[citation needed]The Academy, abbreviated as ASM, is the highest scientific advisory body of Malaysia, and is organizationally under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI).

For the year 2024 - 2025, the President is YM Academician Datuk Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen and the Vice President is Academician Distinguished Professor Datuk Dr Looi Lai Meng.

The office serves as the administration center of the Academy and as a meeting place for ASM Council and its various committees.

[citation needed] In 2013, ASM moved its main office to Menara MATRADE at Jalan Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Kuala Lumpur.

As of 2018, its products include reports on strategic foresight towards Progressive Malaysia 2050, sustainability science, emerging technology, and socio-economics.

It conducts the National Science Challenge, an annual science competition for secondary school students where the champions win a chance for a study trip in Stockholm, Sweden and attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony.

[citation needed] In 2012, ASM began the Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) initiative by training IBSE to primary school teachers, developed from the La Main A La Pate (LAMAP) model developed by French Academy of Sciences.

[citation needed] Since 2005, ASM is a collaborator of the annual MAKNA Cancer Research Award.

[citation needed] The President is appointed by Yang Di-Pertuan Agong, the King of Malaysia, on the recommendation of the Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change.

[citation needed] Membership of ASM consists of Malaysia's top scientists in science, engineering, technology and innovation.