Academia Brasileira de Ciências wakhala membala kuyambira 1919.
Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC) idakhazikitsidwa mu 1916 ngati gulu lodziyimira pawokha, losakhala la boma, lasayansi. Udindo waukulu wa Academy wakhala, mwa kusankha mokhwima kwa mamembala ake, kukhazikitsa miyezo yopambana ndi kuchita bwino mu gawo la sayansi ku Brazil. Bungwe la mamembala asanu ndi awiri, osankhidwa zaka zitatu zilizonse, limayang'anira Academy. Mamembala ali m'magulu khumi: Masamu, Physical, Chemical, Earth, Biological, Biomedical, Health, Agricultural, Engineering, ndi Human Sciences. Kupatula zochita zake pa chitukuko cha sayansi m'dzikoli, Academy amatenga gawo lotsogola kulimbikitsa Brazil luso ndi maphunziro patsogolo. Sukuluyi imalangiza boma pankhani yaukadaulo wa sayansi ndi mfundo zamaphunziro, imagwirizanitsa mapulogalamu a kafukufuku, imasindikiza mabuku ndipo ili ndi udindo wopanga mapangano ogwirizana ndi sayansi ndi mabungwe ofanana ndi akunja.
Sukuluyi imasindikiza nthawi imodzi yotchulidwa: Annals (Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências). The Annals imafotokoza za sayansi zomwe zimapanga Magawo khumi a Academy ndipo zasindikizidwa kuyambira 1929, popanda kusokonezedwa. Lili ndi mapepala athunthu athunthu ndi zidule za mauthenga omwe amaperekedwa pamisonkhano yanthawi zonse ya Academy. Akonzi amalimbikitsa kusindikizidwa mu Chingerezi. Kuwonjezera pa nthawi, Academy imasindikiza zochitika za symposia ndi malipoti m'madera angapo: (a) Tropical Soils, (b) Science ku Brazil, (c) Transition to Global Sustainability: zopereka za Brazilian Science, (d) Medicamentos (1999) , (e) Makulidwe a Anthu a Kusintha Kwachilengedwe Padziko Lonse: Brazilian Perspectives - ndi magazini yoperekedwa ku kafukufuku wa ku Brazilian Antarctic, yotchedwa Pesquisa Antartica Brasileira.
Mu 1993, Academy idatenga membala ku ISC, yomwe kale idachitidwa ndi CNPq (National Research Council).