by GYA Executive Committee member Anna Harris (University of Maastricht, Netherlands)Â (Note: Many thanks to GYA Senior Communications Officer Jim Curtiss for his collaboration on this post.) Facing a paywall A few years ago while I was precariously positioned...
The 2022 call for applications for the GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant is now open! Applications should be submitted by Sunday, 3 July 2022. This grant scheme, introduced at the GYA’s 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM), seeks to support...
Since 2014, more than 200 young scholars and scientists have taken part in GYA-supported capacity-building science leadership programmes or workshops. These Science Leadership Programmes (SLPs) and Workshops aim to nurture future science leaders, offering training in collective leadership skills and...
The GYA’s Science Advice Working Group recently unveiled the the Science Advice Resource Centre, a platform that features peer-reviewed articles on governmental science advice, science policy, science diplomacy, and science communication by and for early-career researchers (ECRs). The platform is...
2022 Arab-Germany Young Academy membership call The Arab-German Young Academy of Sciences and Humanities (AGYA) Call for Membership Applications 2022 is now open. The AGYA promotes research cooperation among outstanding early-career researchers (3-10 years after PhD) from all disciplines who...
Early-career researchers beware! Minimise your risk of using predatory journals and conferences. In March, the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) launched their report on Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences. GYA alumnus Abdullah Shams Bin Tariq (Bangladesh, University of Rajshahi) acted as...
The world has changed so much in recent weeks. With events unfolding as they are in Ukraine, it seems more important than ever to bring science closer to society. This was the motivation behind a recent discussion between GYA member...
Download the social media postcard of the Statement here. We are deeply distressed by Russia’s military attacks on Ukraine. We stand together opposed to the acts of war perpetrated by the Russian government against the people of Ukraine, their sovereignty...
On 9 December 2021 a global digital exchange of ideas and experiences on Scientific Integrity for stakeholders from UNESCO-related networks and science policy was hosted by the German Commission for UNESCO in cooperation with UNESCO’s Sectors for the Natural Sciences...
Your input needed: the pandemic and Young Academies Last month we asked Young Academies the world over to share their experiences after two years into the COVID-19 pandemic. A lot of interesting replies have come in, and we would be...
Under the leadership of Menattallah Elserafy (Zewail City of Science and Technology, Egypt) the 71-member Selection Committee of the GYA has finalised the selection of 39 new members to join the GYA in June 2022 for a tenure of five years....
For the 2022 top-up funding period, GYA members will be active in 17 working groups and two Incubators within the three GYA Themes of Science & Society, Research Environment, and Science Education and Outreach. Moreover, a new GYA incubator on “The UN SDGs...
