Science is currently in transition with changing models of authorship and publication. While overall a positive trend, how these changes are implemented can have a massive impact (both positive and negative) on young scientists. The YAE Open Data task force outlines here some key points that need to be taken account into when planning the implementation of Open Science in an optimal way. See the full statement for more information.
YAE statement on planned changes to Horizon 2020 funding
The European Commission is planning to divert further €2.7 billion from the €28 billion Horizon 2020 budget for the years 2015–2017 (almost 10%). If these plans were to be realised, the results would be disastrous, in particular for young scientists in the short term, and for European competitiveness in Research and Innovation in the long term. The Young Academy of Europe is urging the Commission to protect the Horizon 2020 research budget, and to reinforce its commitment to fulfilling the goals of the Lisbon Treaty. See the YAE press release for more information.
3rd December 2014. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
3rd Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2014
The third annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) took place in Barcelona, Spain, on 15th July. As usual, the meeting was organized in conjunction with the annual conference of the Academia Europaea (AE). Keynote speakers were Núria Sebastián Gallés, President of the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC) and Pablo Amor, Director of the European Research Council Executive Agency. Participants also included guests from other national and international young academies. For the first time since the creation of the YAE, the full Board was elected by the members. The annual meeting also featured scientific talks presented by YAE members from all three scientific domains. See the YAE press release for more information.
30th July 2014. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Kick-off meeting of COST action Sci-GENERATION
The kick-off meeting of the COST Targeted Network Sci-GENERATION, initiated by the Young Academy of Europe, took place in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 13th November 2013.
Sci-GENERATION is a new COST initiative with currently 16 participating countries that aims at elaborating contemporary scientific thought and thereby disseminating a new spirit of research and innovation in Europe. The action is exclusively aimed at excellent next-generation scientists, because they experience on a daily basis the limitations and obstacles on their way to developing an outstanding research career, resulting from short-term decisions in European, national or regional research policy.
13th November 2013. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
2nd Annual Meeting of the Young Academy of Europe, 2013
The second annual meeting of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) was held in Wroclaw, Poland, on 16th September. The meeting took place concurrently with the 25th annual conference of the Academia Europaea (AE), with which the YAE maintains close ties. Professor Helga Nowotny, President of the scientific council of the European Research Council (ERC), addressed YAE members and guests from funding organizations and other national young academies. She emphasized the importance of evidence-based policy for decisions concerning the grand societal challenges in health, environmental, and energy topics. Further issues discussed during the YAE meeting included opening of the YAE to outstanding non-ERC-funded scientists and scholars from 2014. See the YAE press release for more information.
Press coverage: Research Professional
23rd September 2013. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Scientists meet with French President Hollande to hand over petition signatures
On Monday 5th February 2013, at a reception given in honour of Serge Haroche, France’s newest Nobel laureate, scientists met with François Hollande, President of France, and Jean-Yves Mérindol, advisor to the President. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Nobel laureate for Physics in 1997, and Michèle Leduc, President of the Association of French Learned Societies, handed over 153,000 signatures on behalf of the initiators of the No Cuts on Research campaign, the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) and the YAE. Please refer to the YAE press release (in English and French) for details.
6th February 2013. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Young Academy of Europe signs affiliation agreement with Academia Europaea
Today, an affiliation agreement between the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) and the Academia Europaea (AE) was signed.
The ceremony took place in Barcelona on the occasion of an AE Board meeting, in the presence of YAE Chair André Mischke, YAE Vice chair Thomas Schäfer, AE President Lars Walløe, and AE Vice President Sierd Cloetingh. The agreement confers certain mutual privileges to YAE and AE members and intends to “stimulate coordination, cooperation and exchange across the scientific generations”.
15th December 2012. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Young Academy of Europe officially launched at 1st Annual Meeting in Brussels, 2012
The Young Academy of Europe (YAE) was officially launched at its first Annual Meeting in Brussels on 7th – 8th December 2012, hosted by European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST).
The launch event was placed under the motto “How to enhance the European Research Environment for the Next Generation of Young Scientists” and brought together more than 70 scientists, policymakers, and representatives of European initiatives and funding agencies (see participant list) to explore avenues to create a synergistic European environment to do excellent research. See the YAE press release for more information.
Press coverage: Chemical & Engineering News (restricted access), Science Careers.
9th December 2012. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
Delegates hand over petition signatures to Presidents of EU Council, Parliament and Commission
Yesterday, a delegation of Nobel laureates, of the Initiative for Science in Europe and the Young Academy of Europe met with Herman van Rompuy, President of the European Council, Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, and José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. They handed over the signatures of more than 130,000 scientists who have supported the online petition opposing cuts on the research funds in the upcoming negotiations for the 2014-2020 EU budget (Horizon 2020). Please refer to the YAE press release and the EP press conference (video) for details.
Press coverage: Le Soir, Spiegel, ScienceInsider, Chemical & Engineering News, ADN Kronos.
16th November 2012. For further information please contact info@yacadeuro.org
YAE statement on EU research budget
The Young Academy of Europe has joined 50 Nobel and Fields Medal laureates in cautioning against cuts in the 2014–2020 EU research budget. Please read the YAE press release and consider signing the online petition set up by the Initiative for Science in Europe.
Press coverage: Tagesspiegel, El Paìs, Research Professional, Chemical and Engineering News.