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature
[In Dutch.]
|
KANTL |
| 1938 |
Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
=
Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
[In Dutch and English.]
|
KVAB |
| 1835 |
Société Royale des Sciences de Liège =
Royal Society of Sciences of Liège
[In French.]
|
SRSL |
|
Bolivia
|
| 1960 |
Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia =
National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia
[Founded in 1960., according to
Saur World Guide (1998), p.27.]
[No website found, as of 2002, January 4.
Email: aguirre@ancb.bo.]
|
ANCB |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
| 1966 |
Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine =
Академија
Наука и
Умјетности
Босне и
Херцеговине
=
Academy of Science and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
[In Serbo-Croatian and English.]
|
ANUBiH |
|
Brazil
|
| 1916 |
Academia Brasileira de Ciências =
Brazilian Academy of Sciences [In English and Portuguese.]
|
ABC |
| 1897 |
Academia Brasileira de Letras =
Brazilian Academy of Letters
[In Portuguese.]
|
ABL |
| 1948 |
Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência =
Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science
[In Portuguese.]
|
SBPC |
|
Bulgaria
|
| 1869 |
Българска
Академия на
Науките
(БАН) =
Bʹʹlgarska Akademiâ na Naukite =
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
[In English, with some Bulgarian.]
|
БАН = BAN = BAS |
|
Canada
|
| 1987 |
Canadian Academy of Engineering =
Académie canadienne du génie
[In English and French.]
|
CAE = ACG |
| 1849 |
Royal Canadian Institute (RCI)
[In English. Also known as the
Royal Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Science.]
|
RCI |
| 1882 |
Royal Society of Canada =
Société royale du Canada
[In English and French.]
|
RSC = SRC |
|
Carribean
|
| 1988 |
Caribbean Academy of Sciences
[In English.]
|
CAS |
|
Chile
|
| 1964 |
Academia Chilena de Ciencias =
Chilean Academy of Sciences
[Also known as
Academia Chilena de Ciencias del Instituto de Chile.
In Spanish.]
|
ACC |
| 1964 |
Instituto de Chile =
Institute of Chile
[In Spanish.]
|
|
|
China
|
| 1985 |
香港科技協進會 =
Xiāng Gǎng Kējì Xiéjìnhuì =
Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology
[In English.]
|
HKAAST |
| 1994 |
中国工程院 =
Zhōngguó Gōngchéng Yuàn =
Chinese Academy of Engineering
[In English and Chinese.]
|
CAE |
| 1958 |
中国科学技术协会 =
Zhōngguó Kēxué Jìshù Xiéhuì
=
China Association for Science and Technology
[In Chinese and English.]
|
CAST |
| 1949 |
中国科学院 =
Zhōngguó Kēxué Yuàn =
Chinese Academy of Sciences
[In Chinese.]
|
CAS |
| 1977 |
中国社会科学院 =
Zhōngguó Shèhuì Kēxué Yuàn =
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
[In Chinese.]
|
CASS |
|
China (Taiwan)
|
| 1928 |
中央研究院 =
Zhōngyāng Yánjiū Yuàn =
Academia Sinica =
Chinese Academy (Taiwan)
[In English and Chinese.]
|
AS |
|
Colombia
|
| 1936 |
Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas
y Naturales =
Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences
[In Spanish.]
|
ACCEFYN |
| 1871 |
Academia Colombiana de la Lengua =
Columbian Academy of Language
[According to Kiger (1993), p.80,
the Academy was authorized in 1870, and had its first meeting in
1871.]
[No website found, as of 2002, January 4.]
|
ACL |
| 1970 |
Asociación Colombiana para el Avance de la Ciencia =
Colombian Association for the Advancement of Science
[In Spanish.]
|
ACAC |
|
Costa Rica
|
| 1992 |
Academia Nacional de Ciencias (ANC) =
National Academy of Sciences (Costa Rica)
[In Spanish.]
|
ANC |
|
Croatia
|
| 1993 |
Akademija Tehničkih Znanosti Hrvatske =
Academia Scientiarum Technicarum Croatica =
Croatian Academy of Engineering
[In Croatian and English.]
|
HATZ |
| 1866 |
Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti =
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
[In Croatian and English.]
|
HAZU |
|
Cuba
|
| 1861 |
Academia de Ciencias de Cuba =
Academy of Sciences of Cuba
[In Spanish and English.]
|
ACC |
|
Czech Republic
|
| 1992 |
Akademie Věd České Republiky =
Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
[In Czech and English.]
|
AV ČR = ASCR |
|
Denmark
|
| 1937 |
Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber =
Danish Academy of Technical Sciences
[In Danish and English.]
|
ATV |
| 1911 |
Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab =
Det Danske Sprog- og Litteraturselskab =
Danish Society of Language and Literature
[In Danish.]
|
DSL |
| 1754 |
Kongelige Akademiet for de Skønne Kunster =
Royal Academy for the Fine Arts
[In Danish.
