Slovak Academy of Sciences 962714 218763065 2008-06-12T01:41:23Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[hu:Szlovák Tudományos Akadémia]] [[Image:Service mark of the Slovak Akademy of Sciences.JPG|thumb|120px|Service mark of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV).]] The '''Slovak Academy of Sciences''' SAV (in Slovak ''Slovenská akadémia vied'') is the main scientific and research institution in [[Slovakia]] fostering basic and strategic basic research. It was founded in [[1942]], closed after WWII, and then refounded in [[1953]]. Its primary mission is to acquire new knowledge of nature, society and technology, specifically targeted at ensuring scientific basis for the advancement in Slovakia. It comprises 58 scientific institutes and 13 ancillary institutions. The SAS edits 44 scientific and scholarly journals and 100 - 120 monographs per annum. Moreover, 41 scientific and scholarly societies, which associate scientists and scholars from various disciplines, are affiliated with SAS. == External links == * [http://www.sav.sk/ Slovak Academy of Sciences official site] [[Image:Award from the Slovak Academy of Sciences Jan Jessenius gold medal.jpg|thumb|120px|Jan Jessenius gold medal (award from the Slovak Academy of Sciences).]] [[Image:Slovenská akadémia vied.JPG|thumb|180px|left|Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV).]] [[Category:Science and technology in Slovakia]] {{sci-stub}} {{Slovakia-stub}} [[cs:Slovenská akademie věd]] [[de:Slowakische Akademie der Wissenschaften]] [[hu:Szlovák Tudományos Akadémia]] [[sk:Slovenská akadémia vied]]