Overview

The main task of the Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna which was opened in 1986, is to promote the Polish sciences in Austria and to support their further development. Moreover it helps in establishing cooperation projects between Polish and Austrian research institutions by organizing scientific and popular lectures, exhibitions, conferences and symposia with the participation of scientists from Poland, Austria and other countries, from the humanities over science to many areas of medicine and technology. In addition, the center provides assistance in contacts between scientists and scientific institutions in Poland and Austria, and participates in the implementation of agreements on cooperation between the Polish Academy of Sciences and other Polish scientific institutions and their Austrian partners. The history of the building of the Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna is closely associated with Poles living in Vienna from the very beginning of its existence.