The main areas of research activity are basic and applied research in the fields of molecular biology, genetics and cell biology.

We operate a centre focusing on architectural, civil engineering, ecological and economic criteria for the research, preservation and reuse of technical monuments.

Plant experiments and their subsequent presentation. Operation of an experimental station used for research and teaching purposes. Research activities are focused on three themes - variety trials, technology trials and organic farming.

The institute is mainly focused on history in the period from the early modern period to the Second World War. It conducts basic research in the field of Czech, Czechoslovak and general history and is part of a network of domestic and foreign scientific, research and higher education institutions.

The Geophysical Institute of the CAS, a scientific public institution, is one of the 54 research institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Its focus falls under the Earth Sciences section. The Institute was established as a department of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences in 1953. It is a direct successor of the State Institute of Geophysics, founded in 1920.

We operate a radiation dosimetry department.

We are engaged in research and development in the field of natural and technical sciences.

We provide professional services for the development and implementation of national water policy focusing on hydraulics, hydrology, hydrogeology. We are engaged in promoting water protection, flood prevention and waste and packaging management, research on the status, use and changes of aquatic ecosystems and their links in the landscape.

The National Film Archive is a state contributory organisation established by the Ministry of Culture. It takes care of the Czech film heritage.

We are engaged in research on the composition and evolution of inanimate nature. We have a laboratory of analytical methods, environmental geology and geochemistry, geological processes, palaeobiology, palaeoecology and palaeomagnetism.