Establishing a Young Academy

Representatives of nearly 40 National Young Academies from around the world at the launch of the 2019 “Declaration on the Guiding Principles of Young Academies”. Photo by James Curtiss, GYA Senior Communications Officer.

GYA and the National Young Academies

Regarding the young academies movement the GYA seeks to

support the establishment and development of National Young Academies (NYA),
cooperation with them and
networking.

We provide advice and support, collect best practices and can put you in contact with young academy initiatives in your region.

For this purpose the GYA has developed and collected a number of useful tools. Find an overview of this collection below.

Feel free to contact the GYA Office with any queries you may have re. establishing a (national) young academy, or engaging with the worldwide network of young academies!

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A Blueprint

This blueprint for the establishment of National Young Academies (NYAs) has been developed by the Global Young Academy (GYA). The blueprint includes justifications for forming an NYA, along with suggested activities, outcomes, measures of success, model principles and statutes for a hypothetical NYA.

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Young Academy Toolkit

This toolkit aims to support young scientists who want to establish a National Young Academy (NYA) in their country. The toolkit is meant to be a technical document to show “how to” establish an NYA, and tries to cover multiple issues young scientists may face at the initial stages of establishing an NYA.

GYA AGM 2021 Video

Role of Senior Academies

At the GYA AGM 2012, Professor Roseanne Diab (Academy of Science on South Africa) discussed the role and experience of Senior Academies in the establishment of Young Academies with Caradee Wright (Co-Chair of the South African Young Academy of Science).