The Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (RAOS; French: Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer, ARSOM; Dutch: Koninklijke Academie voor Overzeese Wetenschappen, KAOW) is a Belgian federal academy that contributes to the progress of scientific knowledge about overseas regions.
In 1959, it was renamed the Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences (Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer) and broadened its geographical remit to include Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania.
The academy organises a wide range of activities, including publications, academic conferences, and annual competitions.
Scholarships are also granted every year as part of the Floribert Jurion [fr] Fund, which aim is to contribute to the training of future agricultural engineers or veterinary surgeons by giving them the opportunity to go for a training period in a developing country.
Finally the Academy awards the following three-year prizes: Works produced by the society include:[2] Media related to Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer at Wikimedia Commons