Academy, since 1759
The Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, founded in 1759, is the largest state academy in Germany. The Academy has been committed to its tasks as a learned society, non-university research institution and place of lively scientific dialogue with society and politics for more than 250 years. The focus of its work is on long-term projects that provide the basis for further research and safeguard cultural heritage. The BAdW includes the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, the Walther-Meissner-Institute for Low Temperature Research, the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation and the Committee for Bavarian Regional History. It promotes excellent young scientists in its Young Academy.