What is Czech Academy of Sciences?
[[File:Budova AV ČR Národní foto Pavlína Jáchimová, AV ČR (1).jpg|right|200px|thumb|The CAS]] The '''Czech Academy of Sciences''' (abbr. '''CAS''', {{lang-cs|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]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Franc|first1=Martin|last2=Mádlová|first2=Vlasta|title=The History of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Pictures / Dějiny Akademie věd v obrazech|date=2014|publisher=Academia|location=Prague|isbn=9788020023407|language=en, cs}}</ref> It is located in the Czech capital of [[Prague]]. == History == The establishment of the academy in 1992 follows several previous organizations:{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} * Royal Czech Society of Doctrines (Královská česká společnost nauk), 1784–1952 * {{illm|Czech Academy of Sciences and Arts|cs|Česká akademie věd a umění}} (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.<ref>{{cite web|title=OA in the Czech Republic|url=https://www.openaire.eu/oa-czech|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805223240/https://www.openaire.eu/oa-czech|archive-date=5 August 2016|publisher=[[OpenAIRE]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.avcr.cz/en/ Official Web site] (in English) [[Category:National academies of sciences]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Prague]] [[Category:Organizations based in Prague]] [[Category:1992 establishments in Europe]] {{europe-stub}}