GYA Application Form 2021

For example: Dr, Professor, Attorney

For example: @GlobalYAcademy

If you hold more than one nationality, please list them here.

Please list any other countries where you regularly work and visit, or maintain strong links with scientific, academic, governmental, or business communities. In addition, if you feel that you have closer associations with the scientific community, language or culture of (an)other country(ies), please indicate the other country/countries here. Please indicate the nature of your connections.

Are you a member of a national young academy (e.g. Young Academy of Japan), or are you involved with an initiative to establish such a young academy in your country? Are you a member of TWAS-TYAN? Are you a member of a young affiliates programme of a senior national science academy (e.g. Young Affiliates of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences)? Please list every academy, initiative or young affiliates programme applicable to you. Separate each entry with a comma (,).
Please note that there is no requirement to have these affiliations, it is just useful for us to know.

Please explain what was your role in this work (e.g. 1st author, last author, or corresponding author), and why you think these are your key publications or achievements. Also explain what is their impact and added value to science, society or your own field of research. Please explain in maximum 80 words. Click on the plus icon to add another row (maximum of 3).

Please arrange for the submission of at least one letter of support for your application. Your referee(s) should be familiar with your research career and able to comment on your standing as one of your country’s leading academics. You may like to include a referee from your national academy or equivalent body. If this is not possible, or you wish to supply additional letters of recommendation, these should come from your employer, research institution, or other professional person familiar with your work. Personal or character references are not required.

Letters should be written personally by your referee(s) in English and in their own words.

Instructions about the contents of these letters can be found here. Please supply a copy of this information to your referees.

Please consider that the application form along with the supporting documents should be submitted before 15 Sept 2020, 10 pm UTC.

Please name the file as follows and in lower case letters only: letter01_[lastname]_[birthyear].pdf
For example: letter01_smith_1985.pdf

Accepted file types: pdf

For technical reasons, these uploads will not appear on the preview of your submission, so please double check that you uploaded the correct files here.