Covers architecture, painting and music.]
|
KASK |
| 1742 |
Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab (KDVS) =
Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
[In Danish and English.]
|
KDVS |
|
Dominca
|
| 2000 |
Dominica Academy of Arts and Sciences
[In English.]
|
DAAS |
|
Egypt
|
| 1971 |
أكاديمية
البحث
العلمي
والتكنولوجيا
=
أكاديمية
البحث
العلمى
والتكنولوجيا
=
Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
[Located in Egypt. In Arabic and English.]
|
ASRT |
|
Estonia
|
| 1938 |
Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia =
Academia Scientiarum Estoniae =
Estonian Academy of Sciences
[In Estonian and English.]
|
ETA |
|
Europe
|
| 1988 |
Academia Europaea =
Academy of Europe
[In English.]
|
|
| 1990 |
Academia Scientiarum et Artium Europaea =
Europäische Akademie der Wissenschaften und Künste =
European Academy of Sciences and Arts =
Académie Européenne des Sciences et Arts
[In English.]
|
EASA |
|
Finland
|
| 1838 |
Societas Scientiarum Fennica =
Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten =
Suomen Tiedeseura =
Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
[In Swedish, Finnish and English.]
|
FVS |
| 1908 |
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia =
Finnish Academy of Science and Letters =
Academia Scientiarum Fennica
["to unite and support Finnish-speaking scientists and scholars in
Finland."
In Finnish and English.]
|
STA |
| 1947 |
Suomen Akatemia =
Academy of Finland
[Mostly in Finnish; some English.]
|
SA |
|
France
|
| 1952 |
Académie d'Alsace =
Academy of Alsace
[In French.]
|
AA |
| 1666 |
Académie d'Arles =
Academy of Arles
[No website found, as of 2003, April 29.]
|
|
| 1809 |
Académie d'Orléans (Agriculture, Sciences,
Belles-Lettres et Arts) =
Academy of Orléans (Agriculture, Sciences, Humanities and Arts)
[In French.]
|
|
| 1654 |
Académie de Montmor =
Academy of Montmor
[Ceased to exist 1664.]
|
|
| 1682 |
Académie de Nîmes =
Academy of Nîmes
[In French.]
|
|
| 1750 |
Académie de Stanislas =
Academy of Stanislas
[In French.]
|
|
| 1658 |
Académie de Vaucluse =
Academy of Vaucluse
[No website found, as of 2003, March 27.]
|
|
| 1695 |
Académie de Villefranche-en-Beaujolais =
Academy of Villefranche-en-Beaujolais
[No website found, as of 2003, March 31.]
|
|
| 1772 |
Académie Delphinale =
Delphinal Academy
[In French.]
|
|
| 1803 |
Académie des Beaux-Arts =
Academy of Fine Arts
[In French.
Covers painting, sculpture, architecture and music.]
|
ABA |
| 1732 |
Académie des Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de La Rochelle =
Academy of Humanities, Sciences and Arts of La Rochelle
[No website found, as of 2003, April 30.]
|
|
| 1663 |
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres =
Academy of Inscriptions and Humanities
[In French and English.
The Academy is devoted to historical, archaeological, and philological
scholarship.]
|
AIBL |
| 1323 |
Académie des Jeux Floraux
[The Academy was founded in 1323 as
Compagnie du Gai Sçavoir (or Savoir in the
present-day orthography).
It was apparently also known during some or all of the time period from
1323 to 1693 as Consistoire de la Gaie Science.
Under Louis XIV, in 1694, it became the Académie des Jeux
Floraux (Academy of Floral Games).]
[No website found, as of 2002, January 4.]
|
|
| 1666 |
Académie des Sciences =
French Academy of Sciences [In French and English.
Also known as: Académie des Sciences à Paris.]
|
AS |
| 1652 |
Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles Lettres de Caen =
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Humanities of Caen
[In French and English.]
|
ASABLC |
| 1761 |
Académie des Sciences, Arts et Belles-Lettres de Touraine =
Academy of Sciences, Arts and Humanities of Touraine
[In French and English.]
|
|
| 1685 |
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts d'Angers =
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Angers
[No website found, as of 2003, July 12.]
|
|
| 1752 |
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de
Besançon et de Franche-Comté =
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Besançon and of
Franche-Comté
[In French.]
|
|
| 1700 |
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Lyon =
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon
[In French.]
|
|
| 1744 |
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rouen =
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Rouen
[In French.]
|
ASBLAR |
| 1820 |
Académie des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Savoie =
Académie de Savoie =
Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Savoy =
Academy of Savoy
[In French.]
|
ASBLAS |
1922 |
Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer =
Academy of Overseas Sciences
[In French.
