Typically the country's learned societies in individual disciplines will liaise with or be coordinated by the national academy.
National academies play an important organisational role in academic exchanges and collaborations between countries.
In the countries of the former Soviet Union, and in the People's Republic of China, the national academies have considerable power over policy and personnel in their areas.
The affiliated organizations were granted congressional charters to operate under the National Academy of Sciences.
Anne, Princess Royal and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent as Royal Fellows[7] Sir James McDonald as President[8] Charles, Prince of Wales as Patron In Japan, all of the national academies were established during the early years of the Showa Era.