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.