The Academy is concerned with scientific and other studies on the
overseas regions.]
|
ASOM |
| 1706 |
Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier =
Academy of Sciences and Letters of Montpellier
[In French.]
|
ASLM |
| 1640 |
Académie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse =
Academy of Sciences, Inscriptions and Humanities of Toulouse
[In French.]
|
ASIBLT |
| 1726 |
Académie des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Marseille =
Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Marseille
[In French.]
|
ASLAM |
| 1795 |
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques =
Academy of Ethics and Political Science
[In French.]
|
ASMP |
| 1800 |
Académie du Var =
Academy of Var
[In French.]
|
AV |
| 1606 |
Académie Florimontane d'Annecy =
Florimontane Academy of Annecy
[No website found, as of 20030321]
|
|
| 1635 |
Académie Française
[In French.]
|
AF |
| 1828 |
Académie Lorraine des Sciences =
Lorraine Academy of Sciences
[In French.]
|
ALS |
| 1712 |
Académie Nationale des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de
Bordeaux =
National Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Bordeaux
[No website found, as of 2003, April 29.]
|
|
| 1872 |
Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences =
French Association for the Advancement of the Sciences
[In French.]
|
AFAS |
| 1989 |
Conférence Nationale des Académies des Sciences, Lettres et
Arts =
National Conference of the Academies of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In French.
A federation of academies of broad subject scope in France.]
|
CNASLA |
| 1795 |
Institut de France =
Institute of France
[In French.]
|
|
| 1650 |
Société Académique de Soissons =
Academic Society of Soissons
[Founded in 1650, and known at various times as
Académie de Soissons and
Société des Sciences, des Arts et des Belles
Lettres de Soissons.
existed 1650 - 1793; 1806 - 1814. Now defunct.]
|
|
| 1718 |
Société des Sciences, Lettres et Arts de Pau et du
Béarn =
Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Pau and of Béarn
[No website found, as of 2003, May 1.]
|
SSLAP |
| 1792 |
Société Libre d'Émulation de la Seine-Maritime =
Free Competitive Society of Seine-Maritime
[In French.]
|
SLESM |
|
Georgian Republic
|
| 1941 |
საქართველოს მეცნიერებათა აკადემია
=
Sak'art'velos Mec'nierebat'a Akademia =
Georgian Academy of Sciences
[In English, and some Georgian.]
|
GAS |
|
Germany
|
| 1993 |
Akademie der Künste =
Academy of Arts
[The Akademie encompasses fine arts, music, architecture and literature.
In German and English.]
|
AdK |
| 1949 |
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz =
Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz
[In German.]
|
AdWLM |
| 1751 |
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen =
Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Göttingen
[In German.]
|
AdWG |
| 1754 |
Akademie Gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt =
Academy of the Arts and Sciences Useful to the Public in Erfurt
[In German.]
|
AGWE |
| 1759 |
Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften =
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
[In German and English.]
|
BAdW |
1700
|
Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften =
Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
|
BBAW |
| 1943 |
Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft =
Brunswik Scientific Society
[In German.]
|
BWG |
| 1652 |
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina =
German Leopoldina Academy of Researchers
[In German.]
|
DANL |
| 1951 |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft =
German Association for the Encouragement of Research
[In German.]
|
DFG |
| 1909 |
Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften =
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
[In German.]
|
HAW |
| 1950 |
Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften =
North-Rhine-Westphalia Academy of Sciences and Humanities
[In German.]
|
NRWAdW |
| 1779 |
Oberlausitzische Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften =
Upper-Lusatian Society of Sciences
[In German.]
|
OLGdW |
| 1846 |
Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig =
Saxonian Academy of Arts and Sciences in Leipzig
[In German.]
|
SAW |
| 1893 |
Union der Deutschen Akademien der Wissenschaften =
Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities
[In German.]
|
UDAW |
|
Greece
|
| 1926 |
Ακαδημία
Αθηνών
=
Akademia Athenon =
Academy of Athens
[In Greek, with some English.]
|
|
|
Guatemala
|
| 1945 |
Academia de Ciencias Médicas Físicas y Naturales de
Guatemala =
Academy of Medical, Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala
[Founded in 1945 according to
Saur World Guide (1998),
p.108.]
[No website found, as of 2003, November 17.]
|
ACMFNG |
|
Hungary
|
| 1990 |
Magyar Mérnökakadémia =
Hungarian Academy of Engineering
[In Hungarian and English.]
|
MMA = HAE |
| 1825 |
Magyar Tudományos Akadémia =
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
[In English and Hungarian.]
|
MTA = HAS |
|
Iceland
|
| 1918 |
Vísindafélag Íslendinga =
Icelandic Academy of Sciences and Letters
[Founded in 1918.]
