The European Commission is setting up its own free Open Access publishing platform for scientific articles. The platform will be a peer-reviewed publishing service to support beneficiaries of Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and related funding schemes to meet the European…
On the occasion of the international women’s day 2020, the Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) organised a panel discussion on “Women and Science: What Future for Cameroon?” CAYS has as one of its mandates to promote research as a…
In February, GYA Co-Chair Koen Vermeir (CNRS, France), who used to co-lead the working group on Open Science, delivered the opening keynote speech at the meeting on “Changing publication practices – From predatory to Plan S” organized by the Belgian…
In December 2019, GYA alumnus Javier García-Martinez (University of Alicante, Spain) in his role as the President of the Young Academy of Spain took part in the 25th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
GYA Executive Committee member Yoko Shimpuku (Kyoto University, Japan) addressed the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on 11 February 2020. Yoko introduced her research on midwifery education in Tanzania, the…
The educational board game Expedition Mundus teaches 12-year olds to think like a scientist. It has been used by many Young Academies in the past few years, and has been translated into several languages. Now, a more digital version, serving…
The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) was established in 2019, with the kind support of the Cameroon Academy of Science (CAS). As their very first activity, CAYS organised an international conference on “Young Scientists: Mainspring of Development and Innovation…
The Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientist (SLAYS) has conducted a community outreach programme on coast conservation. The issue of marine habitat destruction and pollution is a serious threat to Sri Lankan coastal biodiversity. Being an inherent treasure trove of…
On 13 December 2019, The National Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters of Benin, together with the Academy of Young Scientists of Benin and the American Society for Microbiology held the first National Camp for Young Scientists of Benin. Young…
On 11 December, the GYA working group Trust in (Young) Scientists offered a two-hour webinar on “Science communication through blogs and video blogs”, organised by the group’s co-lead Lisa Herzog (Netherlands). GYA members and alumni, as well as members from…
Before the year 2019 closed, the Swiss Young Academy was officially established, with support from the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. This support provides young academics in Switzerland with the opportunity to call attention to their particular concerns. The…
From 1-4 December 2019, the 4th ASEAN Science Leadership Programme (SLP) was held in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The SLP was jointly hosted by the ASEAN Young Scientists Network, Center for Youth Development and International Cooperation (CYDECO), Ministry of Science and…