▁B BA W ▁is ▁the ▁largest ▁non - univers ity ▁human ities ▁research ▁inst itute ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁ ▁The ▁B BA W ▁was ▁constit uted ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁by ▁formal ▁treat y ▁between ▁the ▁govern ments ▁of ▁Berlin ▁and ▁Brandenburg ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁several ▁older ▁academ ies , ▁including ▁the ▁historic ▁Pr uss ian ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁from ▁ 1 7 0 0 ▁and ▁East ▁Germany ' s ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁Democratic ▁Republic ▁from ▁ 1 9 4 6 . ▁By ▁this ▁tradition , ▁past ▁members ▁include ▁the ▁Brothers ▁Gr imm , ▁Wilhelm ▁and ▁Alexander ▁von ▁H umb old t , ▁L ise ▁Me it ner , ▁The odor ▁M om ms en , ▁Albert ▁Ein stein , ▁and ▁Max ▁Plan ck . ▁Today ▁the ▁B BA W ▁oper ates ▁as ▁a ▁public ▁law ▁corpor ation ▁under ▁the ▁aus p ices ▁of ▁the ▁German ▁National ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences , ▁and ▁has ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 ▁fell ows ▁and ▁ 2 5 0 ▁additional ▁staff ▁members . ▁Its ▁elected ▁scientific ▁membership ▁has ▁included ▁ 7 8 ▁Nobel ▁la ure ates . ▁ ▁The ▁B BA W ▁oper ates ▁several ▁subs idi ary ▁research ▁cent ers . ▁Project s ▁include ▁compiling ▁large ▁diction aries ; ▁editing ▁texts ▁from ▁ancient , ▁medieval , ▁and ▁modern ▁history ; ▁and ▁editing ▁the ▁classical ▁literature ▁from ▁diverse ▁fields . ▁Notable ▁examples ▁include ▁Ins cription es ▁Gra ec ae , ▁the ▁Cor pus ▁Ins cription um ▁Latin ar um ,