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The Polish Academy of Sciences is a state scientific institution founded in 1952. It functions as a learned society acting through an elected corporation of top scholars and research organizations, via its numerous scientific establishments. It has also become a major scientific advisory body through its scientific committees. Division I Social Sciences, Division II Biological Sciences, Division III Mathematical, Physical, and Chemical Sciences, Division IV Technical Sciences, Division V Agricultural, Forestry, and Veterinary Sciences, Division VI Medical Sciences, and Division VII Earth and Mining Sciences. Each Division, chaired by its elected chairperson, formulates opinions on issues concerning its scientific disciplines and provides advice to the Academy authorities on research priorities and policy in a given field. It is also their task to supervise and coordinate the activities of the Division’s scientific committees, as well as to generally supervise all Academy research establishments in a given field.

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