I-Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-1999.
I-Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), isikhungo sesayensi esiphezulu kunazo zonke e-Azerbaijan Republic, yasungulwa ngo-1945 kusukela eGatsheni lase-Azerbaijan le-Academy of Sciences yase-USSR. Inhloso yawo enkulu ukuthuthukisa ucwaningo oluyisisekelo emikhakheni ehamba phambili yesayensi yemvelo, ezobuchwepheshe kanye nezenhlalo.
I-ANAS yakhiwe iminyango emihlanu yesayensi: uMnyango Wezesayensi Yezomzimba, Wezibalo Nezobuchwepheshe; uMnyango Wesayensi Yezamakhemikhali; uMnyango Wesayensi Yomhlaba; uMnyango Wesayensi Yezinto eziphilayo; uMnyango Wesayensi Yomphakathi Nezobuntu.
Izikhungo zocwaningo lwesayensi ezingamashumi amathathu nane ziyasebenza ngaphakathi kwe-ANAS, kufaka phakathi izikhungo ezingama-30. I-ANAS ihlanganisa nezikhungo zesayensi zesifunda ezintathu, izinhlangano eziyishumi zobuchwepheshe bokwakha, kanye nezimboni ezimbili zokuhlola. Kudalwe uchungechunge lwezinhlangano zesayensi, ezobuchwepheshe kanye nezintsha ukwethula imiphumela yocwaningo lwesayensi emnothweni kazwelonke. Njengomphumela wokuxazulula izinkinga eziyisisekelo nezobuchwepheshe, izinto ezingaphezu kwe-100 zilethwa emkhiqizweni unyaka ngamunye, okuhlinzeka ngomthelela omkhulu wezomnotho.
I-ANAS idlala indima ehamba phambili ekwenzeni ucwaningo oluyisisekelo, ekwakheni ubuchwepheshe obusha nezindlela, kanye nokuqeqesha ochwepheshe abaqeqeshwe kakhulu. Uchungechunge lwemiphumela yesayensi enokubaluleka kwamazwe ngamazwe lutholwe ngaphakathi kwe-ANAS emikhakheni emikhulu ehlukahlukene yesayensi. Lokhu kuhlanganisa i-physics yemizimba eqinile kanye nama-semiconductors, izibalo kanye nemishini, i-petrochemistry, ukucwengwa kukawoyela, isisekelo sesayensi sokuthuthukisa izinkundla zikawoyela negesi, izifundo zemikhakha eminingi ye-crustal geology, kanye nesisekelo sesayensi sokuthuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwamapulazi okulinywa nemfuyo. Imiphumela ebalulekile itholwe ocwaningweni nasekusetshenzisweni okunengqondo kwemithombo yemvelo yeRiphabhulikhi, nasekucwaningweni komlando wasendulo, amasiko nemibhalo yabantu base-Azerbaijan.
Izikhungo zesayensi ngaphakathi kwe-ANAS njengamanje zenza ucwaningo kumaphrojekthi esayensi acishe abe ngu-500, okuhloswe ngawo ukuxazulula izinkinga zesayensi eziyi-130. I-Academy isungule izixhumanisi zamazwe ngamazwe nezinhlangano ezahlukene zesayensi emhlabeni wonke ezifana ne-CRDF, i-INTAS, i-UNESCO, i-NATO, i-Royal Society yase-United Kingdom, amanyuvesi amaningi eTurkey, eFrance, eJalimane nakwamanye amazwe.