[No website found, as of 2003, November 17.]
|
|
|
India
|
| 1935 |
भारतीय
राष्ट्रीय
विज्ञान
अकादमी =
Bhārătīyă Rāstrīyă
Vijñyān Akādmī =
Indian National Science Academy
[In English.]
|
INSA |
| 1934 |
Indian Academy of Sciences
[In English.]
|
IAS |
| 1876 |
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
[In English.]
|
IACS |
| 1987 |
Indian National Academy of Engineering
[In English.]
|
INAE |
| 1952 |
Sahitya Akademi =
National Academy of Letters (India)
[In English.]
|
SA |
|
Indonesia
|
| 1956 |
Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia =
Indonesian Institute of Sciences
[In English.]
|
LIPI |
|
International or
Multinational
|
| 1995 |
InterAcademy Panel on International Issues
[In English.
"The InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) is an
informal network of world's academies working together in providing advice
and input to governments and international organizations and in informing
public opinion on scientific aspects of issues of concern
internationally."]
|
IAP |
| 1986 |
الأكاديمية
الإسلامية
للعلوم =
Islamic Academy of Sciences =
Académie Islamique des Sciences
[In English.]
|
IAS |
| 1983 |
Third World Academy of Sciences
|
TWAS |
| 1960 |
World Academy of Art and Science
|
WAAS |
|
Iran
|
| 1988 |
فرهنگستان
علوم جمهوري
اسلامي ايران =
Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran =
Islamic Republic of Iran Academy of Sciences
[In English.]
|
IAS |
| 1990 |
فرهنگستان
زبان و
ادب
فارسى =
Iranian Academy of Persian Language and Literature
[In Persian.]
|
|
|
Ireland
|
| 1731 |
Royal Dublin Society
[Concerned with promoting the development of agriculture, arts, science
and industry in Ireland.]
|
RDS |
| 1785 |
Royal Irish Academy =
Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann
|
RIA |
|
Israel
|
| 1959 |
האקדמיה
הישראלית
הלאומית
למדעים =
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
|
IASH |
|
Italy
|
| 1651 |
Accademia degli Incolti =
Academia Incultorum =
Academy of the Uncultured
[In Italian,with some English.]
|
|
| 1690 |
Accademia degli Inquieti =
Academy of the Restless Ones
[Founded 1690; in 1714 merged into the
Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, which had just
been established that year.]
|
|
| 1650 |
Accademia degli Investiganti =
Accademia degl' Investiganti =
Academia Indagatrix =
Academy of the Investigators
[Founded 1650; defunct in 1737.]
|
|
| 1608 |
Accademia dei Concordi di Rovigo =
Academy of the Concordant Ones of Rovigo
[In Italian.]
|
ACR |
| 1691 |
Accademia dei Fisiocritici di Siena =
Accademia delle Scienze di Siena detta de' Fisio-critici =
Academy of the Physiocritics of Siena =
Academy of Sciences of Siena known as the Physiocritics
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1588 |
Accademia dei Gelati di Bologna =
Academy of the Frozen Ones of Bologna
[The Accademia was founded in 1588 and lasted until the end of the
18th century.]
|
|
| 1597 |
Accademia dei Sepolti =
Academy of the Buried Ones =
Academy of the Immersed Ones
[No website found, as of 20030321]
|
|
| 1599 |
Accademia dei Ricovrati =
Academy of the Sheltered Ones
[Defunct.
In 1779, the Accademia dei Ricovrati merged with the Accademia
di Arte Agraria (founded 1769), to form the Accademia
di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Padova.]
|
|
| 1657 |
Accademia del Cimento
[1657-1667: now defunct. This page (in Italian), maintained by the
Institute and Museum of the History of Science of Florence (Italy),
gives a brief history of the Accademia del Cimento.]
|
AC |
| 1823 |
Accademia delle Scienze di Ferrara =
Academy of Sciences of Ferrara
[In Italian.]
|
ASF |
| 1757 |
Accademia delle Scienze di Torino =
Academy of Sciences of Turin
[In Italian.]
|
AST |
| 1768 |
Accademia di Agricoltura, Scienze e Lettere di Verona =
Academy of Agriculture, Science and Letters of Verona
[In Italian.]
|
AASLVR |
| 1726 |
Accademia Etrusca di Cortona =
Etruscan Academy of Cortona
[In Italian and English.
The site is primarily about the Society's Museum.]
|
AEC |
| 1779 |
Accademia Galileiana di Scienze Lettere ed Arti in Padova =
Galilean Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Padua
[In Italian.]
|
AGSLA |
| 1430 |
Accademia Georgica = Agricultural Academy
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1603 |
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei =
National Academy of the Lynxes
[Mostly in Italian; some English.]
|
ANL |
| 1782 |
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL =
National Academy of Sciences, known as the Forty
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1680 or 1683 |
Accademia Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti Modena =
National Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Modena
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1768 |
Accademia Nazionale Virgiliana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti =
National Virgilian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1555 |
Accademia Olimpica =
Olympic Academy
[In Italian.
