I-Austria, i-Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)

I-Austrian Academy of Sciences, eyasungulwa ngo-1847 njenge-Imperial Academy of Sciences, iwumphakathi ofundile ofana kakhulu nezinye iZikhungo Zokufunda ezinkulu eYurophu. Ngasikhathi sinye, iyisikhungo esingeyona eyenyuvesi ehamba phambili e-Austria esenza ucwaningo oluyisisekelo. Izazi eziningi ezibalulekile ezivela e-Austria nakwamanye amazwe zingamalungu e-Academy (njengamalungu aphelele, amalungu entatheli noma amalungu ahloniphekile). Enhloko ye-Academy kunekomiti elakhiwe osolwazi abane abakhethwe phakathi kwamalungu aphelele. Nokho, isifundo sangempela esilandelwa yiSikhungo sinqunywa emhlanganweni omkhulu kanye nasemihlanganweni yeminyango emibili eyinhloko (iSigaba seMathematika neSayensi Yezemvelo, kanye neSigaba Sezobuntu Nesayensi Yezenhlalakahle), amalungu ayo ahlangana kanye inyanga. Kule mihlangano kwethulwa izinhlelo ezehlukene zocwaningo ukuze zigunyazwe, nakuba zinikeza nethuba lokuxoxisana ngezifundo. Ucwaningo ngokwalo njengamanje lwenziwa ezikhungweni eziyi-19, amayunithi ocwaningo amahlanu kanye namakhomishini ocwaningo angama-50 kulo lonke elase-Austria. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Academy ilawula izinhlelo eziningi zocwaningo zikazwelonke nezamazwe ngamazwe. Izivumelwano namanye amazwe angama-22 zinikeza ithuba izifundiswa ukuthi zibambe iqhaza kumaphrojekthi ocwaningo lwangaphandle ngokushintshana. I-Academy iphinde ibe nenkampani yaso yokushicilela, iningi lezincwadi zayo ezishicilelwe emkhakheni wezobuntu nesayensi yezenhlalo, nakuba ishicilela nezincwadi zezibalo nesayensi yemvelo. Izincwadi zezazi zishintshaniswa nezikhungo eziyizihlobo emhlabeni wonke. I-Austrian Academy of Sciences njengamanje iqashe cishe abantu abangama-600 ngezinjongo zocwaningo nezokuphatha.

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