The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (ASCR) (www.nasb.gov.by) was founded in October 1928 and officially inaugurated on January 1, 1929 under the name of The Belarusian Academy of Sciences. The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus is the guiding research center of Belarus, which unites the highly-skilled scientists of different specialties and dozens of research, scientific-production, design and inculcation organizations. The staff of the Academy of Sciences includes more than 17,470 researchers, technicians and supporting personnel. There are more than 6,100 researchers, about some 510 Doctors of Sciences and some 1,870 Candidates of Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.) among them.