Annual Young Scientists' Conference (AYSC) 2025

Name: Annual Young Scientists' Conference (AYSC) 2025
Start: 2025-10-13
End: 2025-10-14
Location: South Africa

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Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in partnership with the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), TWAS-SAREP, HSRC, NRF and SANSA South Africa 2025

Information

The Annual Young Scientists' Conference (AYSC) 2025 is a transdisciplinary conference for early-career researchers to present research and exchange knowledge on the nexus of climate change and well-being. The conference focuses on themes including climate change impacts on human and planetary health, equity in climate action, and resilience in adaptation and mitigation. Participants may present oral or poster contributions and benefit from networking and cross-sectoral collaboration opportunities.

Benefits

Opportunity to present an oral or poster presentation, networking and collaboration with early-career researchers across Africa.

Eligibility

Applicants must reside within a sub-Saharan African country; be under 40 years of age by the call deadline; hold a minimum of a Master’s degree and be a current PhD candidate, PhD graduate, or a post-doctoral researcher; demonstrate research interest aligned with the conference sub-themes; commit to attend the full conference; submit a relevant abstract. Previous SAYAS conference presenters will not be considered.

Application

Applications submitted via the online AYSC 2025 Application Form (Google Form); a Gmail account is required to access the form and upload files.

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Opportunity Details

TypeConference

OrganiserAcademy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in partnership with the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS), TWAS-SAREP, HSRC, NRF and SANSA

LocationSouth Africa

Dates October 13, 2025 – October 14, 2025

Study level PhD / Doctoral, Postdoc

Open toApplicants should reside within a sub-Saharan African country; applications are invited from young scientists based in South Africa and across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Ageup to 40 years

Environment / Climate Agriculture / Food Health / Medicine