Global Young Academy

Name

Global Young Academy

Legal name

Global Young Academy

Website

https://globalyoungacademy.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic and Scientific Membership Organization

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Executive Short Courses (Non-Degree, International) (EDAIAIAH)

Keywords

• Scientific membership organization
• Early-career researcher network
• Science policy engagement
• Global young academy
• Research leadership development

Headquarters

HQ city

Halle

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Grants and Core Funding: GYA receives core funding from government sources including the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. This funding supports operational costs, activities, and programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Global Young Academy is a global membership organization that convenes roughly 200 early-career scientists from more than 100 countries to collaborate on interdisciplinary research, engage in international science policy, and develop research leadership skills. Its core offering is membership itself, bundled with programs such as the Annual General Meeting, working and interest groups, the GYA Podcast, the GYA Newsletter, and professional skills workshops for at-risk scholars.

Product overview

Global Young Academy (GYA) is a global membership organization for early-career scientists and researchers, not a software product company. It does not offer a software-as-a-service product or technology platform with product modules. The organization provides membership services, organizes events and conferences, publishes research and newsletters, facilitates science leadership programs, and operates an intranet portal for members. As such, there are no discrete product brands, modules, or named software offerings to catalog.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GYA Membership A peer-reviewed, application-based membership for early-career scientists (typically within ~10 years of PhD) from any discipline, providing access to working groups, the Annual General Meeting, science-policy engagement, and a global network of roughly 200 members from 100+ countries.
• GYA Annual General Meeting Annual in-person and online conference convening GYA members for working-group sessions, science-policy discussions, and organizational governance; open to active members and invited guests.
• GYA Podcast Audio podcast published by GYA featuring interviews and discussions with early-career researchers and science-policy voices; available to the public via major podcast platforms.
• GYA Newsletter Periodically distributed email newsletter summarizing GYA programs, calls, member achievements, and policy activities for members and broader subscribers.
• Professional Skills Workshop for At-Risk Scholars Structured training workshop delivered by GYA for early-career scholars facing professional risk or precarious working conditions, covering research-leadership and transferable professional skills.
• Science Advice Resource Centre Resource hub curated by GYA that supports early-career researchers engaging in science-policy work, providing guidance, examples, and tools for science-advice activities.

Quantifiable outcome

• 15 years of continuous operation as the voice for young scientists globally

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• German National Academy of Sciences LeopoldinacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGYA is hosted by the Leopoldina and operates from its headquarters in Halle (Saale), Germany. The Leopoldina provides administrative infrastructure and institutional support.
• UK Young AcademycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with GYA on the annual Professional Skills Workshop for At-Risk Scholars, hosted at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.
• Young Academy of ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with GYA on the annual Professional Skills Workshop for At-Risk Scholars.
• Cara (The Council for At-Risk Academics)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartners with GYA on the Professional Skills Workshop for At-Risk Scholars, supporting academics facing persecution or risk.
• Wolfson College, University of OxfordsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerHosts the annual Professional Skills Workshop for At-Risk Scholars since 2019, supported by anonymous funding to the College.
• International Science Council (ISC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGYA Co-Chair contributes to UN Secretary General's Scientific Advisory Board. GYA maintains close collaboration with ISC on science policy matters.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGYA provides platforms for international collaboration with UNESCO, including opportunities for members to engage with the organization.
• Smithsonian InstitutionsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerGYA members have opportunities to collaborate with Smithsonian through international science platforms.
• National Young Academies NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGYA serves as a network hub connecting over 50 national young academies worldwide, facilitating joint activities and collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Cara (Council for At-Risk Academics): Cara is a UK-based charity supporting persecuted academics, directly comparable as a co-programming partner on the At-Risk Scholars workshop. Cara's mission is humanitarian aid for individual scholars whereas GYA's is collective professional development, but the partnership indicates shared institutional positioning.

Direct peers

• Young Academy of Europe: Young Academy of Europe is a Europe-wide academy for outstanding young researchers, the closest structural peer to GYA in mission, membership model, and activities, though geographically limited to Europe rather than globally.
• UK Young Academy: UK Young Academy is a national-level peer under the Royal Society that convenes early-career researchers, directly comparable in mission and selection model, though scoped to the UK only. It is also an active programming partner with GYA.
• Young Academy of Scotland: Young Academy of Scotland is a national young academy under the Royal Society of Edinburgh, directly comparable in mission and early-career researcher focus, and an active co-programming partner with GYA on the At-Risk Scholars workshop.

Broad incumbents

• InterAcademy Partnership (IAP): IAP is a network of over 140 national academies of science and medicine, comparable to GYA in its network-of-academies model and global science-policy engagement, though representing senior academies rather than early-career cohorts.
• German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina: Leopoldina is GYA's host academy and the senior national counterpart in Germany. It is comparable as a scientific academy providing policy advice, though it serves established senior scientists rather than the early-career segment GYA targets.
• The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS): TWAS is a global academy for the advancement of science in developing countries, comparable to GYA in its global scientific-policy remit and member-advancement mission, though TWAS focuses on developing-country researchers across all career stages rather than early-career researchers specifically.
• International Science Council (ISC): ISC is the global umbrella body for scientific associations, directly partnering with GYA on science policy. Comparable as a multinational convener shaping global science governance, though ISC represents national and disciplinary member organizations rather than individual early-career researchers.
• AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science): AAAS is the largest general scientific society globally, with comparable member-advancement and science-policy-advocacy missions, though serving all career stages and operating as a US-based professional society rather than a global early-career academy.
• Africa Academy of Sciences: The Africa Academy of Sciences is a continental merit-based academy that develops scientific capacity across all career stages, comparable to GYA in geographic scope and policy engagement, though broader in career-stage coverage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/globalyoungacademy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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