Armenian Academy of Sciences

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia

Logo the academy
Established	November 10, 1943
President	Radik Martirosyan
Staff	3,700 (63 academicians, 61 corresponding members, 335 doctors of sciences, 1,080 candidates of sciences)
Formerly called	Armenian Academy of Sciences
Address	24 Baghramyan Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia
Website	www.sci.am

Coordinates: 40°11′30″N 44°30′31″E / 40.19167°N 44.50861°E / 40.19167; 44.50861

The National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (NAS RA) (Armenian: Հայաստանի Հանրապետության գիտությունների ազգային ակադեմիա, ՀՀ ԳԱԱ) is the primary body that conducts research and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in Armenia.

The academy was founded on November 10, 1943 on the basis of the Armenian Branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was established almost 10 years earlier, in 1935. Among its founders were Joseph Orbeli, Stepan Malkhasyants, Ivan Gevorkian and Victor Ambartsumian; Orbeli became the first president of the academy.