As a member of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), the GYA nominated both members and alumni to IAP boards and committees prior to recent leadership elections. The following GYA members and alumni have been elected to IAP committees for the next three years; some were nominated by their national academies:
IAP Advisory Committee – GYA Alumna Ghada Bassioni (Ain Shams University, Egypt)
Capacity Building Development and Programme Committee – Siok Yee Chan (Universiti Sains Malaysia), Tomislav Mestrovic (University North, University centre Varaždin, Croatia), Shymaa Enany (Suez Canal University, Egypt), GYA alumnus Wibool Piyawattanametha (Michigan State University & King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand)
Policy Advice Development and Programme Committee – Stella Tsani (University of Ioannina, Greece), GYA alumnus Goran Bandov (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Communications Education and Outreach Development and Programme – Priscilla Kolibea Mante (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana; Immediate past GYA Co-Chair), Chibuike Udenigwe (University of Ottawa, Canada), GYA alumnus Jorge Huete-Perez (Georgetown University, USA)
The IAP elections were held in preparation for the upcoming IAP Triennial Conference and General Assembly from 8–11 December 2025, in Cairo, Egypt, when the newly-elected roles will commence.
The vote renewed the six-member Board, updated key leadership roles, and expands IAP’s global membership, strengthening its commitment to inclusive and representative scientific governance. The Board will continue to be supported by a 12-member Advisory Committee and three Programme and Development Committees, as outlined in the IAP Statutes.
In addition to the election of individuals to IAP leadership, the online polling of IAP members also confirmed the following academies as full IAP members:
- Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
- Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts
- Mali Sciences Academy
- Academia Nacional de la Ingeniería y el Habitat, Venezuela
This brings the total of IAP member academies to 153. The full outcome of the election can be found here.