The Academy has sections devoted to letters and arts, science and
technology, and economics and administration.]
|
|
| 1810 |
Accademia Petrarca di Lettere, Arti e Scienze di Arezzo =
Petrarchian Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences of Arezzo
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1443 |
Accademia Pontaniana =
Pontanian Academy
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1750 |
Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati di Scienze, Lettere e Arti =
Rovereto Academy of the Comfortable Ones of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1735 |
Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria" =
Tuscan Academy of Sciences and Letters "La Colombaria"
[In Italian.]
|
ATSL |
| 1606 |
Accademia Udinese di Scienze, Lettere e Arti =
Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts of Udine
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1805 |
Accademia Valdarnese del Poggio =
Valdarno Academy of Poggio
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1802 |
Ateneo di Brescia: Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti =
Atheneum of Brescia: Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1810 |
Ateneo di Scienze Lettere ed Arti Bergamo =
Bergamasque Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1812 |
Ateneo Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti =
Venetian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1838 |
Istituto Lombardo, Accademia di Scienze e Lettere =
Lombardy Institute, Academy of Sciences and Letters
[In Italian.]
|
ILASL |
| 1838 |
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti =
Venetian Institute of Sciences, Letters and Arts
[In Italian.]
|
IVSLA |
| 1808 |
Società Nazionale di Scienze, Lettere e Arti in Napoli =
National Society of Sciences, Letters and Arts in Napoli
[In Italian.]
|
|
| 1923 |
Unione Accademica Nazionale =
National Academic Union (Italy)
[In Italian.
An Italian body collaborating with the
Union Académique Internationale;
its scope includes the philological, archaeological, historical, moral,
political, and social sciences.]
|
UAN |
|
Japan
|
| 1949 |
日本学術会議 =
Nihon Gakujutsu Kaigi =
Science Council of Japan
[In Japanese.
The Council "acts as the representative organization of Japanese
scientists, both domestically and internationally, for the promotion and
permeation of science."]
|
SCJ |
| 1972 |
日本科学協会 =
Nihon Kagaku Kyōkai =
Japan Science Society
[In Japanese.]
|
JSS |
| 1987 |
日本工学アカデミー =
Nihon Kōgaku Akademii =
Engineering Academy of Japan
[In Japanese and English.]
|
EAJ |
| 1879 |
日本学士院 =
Nippon Gakushiin =
Japan Academy
[In Japanese and English.]
|
NG |
|
Jordan
|
| 1970 |
الجمعية
العلمية
الملكية =
Royal Scientific Society
[Jordan. In English.]
|
RSS |
|
Korea
|
| 1994 |
한국과학기술한림원
=
Korean Academy of Science and Technology
[In Korean and English.]
|
KAST |
| 1995 |
한국공학한림원 =
National Academy of Engineering of Korea
[In Korean and English.]
|
NAEK |
| 1954 |
대한민국학술원 =
National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea
[In Korean and English.]
|
NAS |
|
Latin America
|
| 1982 |
Academia de Ciencias de América Latina =
Latin American Academy of Sciences
[In Spanish.]
|
ACAL |
|
Latvia
|
| 1946 |
Latvijas Zinat nu Akademija =
Latvian Academy of Sciences
[In English and Latvian.]
|
LZA = LAS |
|
Lithuania
|
| 1989 |
Lietuvos Mokslininkų Sąjunga =
Lithuanian Scientific Society
[In Lithuanian and English.]
|
LMS |
| 1941 |
Lietuvos Mokslø Akademija =
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
[In English and Lithuanian.]
|
LMA |
|
Luxemburg
|
| 1868 |
Institut Royal Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg =
Royal Grand-Ducal Insitute of Luxemburg
[There is some information on the Institut at their
Section de Linguistique, d'Ethnologie et d'Onomastique
Website and their
Section des Arts et des Lettres Website.]
[No website found, as of 2003, Sept.29.]
|
|
|
Macedonia
|
| 1967 |
Македонска
Академија
на
Науките и
Уметностите
=
Makedonska Akademiǰa na Naukite i Umetnostite =
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
[In Macedonian and English.]
|
MANU |
|
Malaysia
|
| 1995 |
Akademi Sains Malaysia =
Academy of Sciences Malaysia
[In English.]
|
ASM |
| 1955 |
Persatuan Ahli-Ahli Sains Malaysia =
Malaysian Scientific Association
[In English.]
|
MSA |
|
Mediterranean
|
| 1997 |
Accademia del Mediterraneo =
Academy of the Mediterranean
[In Italian.]
|
|
|
Mexico
|
| 1974 |
Academia de Ingeniería =
Academy of Engineering (Mexico)
[In Spanish.]
|
AI |
| 1959 |
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias =
Mexican Academy of Sciences
[In Spanish.]
|
AMC |
| 1875 |
Academia Mexicana de la Lengua =
Mexican Academy of Letters
[In Spanish.]
|
AML |
|
Moldova (formerly
Moldavian S.S.R.)
|
| 1961 |
Academia de Stiinte a Republicii Moldova =
Academy of Sciences of Moldova [In English.]
