Call for self-nomination for new members Utrecht Young Academy

The Board of the Utrecht Young Academy (UYA) is calling for self-nominations for the UYA and would hereby like to ask you to send this call to the young scholars at your faculty.

The Utrecht Young Academy was established in 2016 with the first twenty-four members and now has forty-four members. Each year an additional 8 members are selected. Members are appointed for a period of 5 years. In odd years, deans, education vice-deans, directors of strategic programs and PhD-councils can nominate candidates and in even years academics at Utrecht University may nominate themselves. This year, we call for self-nominations. In accordance with the rules of the selection procedure, a candidate may only be nominated for membership a maximum of two times.

We would like to invite you to nominate yourself for the Utrecht Young Academy.

How can you nominate yourself?

In the attachments (see below), you can find the regulations of the selection procedure, nomination form and an explanatory note. Please submit your nomination to uya@uu.nl no later than the Friday 15 November 2024, before 5:00 p.m.

Who is eligible for the Utrecht Young Academy?

We are looking for excellent young UU-academics who are committed to contributing to UYA's mission and activities in the coming 5 years. Candidates are eligible if they received their PhD degree up to 8 years ago, though extensions may apply (see regulations in the attachment). UYA aims to be inclusive and to have a diverse representation of academics in its group of members.

More information about Utrecht Young Academy can be found on the website of Utrecht Young Academy.

Differences between UYA and UMC-YA

Since 2019, Utrecht has two young academies: the Utrecht Young Academy (UYA), which falls under the university administration of Utrecht University, and the University Medical Center Utrecht Young Academy (UMC Utrecht-YA), which falls under the Research Support Office of UMC Utrecht. You may have received or will receive soon a request for nomination from UMC-YA. See the Annex for an outline of the difference between both young academies which should guide you in your nominations.

For more information, please contact the secretary of the selection committee: Fati Shahrabi (uya@uu.nl).

Guidelines and attachements