News of the Global Young Academy

This grant scheme seeks to support the development of small-scale, innovative, curiosity-driven, exploratory research pilots or prototypes that unite researchers in low/middle and high income countries, and cross disciplinary boundaries. Each year, the GYA awards up to 10,000 EUR to the selected project.

You can reach out to potential collaborators at the upcoming AGM in Hyderabad, or search for fellow GYA members by searching their GYA profiles (https://globalyoungacademy.net/members/ – use the search field with any key word (e.g. water, sustainability, …) and find member profiles to match the search).

Project ideas should innovatively combine research questions from very different disciplines. There is no limit to your imagination and creativity! With this grant, the GYA aims to provide start-up financing for daring yet promising research projects that demonstrate out-of-the-box thinking and therefore may have difficulties receiving funding under conventional grant schemes.

The timeframe for carrying out an Interdisciplinary Grant project should be approx. 18 months (e.g. September 2025-February 2027). Applicants must be GYA members at the time of application; GYA alumni can no longer apply. Alumni-plus may be part of a team, but not make up the majority.

The GYA Activities Review Committee will evaluate applications. Previous applicants are welcome to resubmit their research proposals, if they have been updated and improved based on the recommendations of the review committee following the application.

How to Apply

Please read through the budget management guidelines before filling out the application form:

Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant – Global Young Academy

Apply by Monday, 4 August  2025.