Committee undertake activities aimed at the development of the scientific disciplines represented by the Committee and use their achievements for the good of the country, and in particular:

1. Analyzing and assessing the state of science as well as expressing opinions on matters of the state's scientific policy, especially development directions and research priorities in given scientific disciplines, represented in the Committee;

2.Cooperation with governmental bodies, in particular with the minister competent for science and higher education, the minister competent for education, the Central Council of Higher Education, the Polish Accreditation Committee and the Scientific Excellence Council - in matters relating to the assessment of the state, level, research priorities and directions development of the disciplines represented by the Committee;

3. Initiating research, creating and developing scientific institutions in the disciplines represented in the Committee and evaluating research programs and the scope of activities of scientific institutions at the request of government bodies and authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences supervising these institutions;

4. Contributing to the dissemination of research results and scientific works as well as introducing the results of research in the disciplines represented in the Committee into social and economic practice, organizing for this purpose, inter alia, scientific discussions and conferences;

5. Developing, at the request of government bodies, the authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences and on its own initiative, expert opinions and scientific advice and presenting scientific opinions on matters covered by the scope of the Committee's activities and issues particularly important for the socio-economic and cultural development of the country;

6. Assessment and speaking on the level and needs of scientific publishers in the field of sciences represented in the Committee and conducting publishing activities;

7. Analyzing and evaluating curricula, expressing opinions on matters of educating scientific staff and carrying out activities stimulating participation in the scientific life of the country and ensuring the development of young scientific staff in the fields covered by the Committee's scope of activity;

8. Initiating and conducting cooperation with international and foreign organizations and research centers and performing, in accordance with the Resolution of the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the function of the national committee for cooperation with international scientific organizations in the disciplines represented by the Committee, including the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr);

9. Establishing national sections of international scientific unions and associations;

10. Expressing opinions on candidates for correspondent members of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of disciplines represented by the Committee;

11. Submitting and reviewing applications for scientific awards in the disciplines represented by the Committee;

12. Cooperation with specialized scientific societies in the field of disciplines represented by the Committee;

13. Organizing personal competitions for the best works in the disciplines covered by the scope of the Committee's activities in order to promote their achievements, in accordance with the regulations of a given competition.

14. Conducting activities stimulating participation in the scientific life of the country and ensuring the development of students, doctoral students and young research staff in the field of crystallography and related scientific disciplines.

15. Other matters ordered by the authorities of the Polish Academy of Sciences or initiated by the Committee.