Abbreviation | PAN |
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Formation | 30 October 1951[1] |
Type | National academy, Academy of Sciences |
Headquarters | Warsaw |
Region served | Poland |
President | Jerzy Duszyński |
Website | pan |
Formerly called | Warsaw Scientific Society Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning |
The Polish Academy of Sciences (Polish: Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars and a network of research institutes. It was established in 1951, during the early period of the Polish People's Republic following World War II.[2]
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