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The German Academy of Sciences at Berlin, German: Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (DAW), in 1972 renamed the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR (AdW)), was the most eminent research institution of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR).
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (German: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg.
The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities is a learned society with a three-hundred-year-old tradition of uniting outstanding scholars and scientists across national and disciplinary boundaries. 80 Nobel Prize winners have shaped its history.
The Academy is a future-orientated science institution with a history of more than 300 years. It conducts interdisciplinary research on cultural heritage, future issues, and dialogue between science and society.
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After World War II, the Academy was under the administration of the Soviet Zone of Occupation (SBZ) and re-opened as the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin (Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin).
With its 300+ members it is the primary location for science and research in the region of the German capital. Reconstituted in 1992, the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities can be traced back to the Scientific Society of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, which was founded in 1700.
The Berlin Academy of Science was founded at a time when Berlin prospered. The population of the city grew from 12, 000 in 1670 to 61, 000 in 1712, while the University of Halle was founded in 1694, the Academy of the Arts in 1696.
