Blueprint for the establishment of National Young Academies (NYAs)

15 december 2011

The Global Young Academy (GYA) has developed a blueprint for the establishment of National Young Academies (NYA).

The blueprint includes justifications for forming a NYA, along with suggested activities, outcomes, measures of success, model principles and statutes for a hypothetical NYA.

The GYA currently includes young scientists from >50 countries who work together on early scientific career issues. The GYA will help catalyze international research collaborations amongst young scientists world-wide. One of its main effects will be to build bridges between young scientists from developed and developing countries to promote the expansion of research capacity and the dual directional exchange of best practices in science policy and education. The GYA also has a working group dedicated to assisting with the formation of NYAs, and, for example, can provide peer-to-peer help for young scientists leading such efforts.

National Young Academies have already been established with great success in for instance Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Nigeria, South Africa, Sweden and Sudan. Many more countries are currently in the process of establishing such Young Academies. Therefore, the GYA and IAP: the Global Network of Science Academies wish to encourage national science academies to support the creation of NYAs in their own countries.

KNAW