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Confirmation and Registration Updates

Nominations are open to Undergraduate students, Graduate students (Master’s and Doctoral), and Post-doctoral research fellows/students. Please read the full announcement below for encompassing details.


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Eligibility

The Fellowship is open to Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral students, and young post-doctoral fellows, who:

•Have NOT participated in previous Global Young Scientists Summits, with the exception of GYSS 2021 and 2022.
•Show a genuine interest in science and research, and a strong commitment to their principal field of studies and interdisciplinary work.
•are up to 35 years of age, at the time of the Summit in 2023.
•are fluent in English and capable of active participation in discussions.
•do not yet have a permanent position at the university.


Nominees who meet all eligibility criteria will be ranked and two (2) top winners will be invited to aattend the GYSS in-person 


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Date & Location

Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2024

  • Date: 8-12 January 2024

  • Time: 0800h-1800h (Singapore time)

  • Venue: Singapore (tentatively at Matrix at Biopolis), with an Online segment


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Overview

EXCITE, ENGAGE, ENABLE

The Summit aims to:

  • Excite and inspire bright young researchers to apply their minds to research that addresses serious global challenges and future needs of mankind;

  • Engage and connect young researchers to like-minded peers as well as eminent scientific leaders through close and personal interaction sessions; and

  • Enable participants with a compelling research proposition to take the first steps to bring their ideas to fruition.


The National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF) is excited to share that the Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2023 will be hosted onsite in Singapore! In addition, we will cater to an online audience to join our exciting program.


The GYSS is an annual multi-disciplinary summit in Singapore, which gathers some of the world’s foremost scientists and technologists who will engage and inspire aspiring young researchers from around the world. Eminent speakers include recipients of the Nobel Prize, Fields Medal, Millennium Technology Prize, and Turing Award, among other luminaries. View highlights from the GYSS 2022 here: Panel discussions, plenary lectures, and Young Scientist presentations.


GYSS 2023 will see a similar list of distinguished Speakers as GYSS 2022 (pls refer to Annex A) with the likes of Prof Robert Langer, Prof Ada Yonath, Sir Andre Geim, Prof Thomas Sudhof, Prof Alessio Figalli, Prof Stuart Parkin, and more.

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How to Nominate

University of California, San Diego is invited to nominate:

For On-Site Participants:           up to 2 slots

To submit the nominations, please nominate your student no later than 20 June 20th, 2023 with the following details of each nominee in each category (i.e. On-Site Participant or Online Viewer): First and Last names, Email address, and Host Institution.

Upon successful submission, nominees will be informed (via the submitted email address) by TBD - (TBD GYSS to release further details) to complete their applications by providing further details and submitting their CVs.

By the end, of (TBD GYSS to release further details) all nominated participants and their institutions will receive an update on the final decision on participant selection.

Important Notes

Please note that a nomination does NOT guarantee an invitation to participate in GYSS 2024. The GYSS 2024 Organizing Committee reserves the right to shortlist the nominees. Nominees who do not complete registration will also be disqualified.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria for Nominations

Nominations for GYSS on-site Participants and online Viewers apply to students and researchers from universities and research institutions worldwide, at the following levels:

  • Undergraduate students;

  • Master’s and Doctoral students; and

  • Young postdoctoral scientists.


All nominees should meet the following criteria:

  • Not be older than 35 years of age at the time of the Summit;

  • Show a genuine interest in science and research;

  • Show a strong commitment to their principal field of study and to interdisciplinary work;

  • Received the endorsement of an organisation that was invited to provide nominees (i.e. nominated through this invitation process);

  • Be fluent in English to actively participate in discussions;

  • Not have participated on-site in previous GYSS, with the exception for GYSS 2021

    and 2022

    -2023 (online editions); and

  • Not have a permanent position (in general, scientists with permanent positions, in particular the professor/tenure level, will not be admitted to the Summit).


Please do not hesitate to reply to this email, email GRADFELLOWSHIPNOMS@UCSD.EDU should you have any queries or need assistance. You may also wish to visit our website at  www.gyss-one-north.sg/ for more information on GYSS 2023 and past Summits.

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Annex A – List of GYSS 2023 speakers  (2024 speakers list To Be Announced)


S/N

Speaker

Award/ Achievement

1

Prof Aaron Ciechanover

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)

2

Prof Ada Yonath

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)

3

Prof Alessio Figalli

Fields Medal (2018)

4

Sir Andre Geim

Nobel Prize in Physics (2010)

5

Prof Benjamin List

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2021)

6

Prof Barry Marshall

Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (2005)

7

Prof Cédric Villani

Fields Medal (2010)

8

Prof Didier Queloz

Nobel Prize in Physics (2019)

9

Prof Jayant Baliga

IEEE Medal of Honor (2014)

10

Sir Konstantin Novoselov

Nobel Prize in Physics (2010)

11

Prof Leslie Valiant

Turing Award (2010)

12

Prof Michael Young

Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (2017)

13

Prof Ngô Bảo Châu

Fields Medal (2010)

14

Prof Robert Langer

Millennium Technology Prize (2008)

15

Prof Stanley Whittingham

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019)

16

Prof Stefan Hell

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014)

17

Prof Stuart Parkin

Millennium Technology Prize (2014)

18

Prof Takaaki Kajita

Nobel Prize in Physics (2015)

19

Prof Thomas Cech

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989)

20

Prof Thomas Südhof

Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine (2013)

21

Dr Venki Ramakrishnan

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2009)



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Agreements Regarding Costs


  1. On-Site Participants:


The GYSS Organizing Committee will cover ONLY the following items for each participant:

  • Local hotel accommodation for only overseas-based Participants (Twin-sharing from January 8

    Jan to

    -12 Jan 2024)

  • Transportation between hotel to Summit venue (i.e. NO airport transfers); and

  • Some catered meals (details to be confirmed closer to date)

There is no registration cost to participate in GYSS 2024.

Flight Arrangements: Please note that Participants/institutions would need to arrange for their flights to and from Singapore. At this time UC San Diego has not sponsored the costs of flights or passport fees associated with traveling to Singapore for the Grand Prize Lottery Winner. We ask that all nominees be aware of the costs associated with attending in person.


Covid-related regulations: to be confirmed/updated in Winter 2023, closer to the actual date of the Summit. Should there be any query, kindly contact the GYSS secretariat via this email.


  1. Online Viewers   At this time UCSD has not been given any slots for online viewers for the GYSS 2024 Summit

There is no cost for Viewers to attend GYSS 2023 online.



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Nomination Materials

STUDENTS MAY NOT SELF NOMINATE 

  • Graduate, Undergraduate, and Postdoctoral, departments/programs can each submit ONLY TWO (2) nominations by Wednesday, June 20th, 2023.

  • Please submit: 1) the nominee's CV, 2) a letter of recommendation endorsed by the department chair/program director and 3) a 1-2 page summary of the candidate's dissertation.

  • Please submit all nomination materials as one single .pdf file via Google Form: https://forms.gle/sAMR2emmP94SdYEJ8

If you have any questions please send an email to gradfellowshipnoms@ucsd.edu which will create a ticket in the Services & Support portal.


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