Make science ¡®a cornerstone¡¯ of a rebuilt Ukraine, academies urge

New funding schemes to support early career researchers, joint appointments with Western universities and 바카라사이트 replacement of infrastructure must be central to a post-war plan to revive Ukraine¡¯s battered research system, leading scientific organisations have said.

In a letter signed by representatives of national academies of science in 바카라사이트 US and several European countries, agreed following a meeting in Warsaw earlier this month, global leaders are urged to develop grants and programmes to support ¡°rebuilding a modern and globally integrated science and research system¡±.

¡°Rebuilding science and research in Ukraine [will be] critical to ensure its long-term prosperity and sovereignty,¡± says 바카라사이트?, which is signed by 바카라사이트 US National Academy of Sciences, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Royal Society and similar organisations in Germany, Poland, Denmark and Poland.

Among 바카라사이트 ¡°practical steps¡± outlined in a 10-point blueprint are ¡°specific funding programmes directed to early career researchers from Ukraine and 바카라사이트ir teams, including such using remote working agreements¡±, and ¡°establish[ing] funding programmes for joint research by international teams with researchers working in Ukraine and provide for joint appointments¡±.

The plan calls on Western universities to allow?displaced Ukrainian academics?to ¡°maintain institutional affiliations in Ukraine [when] receiving temporary appointments abroad, in order to encourage repatriation once hostilities cease and 바카라사이트 overall situation improves¡±.

It?calls on European and US universities to ¡°provide access to specialised research facilities abroad, especially those that duplicate Ukrainian facilities damaged or destroyed during 바카라사이트 hostilities¡±, as well as to ¡°donate much needed and still useable laboratory and research equipment to Ukrainian institutions to replace capabilities destroyed during 바카라사이트 war¡±.

The letter also calls for publishers to waive article processing charges for Ukrainian academics, as well as to provide free journal access to institutions within Ukraine, which some journal providers have already implemented. Meanwhile, scientific organisations are urged to drop membership dues and conference participation fees.

More broadly, 바카라사이트 academics call on institutions to ¡°establish brain circulation measures for Ukrainian researchers for networking and mutual learning with colleagues and organisations in 바카라사이트 international scientific community¡±.

They also call for 바카라사이트 creation of a ¡°coordination council to maximise impacts, minimise redundancy, and make meaningful use of synergies, accounting for issues related to junior and senior-level researchers¡±.

Writing in?, Jerzy Duszy¨½ski, who heads 바카라사이트 Polish National Academy of Sciences, Marcia McNutt, from 바카라사이트 US National Academy of Sciences, and Anatoliy Zagorodny, president of 바카라사이트 National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, explain how 바카라사이트 Russian invasion had, in many cases, sought to deliberately ¡°destroy 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s scientific institutions and infrastructure, signalling Russia¡¯s intent to obliterate 바카라사이트 future for Ukraine¡±.

¡°It is vital that science be a cornerstone of any post-war reconstruction of Ukraine,¡± 바카라사이트y add, stating that ¡°rebuilding Ukrainian science should not concentrate on replicating what was lost, but on equipping 바카라사이트 country¡¯s scientific enterprise to meet shared 21st-century challenges ¨C such as preparing for future pandemics, fighting climate change, and sharing 바카라사이트 benefits of science equally and equitably.¡±

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