6th GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars

The GYA held the 6th professional development workshop for at-risk scholars, in cooperation with the UK Young Academy, the Young Academy of Scotland, and the Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara). The workshop was hosted at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, made possible by an anonymous grant to Wolfson College, and by the time and efforts […]
GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2025/26 – open for applications

The call for applications for the 2025/26 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant is now open! Applications from GYA Members will be accepted until 4 August 2025. 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 […]
GYA Awards Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2024-25

The 2024-25 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant has been awarded to Alexia Nunez-Parra (Universidad de Chile), Nadia De León Sautú, (Institute of Scientific Research and High Technology Services, Panama), Alma Cristal Hernández Mondragón (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico) and Lorena Michelle Coronado Vásquez (Institute of Scientific Research and High Technology Services, Panama), for their project: Scientific […]
5th GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars
The GYA’s At-Risk Scholars Initiative, in cooperation with the Young Academy of Scotland, the Council for At-Risk Academics (Cara), and the UK Young Academy, held the fifth professional development workshop for at-risk scholars in September at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. The annual workshop is made possible by a grant to Wolfson College, and by […]
GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2024 – open for applications

The 2024 call for applications for the GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant is now open! Applications from GYA Members should be submitted by 16 June 2024. This grant scheme, introduced at the GYA’s 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM), seeks to support the development of small-scale, innovative, curiosity-driven, blue-sky, exploratory research pilots or prototypes that unite […]
4th GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars

The fourth GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars was held in September at Wolfson College, University of Oxford with 22 participants: early- to mid-career scientists and scholars based at universities in the UK. The in-person workshop, aiming to support career development and professional skills in a new academic context, was conceptualised and run by […]
GYA Awards Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2023/24

The 2023-24 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant has been awarded to Mohammad Hosseini (Northwestern University, USA), Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi (University of Lahore, Pakistan), Leila Niamir (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria), Estrella Díaz Sanchez (University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) and Sandra López-Vergèz (Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies, Panama) for their project: An interdisciplinary database of ethics dumping cases With an increase in […]
GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2023 – open for applications

The 2023 call for applications for the GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant is now open! Applications from GYA Members should be submitted by 28 June 2023. This grant scheme, introduced at the GYA’s 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM), seeks to support the development of small-scale, innovative, curiosity-driven, blue-sky, exploratory research pilots or prototypes that unite […]
GYA releases Fukuoka Declaration on Science-Society Relationship

Fukuoka Declaration on Actions to Change the Relationship between Society and Science In June 2022, the Global Young Academy (GYA), in collaboration with the Young Academy of Japan, convened its members and alumni along with early-career researchers (ECRs), students, and science policy stakeholders from around the world to discuss ways to transcend disciplinary silos, spark […]
3rd Professional development workshop for at-risk scholars

The third GYA professional development workshop for at-risk scholars was held from 9 – 11 September, hosted at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. The in-person workshop, aiming to support the career development of outstanding early-career at-risk scholars and scientists, was conceptualised and run by the GYA At-Risk Scholars Initiative, in cooperation with the Young Academy of Scotland […]
GYA Awards Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2022/23

The 2022/23 GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant has been awarded to Natalia Kucirkova (University of Stavanger, Norway) and Arya Shalini Subash (Institute of Chemical Technology, India) for the research project: Tracking Technology and Mealtime Conversations in Families Read more about their project here. About the GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant The GYA includes a diverse membership of scientists and scholars, […]
GYA Sasha Kagansky Interdisciplinary Grant 2022 – open for applications

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 the development of small-scale, innovative, curiosity-driven, blue-sky, exploratory research pilots or prototypes that unite researchers […]