Structure Polish Academy of Sciences

Task-force Committees – specially-selected teams of experts for addressing specific tasks

Committees affiliated with Presidium of the Academy:

• The Committee on Bioethics PAS
• The Committee on Energy PAS
• The Committee on Polar Research PAS
• The Committee on Space and Satellite Research PAS
• The Committee on Spatial Economy and Regional Planning PAS
• The "Poland 2000 Plus" Forecast Committee PAS
• The Council for Scientific Societies PAS
• The Council for the Polish Language PAS
• The Council for the Promotion of the Public Understanding of Science PAS

Committee affiliated with Division I: Humanities and Social Sciences

• The Committee on Ethics in Science PAS
• The Committee on Science Studies PAS
• The Research Committee on Human Migration PAS

Committee affiliated with Division IV: Engineering Sciences

• The Committee on Water Management PAS

National Committees – bodies appointed to maintain and develop cooperative ties with international research organizations

National committees are the bodies of the Polish Academy of Sciences established with the purpose of representing Polish science towards international scientific organizations and to organize and coordinate the undertakings resulting from the membership in those organizations. The composition of the committees secures the representation of the whole scientific community of the country. National committees for the cooperation with the international organizations of interdisciplinary character are affiliated with the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences. National committees for the cooperation with the international organizations investigating the disciplines covered by the given division are set up at the Academy’s divisions. The function of national committees is also performed by a number of scientific committees, pursuant to the resolutions of the Academy’s Presidium.