|
ASRM = ASM |
|
Mongolia
|
| 1921 |
Монгол
Улсын
Шинжлэх
Ухааны
Академи
=
Mongol Ulsyn Šinžleh Uhaany Akademi =
Mongolian Academy of Sciences
[In Mongolian and English.]
|
МУШУА = MAS |
|
Nepal
|
| 1982 |
Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
[In English.]
|
RONAST |
|
Netherlands
|
| 1769 |
Koninklijk Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen (KZGW) =
Royal Zeeland Society of Sciences
[In Dutch.]
|
KZGW |
| 1752 |
Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen =
Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities
[In Dutch and English.]
|
KHMW |
| 1793 |
Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Natuurkunde onder de Zinspreuk
Diligentia =
Royal Society for Science with the Motto "Diligentia"
[In Dutch.]
|
|
| 1808 |
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen =
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
[In Dutch]
|
KNAW |
| 1986 |
Nederlands Forum voor Techniek en Wetenschap =
Netherlands Society of Technological Sciences and Engineering
["...is the Academy of Engineering of the Netherlands."
In Dutch and English.]
|
NFTW = FTW |
| 1773 |
Provinciaal Utrechts Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (PUG) =
Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences
[In Dutch.]
|
KZGW |
|
New Zealand / Aotearoa
|
| 1888 |
Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
|
ANZAAS |
| 1867 |
Royal Society of New Zealand
|
RSNZ |
|
Nicaragua
|
| 1928 |
Academia Nicaragüense de la Lengua =
Nicaraguan Academy of Letters
[The ANL has abandoned its domain name anl.edu.ni, and has
not acquired a new one as of 2003-06-19.]
|
ANL |
|
Nigeria
|
| 1977 |
Nigerian Academy of Science
[In English.]
|
NAS |
|
Norway
|
| 1760 |
Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab =
Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab =
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
[In Norwegian.]
|
DKNVS |
| 1955 |
Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi =
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
[In Norwegian and English.]
|
NTVA |
| 1857 |
Norske Videnskaps-Akademi =
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
[In English and Norwegian.
Also known as: Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (DNVA).]
|
DNVA = NASL |
|
Pakistan
|
| 1953 |
Pakistan Academy of Sciences
[In English.]
|
PAS |
|
Palestine
|
| 1992 |
أَكاديمية
فلسطين
أَلعلوم
وأَلتكنولوجيا
=
Palestine Academy for Science and Technology
[In English.]
|
PAST |
|
Phillipines
|
| 1976 |
National Academy of Science and Technology
[In English. The Philippines.]
|
NAST |
|
Poland
|
| 1992 |
Akademia Inżynierska w Polsce =
Academy of Engineering in Poland
[In Polish and English.]
|
AIP = AEP |
| 1952 |
Polska Akademia Nauk =
Polish Academy of Sciences
[In Polish and English.]
|
PAN |
| 1872 |
Polska Akademia Umiejętności =
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences
[In Polish and English.]
|
PAU |
|
Portugal
|
| 1779 |
Academia das Ciências de Lisboa =
Academy of Sciences of Lisbon
[In Portuguese and English.]
|
ACL |
|
Romania
|
| 1866 |
Academia Româna =
Romanian Academy
[In Romanian and English.]
|
AR = RA |
|
Russian Federation
|
| 1990 |
Академия
Технологических
Наук
Российской
Федерации =
Akademiâ Tehnologičeskih Nauk Rossijskoj Federacii =
Academy of Technological Sciences of the Russian Federation
[In Russian.]
|
АТН РФ = ATSRF |
| 1990 |
Российская Академия Естественных Наук
=
Rossijskaâ Akademiâ Estestvennyh Nauk =
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences
["to serve the development of
science, education and culture as an important condition of the
economic and spiritual renaissance of Russia."
In Russian and English.]
|
RAEN = RANS |
| 1757 |
Российская Академия Художеств
=
Rossijskaâ Akademiâ Hudožestv =
Russian Academy of Arts
[In Russian.
Covers architecture, painting and sculpture.]
|
RAKh |
| 1724 |
Российская Академия Наук
=
Rossijskaâ Akademiâ Nauk =
Russian Academy of Sciences
[In English and Russian.]
|
RAN = RAS |
|
Singapore
|
| 1967 |
Singapore National Academy of Science
[In English.]
|
SNAS |
|
Slovakia
|
| 1952 |
Slovenská Akadémia Vied =
Slovak Academy of Sciences
[In English.]
|
SAV = SAS |
|
Slovenia
|
| 1938 |
Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti =
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
[In Slovenian.]
|
SAZU |
|
South Africa
|
| 1996 |
Academy of Science of South Africa
[In English.]
|
ASSAf |
| 1877 |
Royal Society of South Africa
|
RSSA |
| 1909 |
Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns =
South African Academy for Science and Arts
[In Afrikaans.]
|
SAAWK |
|
Spain
|
| 1994 |
Real Academia de Ingeniería =
Academia de Ingeniería de España =
Royal Academy of Engineering =
Academy of Engineering of Spain
[In Spanish.]
|
RAI |
| 1938 |
Instituto de España =
Institute of Spain
[In Spanish.]
|
IdE |
| 1752 |
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando =
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
[In Spanish.
