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Episode 7 features GYA alumna and SLP-LAC Project Lead Paulina Carmona-Mora and SLP LAC fellow from Ecuador Xavier Chiriboga discussing the Declaration of Leticia “Transforming the STEM future: Visibilizing the social responsibility of young academics in Latin American and Caribbean”.
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Yensi Flores Bueso (United States)
With the GYA, I was not only able to co-lead the first global study on research assessment but also to serve as a steering board member of CoARA. GYA opened platforms for me as a researcher coming from a country without research infrastructure.
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Nova Ahmed (Bangladesh)
With a GYA WG colleague, Dr Shabana Khan, we wrote a grant and received the GDN Outstanding Research and Development Grant to address misinformation and fake news during disaster periods.
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Mohammad Hosseini (United States)
Through a Sasha Kaganski Grant, I was able to hire a talented student (who comes from a low-resourced area) to gain academic experience.
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Gregory A. Weiss (United States)
I met Prof. Colin Raston while travelling on GYA business. Based on our quick-to-develop collaboration, we won an Ig Nobel Prize for “unboiling the egg” and published about a dozen papers together.
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Paulina Carmona-Mora (United States)
Through GYA contacts, I identified researchers from Egypt to write a joint grant. Also, two years ago, my GYA «roommate» and I got a grant to organise the first Central Asia Genomics Symposium.
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Jane Yau (Germany)
Through the GYA, several opportunities to collaborate with international organisations including UNESCO, ISC and Smithsonian have been made available to me.
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🔭 TWAS maintains a listing of application and nomination deadlines for its programmes for developing world scientists. These include training opportunities, PhD and postdoc fellowships abroad, grants for lab equipment, unique and prestigious awards, and more. Find the listing here 👉 twas.org/opportunities/deadlines ... See MoreSee Less
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In his new role as the Director of the ISC RFP LAC, Carlos Alberto Vargas Jiménez calls for a shift in Latin American science: from being a "knowledge consumer" to leading coordinated, mission-driven science that produces solutions rooted in the region’s realities.At the ISC, we welcome Jiménez's vision. By advancing scientific sovereignty, regional collaboration and policy-relevant research, #LatinAmerica can help shape global debates on climate, biodiversity, health and beyond.Read here: council.science/news/latin-america-science-own-voice/ ... See MoreSee Less
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As Marcia McNutt approaches the end of her tenure as National Academy of Sciences president, she leaves a historic legacy as the first woman to lead the institution in its 160+ year history.In a new interview, she reflects on her presidency, offers advice to women pursuing leadership roles in science, and discusses the challenges and opportunities facing the scientific community in the years ahead: ow.ly/eGrA50YzVfJ ... See MoreSee Less
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