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| The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus |
Welcome to the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus! The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NAS of Belarus, or NASB) is the highest state scientific organization of the Republic of Belarus, a country in the middle of Europe. NAS of Belarus is reported to the President of the Republic of Belarus, accountable to the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus and carries out organization, realization and coordination of fundamental and applied scientific research and developments in the main directions of natural, engineering, social sciences, the humanities and arts with the purposes of scientific maintenance of economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Belarus, and also carries out, accordingly to the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus" and the Statute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, some functions of a republican body of state management in the field of science.
Founded in October 1928 under the name of The Belarusian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is the guiding research center of Belarus, which unites the highly-skilled scientists of different specialties and dozens of research, design, scientific production and inculcation organizations. The staff of the Academy of Sciences includes about 17,270 researchers, technicians and supporting personnel. There are about 6,440 researchers, about 540 Doctors of Sciences and some 1,950 Candidates of Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.) among them. |
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