The Academy covers architecture, music, sculpture and painting.]
|
RABASF |
| 1847 |
Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales =
Royal Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences (Spain)
[In Spanish.]
|
RACEFyN |
| 1857 |
Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas =
Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences
[The Academy has sections devoted to the philosophical sciences,
political and juridical sciences, social sciences, and economic sciences.
In Spanish.]
|
RACMYP |
| 1764 |
Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona =
Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona
[In Spanish.]
|
RACAB |
| 1792 |
Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis =
Royal Academy of Noble and Fine Arts of San Luis
|
|
| 1713 |
Real Academia Española =
Royal Spanish Academy
[In Spanish.]
|
RAE |
| 1751 |
Real Academia Sevillana de Buenas Letras =
Royal Seville Academy of Humanities
[In Spanish.]
|
|
| 1764 |
Real Sociedad Bascongada de los Amigos del País =
Euskalerriaren Adiskideen Elkartea =
Royal Basque Society of Friends of the Country
[In Spanish and Basque.]
|
RSBAP |
|
Sri Lanka
|
| 1944 |
Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science
[In English.]
|
SLAAS |
|
Sweden
|
| 1772 |
Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapet i Lund =
Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
[In Swedish and English.
Founded in 1772 with a focus on agriculture, its goals are now much
broader, being
"to encourage research in the natural sciences, medicine and
technology..."]
|
|
| 1919 |
Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien =
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
[In Swedish, with some English.]
|
IVA |
| 1796 |
Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademien =
Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences
[In Swedish and English.]
|
KKrVA |
| 1739 |
Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien =
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
[In English and Swedish.]
|
KVA |
| 1710 |
Kungliga Vetenskaps-Societeten i Uppsala =
Royal Society of Sciences at Uppsala
[No website found, as of 2003, April 29.]
|
|
| 1753 |
Kungliga Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien =
Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities
[In Swedish and English.]
|
KVHAA |
| 1786 |
Svenska Akademien =
Swedish Academy
[In English and Swedish.]
|
SA |
|
Switzerland
|
| 1811 |
Aargauische Naturforschende Gesellschaft =
Aargau Natural Science Society
[In German.]
|
ANG |
| 1852 |
Institut National Genevois =
National Institute of Geneva
[In French.
The Institute was founded on the model of the
Institut de France.]
|
ING |
| 1817 |
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Basel =
Scientific Society in Basel
[In German.]
|
NGiB |
| 1746 |
Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Zürich =
Natural Science Society in Zürich
[In German.]
|
NGZ |
| 1855 |
Naturforschende Gesellschaft Luzern =
Scientific Society in Lucerne
[In German.]
|
NGL |
| 1884 |
Naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Winterthur =
Scientific Society, Winterthur
[In German.]
|
NGW |
| 1946 |
Schweizerische Akademie der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften =
Académie Suisse des Sciences Humaines et Sociales =
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
[In German and French.]
|
SAGW = ASSH |
| 1815 |
Schweizerische Akademie der Naturwissenschaften =
Académie suisse des sciences naturelles =
Accademia svizzera di scienze naturali =
Academia svizra da scienzas natüralas =
Swiss Academy of Sciences
[In German, French and English.]
|
SANW = ASSN = ASSN = ASSN = SAS |
| 1981 |
Schweizerische Akademie der Technischen Wissenschaften =
Académie Suisse des Sciences Techniques =
Accademia Svizzera delle Scienze Techniche =
Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences
[In German, English and French.]
|
SATW = ASST |
| 1776 |
Société des Arts de Genève =
Society of Arts of Geneva
[In French.
The Society, whose headquarters is the
Palais de l'Athénée in Geneva, is
devoted not only to the fine arts, but to industry, commerce, and
agriculture as well.]
|
SAG |
|
Thailand
|
| 1933?? |
ราชบัณฑิตยสถาน
=
Royal Institute (Thailand)
[In Thai.]
