Applications – to the GYA

The application should be completed personally by the applicant. Please read the instructions in this form carefully.
An asterisk (*) indicates a required field.

The GYA is a global organization that places a high value on its diversity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates. All applicants receive consideration and will not be discriminated against with regard to race, colour, ethnicity, religion, creed, sex, marital status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disabilities, or other factors. Due to our current membership statistics, applications from women, minority groups, researchers in the social sciences, arts and humanities, and scholars working in government, industry, and non-governmental sectors are particularly welcome.

First Name:*

Last Name/Surname/Family name:*

Full Name:*

Please indicate your full name, with names in the order that you would usually write them. Show your family or surname(s) using capital letters.
For example: Jane SMITH, Gabriel GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ or ZHU Liang.

Title:

For example: Dr, Professor, Attorney

Date of Birth*

Format: DD/MM/YYYY,
For example: 28/01/1980 for 28 January 1980.

Outside age range: Explanation why your application should receive special consideration:*

If you are outside the age range 30 - 40, please explain why your application should receive special consideration
(For example: interruption due to family commitments or ill-health).

Gender:*

I identify as...

Email address*

Postal (mail) address:*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Telephone number:*

Please include your country code.
(For example: +49222222222)

Fax number:

Link to professional webpage:

Twitter handle. For example: @GlobalYAcademy

Country of primary nationality*

More than one nationality

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

Country in which you are ordinarily resident:*

This is the country where you currently live and work.

Other countries:

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.

Details of PhD or equivalent qualification

Highest degree:*

Year you obtained your degree*

For example: 2010

Please enter a value between 1950 and 2019.

Outside year of degree range: Explanation why your application should receive special consideration:*

If your PhD was NOT obtained within the last 3 - 10 years ago, please explain why your application should receive special consideration (For example: interruption due to family commitments or ill-health, PhD later in career etc).

Field of research*

Awarding university*

General Primary Discipline*

Please choose the discipline below that most closely corresponds to your research discipline or area of professional expertise.

Further Disciplines

If you also have expertise in another discipline, please select.

Physical sciences
Chemistry
Earth sciences
Life sciences
Health sciences or medicine
Social sciences, economics, or law
Humanities and Arts
Mathematical sciences
Applied Science and Engineering

Discipline Keywords*

Provide up to 5 Keywords that describe your research discipline or area of professional expertise.
Please note that if you enter more than 5, the excess ones will be disregarded.
For example: physics, environmental law, or applied mathematics.

Please indicate in which sector your primary work is*

How did you hear about the Global Young Academy?*

From which academy or science organisation did you hear about us?*

From which mailing list did you hear about us?*

Where did you find the advertisement from which you heard about us?*

Additional information

Membership in a national young academy

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.

Research experience and accomplishments*

Please give a short summary of your career, highlighting the accomplishments that make you stand out from peers at a similar career point. Include actual or anticipated outcomes of your research. Remember that the Global Young Academy includes members from a wide range of backgrounds in the physical sciences, natural sciences, social sciences, the humanities, and arts. Please write your response as if you were addressing an educated member of the public with no special knowledge of your discipline.

Short essays

The Global Young Academy is an organisation of active members who work together to address topics of global importance. Our members are therefore expected to actively contribute to the organisation's projects and activities, and to lead international, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational dialogue with the goal to make global decision-making evidence-based and inclusive.

Please answer each of the following questions in your own words. Illustrate your answers with specific examples where possible. Please do not just repeat a list of the current activities of the Global Young Academy.

1. Why do you want to join the Global Young Academy?*

2. What contributions have you made to advance the status of the sciences/research and/or young researchers and scholars?*

Describe any impact your research and related activities have had on society. For example, this might include communicating and translating science to the general public, informing policy development, or working for a national science organisation or research foundation.

3. Describe your personal vision for improving the state of the sciences/research and the situation of young scientists/scholars worldwide.*

4. Describe any obstacles you had to overcome during your life or career, how you overcame them, and what variety of skills you have acquired along the way that you think would be of benefit to the GYA.*

5. Describe any experience that you have in interdisciplinary or international research.*

Examples might include working with scholars from other disciplines, taking part in international collaborations or working with other sectors (e.g. industry or government).

6. Describe if you have been a member of any societies (e.g. professional, societal engagement, etc).*

Give details of these societies including any leadership role, your contribution to activities, and the impact on society.

7. Describe how you would contribute to the Global Young Academy, either by contributing to one or more of its existing projects or by briefly describing your idea for a new project.*

Details of our projects and working group activities can be found at www.globalyoungacademy.net

Supporting Documents

1. Curriculum Vitae*

Maximum length of 4 pages, and in PDF format. Judges are instructed to ignore any material over the 4-page limit. Your CV should contain a brief education and employment history and make your achievements clear to a general audience. For example, a few words summarising your most significant publications are more useful than a complete list of every paper that you have authored.

Please name the file as follows and in lower case letters only: cv_[surname]_[birthyear].pdf
For example: cv_smith_1985.pdf

Link to your complete publication list:

2. Letter(s) of Support

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 their own words.

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

Letters should be submitted to either by yourself or directly by the referee by the submission deadline 11 pm UTC Sunday 29 Sep 2018.

Please ask your referees to name the file as follows and in lower case letters only:
letter01_[surname]_[birthyear].pdf
For example: letter01_smith_1985.pdf

Please name the file as follows and in lower case letters only: letter02_[lastname]_[birthyear].pdf
For example: letter02_smith_1985.pdf
Accepted file types: pdf

If personal or other circumstances (e.g., you are a refugee or at-risk scholar) make it impossible for you to provide a suitable reference letter, please explain this by sending an email to .

Drop files here or

Prefer to submit letter(s) via email?

I will submit my / more letter(s) of support directly via email. I know I must send them in before 29 September 2018.

3. Declaration/GDPR*

Please download, print out and fill in the following document (both pages) as required. Then scan and upload the filled document.

Please name the file as follows and in lower case letters only:
declaration_[surname]_[birthyear].pdf
For example: declaration_smith_1985.pdf
Accepted file types: pdf

Download Declaration/GDPR

Please review your entries for any mistakes*

If you need to make any corrections after submission, you will need to fill out the whole form again (so please keep a copy of your text submissions).

I declare to the best of my knowledge that the information in this application is accurate. I acknowledge that providing misleading or untrue information may lead to my application being rejected, or my membership of the Global Young Academy being revoked.