Announced on 1 September 2026
Deadline
18:00, 1 November 2026
Submit to
Department of Informatics, NAS of Ukraine
Address
54 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv

In accordance with the Law of Ukraine “On Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activity” and its Charter, on 1 September 2026 the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine announced a competition for the position of Director of the Institute of Telecommunications and Global Information Space of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

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Who may nominate candidates

Under the Charter of the NAS of Ukraine, candidates for the position of director of a research institution may be nominated by the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine, the relevant department of the NAS of Ukraine, members of the NAS of Ukraine, the academic council of the research institution, and the staff of the institution’s research departments.

A person may not be nominated as a candidate for director of a research institution in the cases provided for by Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine “On Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activity” and by the Basic Principles of Organisation and Activity of a Research Institution of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, approved by Resolution No. 291 of the Presidium of the NAS of Ukraine of 29 September 2021 (clause 4.4, Section IV).

Requirements for candidates

A candidate for director of a state research institution must be fluent in the state language, hold a Doctor of Sciences or Doctor of Philosophy (Candidate of Sciences) degree, and have at least 10 years of experience in research and/or academic teaching positions. The same person may not head a state research institution for more than two terms.

Under Article 14 of the Law of Ukraine “On Academic Integrity”, a research institution may not be headed by a person who, in the manner prescribed by that law, has been found to have committed a violation of academic integrity as defined in Part 2 of Article 23, Part 4 of Article 24 or Part 4 of Article 25 of that law (for 10 years from the date the violation was established).

Required documents

Nominations for the position of director of a research institution of the NAS of Ukraine submitted to the relevant department of the NAS of Ukraine must be accompanied by the following documents of each candidate:

1.
Written consent to stand as a candidate, stating whether the restrictions set out in Part 3 of Article 9 of the Law of Ukraine “On Scientific and Scientific-Technical Activity” apply to the candidate;
2.
Researcher’s form (personnel record sheet) with a photograph;
3.
Autobiography (a comprehensive yet concise chronological account of the candidate’s life, education and career, including marital status and family composition);
4.
Copies of the taxpayer registration number, the passport of a citizen of Ukraine (certified by the candidate), the employment record book (if available) or an extract on employment history from the register of insured persons of the State Register of Compulsory State Social Insurance, and copies of documents confirming higher education, academic degree and academic title;
5.
List of scientific publications;
6.
A document certifying proficiency in the state language in accordance with Part 3 of Article 10 of the Law of Ukraine “On Ensuring the Functioning of the Ukrainian Language as the State Language”;
7.
A certificate of completed preliminary, periodic and extraordinary psychiatric examinations in the prescribed form;
8.
A certificate of no criminal record;
9.
An information certificate from the Unified State Register of Persons Who Have Committed Corruption or Corruption-Related Offences confirming that the candidate has no such offences;
10.
A declaration of a candidate for the position, submitted in accordance with Part 3 of Article 45 of the Law of Ukraine “On Prevention of Corruption”, if the person has not submitted an annual declaration for the previous year;
11.
Written consent to the collection and processing of personal data (form, DOCX, in Ukrainian).

Copies of documents submitted by the candidate (except the copy of the passport, which the candidate certifies personally) must be certified in the prescribed manner.