[see note at the Wikipedia article at
Royal Society of Thailand]
|
|
| 1948 |
สมาฅม
วิทยาศาสตร์
แห่ ง
ประเทศไทย
=
Science Society of Thailand
[In Thai.]
|
SST |
| 1904 |
สยาม สมาคม
=
Siam Society (Thailand)
[In English.]
|
|
| 1997 |
มูลนิธิ
บัณฑิตยสภา
วิทยาศาสตร์
และ
เทคโนโลยี
แห่งประเทศไทย
=
Thai Academy of Science and Technology Foundation
[In Thai and English.]
|
TAST |
|
Tunisia
|
| 1983 |
Académie Tunisienne des Sciences, des Lettres et des
Arts «Beït al-Hikma» =
Tunisian Academy of the Sciences, Letters and Arts «Beït
al-Hikma» =
"المجمع
التونسي
للعلوم
والآداب
والفنون"
بيت
الحكمة
[In French, Arabic and English.]
|
|
|
Turkey
|
| 1993 |
Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi =
Turkish Academy of Sciences
[In Turkish.]
|
TUBA |
|
Ukraine
|
| 1918 |
Національна
Академія
Наук
України =
Nacìonalʹna Akademìâ Nauk Ukraïni =
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
[In Ukrainian, English and Russian.]
|
НАН = NAN |
| 1873 |
Наукове
Товариство
ім.
Шевченка =
Naukove Tovaristvo ìm. Ševčenka =
Shevchenko Scientific Society
[In English, with some Ukrainian. "It is the oldest Ukrainian
academy of
arts and sciences whose activities have been the
mainstay of Ukrainian culture for the last 120 years.
Founded in 1873 in the city of L'viv, Ukraine, it
was liquidated by the Soviet regime in 1939 and
reestablished in Western Europe in 1947, in the
United States in 1949, and in Ukraine in 1989."]
|
SSS |
|
United Kingdom
|
| 1751 |
Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion =
Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion
[In Welsh and English.
The Society promotes the literature, the arts and sciences insofar as
they are of special interest to Wales, the Welsh people and those
interested in Wales.]
|
|
| 1901 |
British Academy
|
BA |
| 1831 |
British Association for the Advancement of Science
[also known as British Association (BA)]
|
BAAS = BA |
| 1799 |
Royal Institution of Great Britain
[Also known as the "Royal Institution."]
|
RIGB |
| 1821 |
Royal Scottish Society of Arts
[Sometimes subtitled: (Science and Technology).]
|
RSSA |
| 1660 |
Royal Society
[Also known as the "Royal Society of London."]
|
RS |
| 1754 |
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
|
RSA |
| 1783 |
Royal Society of Edinburgh
|
RSE |
|
United States of America
|
| 1780 |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
|
AAAS |
| 1848 |
American Association for the Advancement of Science
|
AAAS |
| 1853 |
California Academy of Sciences
|
CAS |
| 1857 |
Chicago Academy of Sciences
|
CAS |
| 1799 |
Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences
|
CAAS |
| 1976 |
Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering
|
CASE |
| 1922 |
Georgia Academy of Science
|
GAS |
| 1907 |
Illinois State Academy of Science
|
ISAS |
| 1868 |
Kansas Academy of Science
|
KAS |
| 1914 |
Kentucky Academy of Science
|
KAS |
| 1930 |
Mississippi Academy of Sciences
|
MAS |
| 1964 |
National Academy of Engineering
[One of the national academies of the U.S.A.]
|
NAE |
| 1863 |
National Academy of Sciences
[One of the national academies of the U.S.A.]
|
NAS |
| 1880 |
Nebraska Academy of Sciences
|
NAS |
| 1954 |
New Jersey Academy of Science
|
NJAS |
| 1902 |
New Mexico Academy of Science
|
NMAS |
| 1817 |
New York Academy of Sciences
|
NYAS |
| 1891 |
Ohio Academy of Science
|
OAS |
| 1909 |
Oklahoma Academy of Science
|
OAS |
| 1924 |
South Carolina Academy of Science
|
SCAS |
| 1912 |
Tennessee Academy of Science
|
TAS |
| 1908 |
Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters
|
UASAL |
| 1923 |
Virginia Academy of Science
|
VAS |
| 1898 |
Washington Academy of Sciences
|
WAS |
|
Uruguay
|
| 1965 |
Academia Nacional de Ingeniería del Uruguay =
National Academy of Engineering of Uruguay
[In Spanish.]
|
ANIU |
|
Uzbekistan
|
| 1943 |
O'zbekiston Respublikasi Fanlar Akademiyasi =
Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences =
Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan =
Академия
Наук
Республики
Узбекистан =
Akademiâ Nauk Respubliki Uzbekistan
[In Uzbek, English, and Russian.]
|
O'zR FA = UAS = АН РУз =
ANRUz |
|
Vatican City State
|
| 1936? |
Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze =
Pontificia Academia Scientiarum =
Pontifical Academy of Sciences
[In Italian and English.]
|
PAS |
|
Venezuela
|
| 1917 |
Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales de
Venezuela =
Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Venezuela
[In Spanish.]
|
ACFMN |
| 1950 |
Asociación Venezolana para el Avance de la Ciencia =
Venezuelan Association for the Advancement of Science
[In Spanish.]
|
AsoVAC |
|
Yugoslavia
|
| 1886 |
Српска
Академија
Наука
и
Уметности =
Srpska Akademija Nauka i Umetnosti =
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
[In Serbo-Croatian.]
|
SANU |
