The National Academy of Sciences of Georgia is a successor to the Ikalto and Gelati academies in its content and function. The direct predecessors of the Academy who paved the way for its establishment were first of all the Tbilisi State University (actually, all the founders of the Academy were university professors) and on the other hand, the Georgian branch of the All-Union Academy of Sciences, which represented the first attempt to organize the national science. The Georgian Academy of Sciences, as an organized form of uniting Georgian scholars and researchers, was established on 10 February 1941.
The founding members of the Academy were:
Giorgi Akhvlediani (Linguistics)
Ivane Beritashvili (Physiology)
Kiriak Zavierev (Construction Mechanics)
Philip Zaitsev (Zoology)
Aleksandre Tvalchrelidze (Mineralogy, Petrography)
Korneli Kekelidze (Philology)
Nikoloz Ketskhoveli (Botany)
Taras Kvaratskhelia (Subtropical Cultures)
Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (Mathematics, Mechanics)
Dimitri Uznadze (Psychology)
Akaki Shanidze (Linguistics)
Arnold Chikobava (Linguistics)
Giorgi Chubinashvili (Art)
Giorgi Khachapuridze (History)
Simon Janashia (History)
Aleksandre Janelidze (Geology)