Scientific exploration and understanding of the world | French Academy of Sciences

The French Academy of Sciences is one of the five colleges under the French Society. Its predecessor was the Society founded by J.B. Colbert in 1666. In 1699, it was reorganized under the sponsorship of the French royal family and moved to the Louvre under its current name. In the first half of the 17th century, a free group consisting of five people, including Descartes, gathered at the home of Merseny as its foundation, which was later renamed the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris by Colbert. During the French Revolution, it was banned in 1793 and taken over by a branch of the newly established National Research Institute in 1795. In 1816, its original name was restored, and after the addition of the School of Ethics and Political Science in 1832, it became one of the five colleges of the French Society today

Organizational structure

Department settings: divided into departments of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Space Science and its Applications, as well as Chemistry, Biology, and Pharmaceutical Sciences and its Applications. There are also interdisciplinary departments of Science Applications, with each department further divided into multiple disciplines

Academician classification: including academicians, foreign cooperative academicians, and corresponding academicians, with a total of over 240, 130, and 110 members respectively, and clear age and quantity regulations

Management Organization: Implement a management mechanism under the leadership of the Council, which includes an Executive Committee, a Management Committee, and other institutions such as the Academician Conference

Main job

Organize consultation and provide investigation reports and reference opinions on major technological issues; Protect scientists and the research environment, support research projects, and promote the development of scientific research

Organize various scientific research conferences and conduct academic exchange activities; Implement science education, improve the quality of science education, and carry out science popularization work

Establish various scientific awards to reward outstanding scientific research achievements and talents; Publish journals such as "Report of the Academy of Sciences", "News of the Academy of Sciences", "Science Life", etc., and publish scientific research achievements