Institutes
The basic scientific unit of the Academy is the research institute; 70 institutes are currently in operation. The heads of the research institutes together comprise a Council of Directors, currently chaired by Prof. Tadeusz Burczyński. Most PAS Institutes rank as leading institutions in their scientific or R&D activity, as is evidenced by the high marks they receive from the Evaluation Committee of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Twelve of the PAS institutes have proudly received the A+ classification, a cherished prize of Polish science.
PAS institutes also form part of consortia and centers set up to carry out specific research projects. Nine of the Institutes are involved in such units that have been granted the status of the Leading National Research Center (KNOW) by an international body of experts: the Institute of Mathematics, the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, the Institute of Pharmacology, Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, the Institute of Geophysics, the Institute of Oceanology, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, the Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, and the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research.
Collaborative research units
Since 2010, certain PAS institutes have been cooperating with one another as well as with other, non-PAS research centers and business entities, under the framework of collaborative research units. These include:
- the GEOPLANET Earth and Planetary Research Center,
- the Interdisciplinary Center for Physical, Chemical, and Medical Research (ICNFCM),
- the Centre for Advanced Materials and Smart Structures (CAMS2),
- the SPINLAB National Center for Nanophysics and Spintronics.
Division I: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology, PAS
- Institute of Literary Research, PAS
- Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, PAS
- Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History, PAS
- Institute of the Polish Language, PAS
- Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, PAS
- Institute of Economics, PAS
- Institute of Law Studies, PAS
- Institute of Psychology, PAS
- Institute of Rural and Agricultural Development, PAS
- Institute of Slavic Studies, PAS
- Institute of Political Studies, PAS
- Institute of Art, PAS
- L. & A. Birkenmajer Institute for the History of Science, PAS
Division II: Biological and Agricultural Sciences
- European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology, PAS
- Institute of Agrophysics, PAS
- W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS
- Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition, PAS
- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, PAS
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS
- Mammal Research Institute, PAS
- Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, PAS
- Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, PAS
- Institute of Plant Genetics, PAS
- Institute of Nature Conservation, PAS
- Institute of Paleobiology, PAS
- Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology, PAS
- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, PAS
- Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, PAS
- Museum and Institute of Zoology, PAS
- Institute for Agricultural and Forest Environment, PAS
- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, PAS
- Institute of Dendrology, PAS
Division III: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
- Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, PAS
- Space Research Centre, PAS
- Centre of Molecular and Macromolecular Studies, PAS
- Center for Theoretical Physics, PAS
- Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, PAS
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, PAS
- Institute of Organic Chemistry, PAS
- The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics, PAS
- Institute of Molecular Physics, PAS
- Institute of Geophysics, PAS
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, PAS
- Institute of Mathematics, PAS
- Institute of Geological Sciences, PAS
- Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAS
- Institute of Oceanology, PAS
- Institute of High Pressure Physics, PAS
- Institute of Physics, PAS
Division IV: Engineering Sciences
- Nalecz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, PAS
- Systems Research Institute, PAS
- Institute of Hydro-Engineering, PAS
- Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, PAS
- Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, PAS
- Institute of Chemical Engineering, PAS
- Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, PAS
- Strata Mechanics Research Institute, PAS
- Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Science, PAS
- Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, PAS
- Institute of Computer Science, PAS
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, PAS
- Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, PAS
Division V: Medical Sciences
- Institute of Medical Biology, PAS
- Maj Institute of Pharmacology, PAS
- Institute of Human Genetics, PAS
- Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, PAS
- Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, PAS