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ANNOUNCEMENT

on holding a competition for the election of academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the Order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 30, 2022, No. 223 «On Approval of the Rules and Criteria for the Election of Academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan» (hereinafter referred to as the Rules), announces a competition for the election of academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the fields of «Natural Sciences,» «Engineering and Technologies,» and «Medicine and Healthcare» on the terms and conditions established by the annexes to this announcement.

The deadline for accepting documents, prepared in accordance with the requirements of the above-mentioned Rules, shall be calculated from the next working day after the publication of this announcement and shall be 15 (fifteen) working days.

Candidates for election as academicians of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan must meet the following requirements:

1) Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) Absence of convictions;

3) Possession of an academic degree (Candidate of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor in the relevant field) and academic title recognized in accordance with the Rules for the Recognition of Education Documents approved by the Order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 12, 2023, No. 268 (registered in the Register of Regulatory Legal Acts under No. 32800), (Associate Professor (Assistant Professor), Professor);

4) Work experience of at least 10 (ten) years in a scientific organization or an organization of higher and (or) postgraduate education accredited for scientific and (or) scientific and technical activities, where the candidate is a staff member;

5) Presence of at least 9 (nine) publications in the last 10 (ten) years published in peer-reviewed scientific journals (falling within the 1st (first) and 2nd (second) quartiles according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate Analytics or having a percentile indicator by Cite Score in the Scopus database of not less than 50 (fifty), except for social humanitarian directions in the field of national identity and directions related to national security and defense;

6) For social humanitarian directions in the field of national identity, the presence of at least 9 (nine) publications in the last 5 (five) years published in journals from the list of publications presented by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the publication of the main results of scientific activities and (or) in scientific journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science databases;

7) For directions related to national security and defense, the presence of at least 9 (nine) publications in the last 5 (five) years in journals from the list of publications presented by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This competition is announced for vacant positions in the following departments of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

Department of Earth, Space, and Communications Sciences (in the fields of «Natural Sciences,» «Engineering and Technologies») — 4 units;
Department of Life and Health Sciences (in the field of «Medicine and Healthcare») — 2 units.

Note: The mentioned directions are provided in accordance with the Classifier of Scientific Directions approved by the Order of the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated August 5, 2021, No. 386.

Documents prepared in accordance with the requirements of the aforementioned Rules and the list of which is indicated in Appendix 1, are accepted at the actual location of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Almaty, K. Satpaev Street 22, Room 405.

Mailing address: A05K3F0 (050012), Almaty, Shevchenko Street 28,

actual location: A15X3C7 (050013), Almaty, Satpaev Street 22

For additional information, please contact the following phone numbers:

+7 (727) 292-6729

+7 (727) 292-5911

+7 (775) 943-0305

In case of disagreement with the results of the competition procedures, a participant has the right to appeal the decision in accordance with Article 91 of the Administrative Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The list of candidates meeting the requirements of the Rules will be posted on the official website of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan at https://qazscience.gov.kz within 6 (six) working days from the date of the end of the document submission period.

After 13 (thirteen) working days from the publication of the list of candidates meeting the requirements of the Rules, a meeting will be organized to assess and defend the candidate’s program for election as an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, at the following address: Almaty, K. Satpaev Street 22, Room 405.

Appendix 1

To participate in the competition, an organization (scientific organization or organization of higher and/or postgraduate education accredited as a subject of scientific and/or scientific and technical activity) should submit the following documents in paper format:

1) A cover letter from the organization nominating the candidate in the form according to Appendix 1 with an excerpt from the minutes of the meeting of the collegial management body (scientific, scientific and technical, technical council) of the organization;

2) Application for participation in the competition for election as a full academician of the Academy according to the form in Appendix 2;

3) Copy of the applicant’s identity document (valid at the time of application);

4) Certificate of absence or presence of convictions at the time of document submission, issued no earlier than one month before the start of document submission;

5) Copies of diplomas confirming the academic degree (Candidate of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Doctor in the relevant field) recognized in accordance with the Rules for the Recognition of Education Documents approved by the Order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 12, 2023, No. 268 (registered in the Register of Regulatory Legal Acts under No. 32800), and copies of documents confirming the academic titles (Associate Professor (Assistant Professor), Professor);

6) Employment history (list of work, labor activity) certified by the relevant personnel management service no earlier than thirty calendar days before the day of document submission, in which the candidate is a staff member, confirming the candidate’s work experience of at least 10 (ten) years in organizations according to the form in Appendix 3;

7) Copies of screenshots from the Web of Science and/or Scopus databases confirming the candidate’s Hirsch index, ORCID number (alphanumeric code for identifying scientific authors), Researcher ID (Researcher’s identifier in the Web of Science database), Author ID (Unique author number in the Scopus database), if available;

8) Copies of publications for the last 10 (ten) years published in peer-reviewed scientific journals (falling within the 1st (first) and 2nd (second) quartiles according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) by Clarivate Analytics and/or having a percentile indicator by Cite Score in the Scopus database of not less than 50 (fifty), except for social humanitarian directions in the field of national identity and directions related to national security and defense;

9) For social humanitarian directions in the field of national identity, copies of publications for the last 5 (five) years in journals from the list of publications presented by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the publication of the main results of scientific activities and/or in scientific journals indexed in Scopus/Web of Science databases;

10) For directions related to national security and defense, copies of publications (articles) for the last 5 (five) years in journals from the list of publications presented by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Science and Higher Education of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

11) Candidate’s program in Kazakh or Russian language;

12) Copies of documents (diplomas, certificates) confirming the candidate’s (if available):

— Title of laureate of international and/or state awards in the field of science and technology;

— Scholarships in international and/or state awards in the field of science and technology;

— Membership in international academies of sciences;

— Intellectual property protection document for an invention, industrial design, utility model, plant variety, or topography of integrated circuits from one of the top 30 (thirty) countries in the current ranking of the Global Innovation Index (for humanities — presence of an intellectual property protection document);

— Authorship of a scientific monograph published by trusted publishers Elsevier, Brill, CRC Press, DeGruyter, Edward Elgar Publishing, John Wiley & Sons, McGraw Hill, Palgrave Macmillan, Peter Lang, Prentice Hall, Routledge, Sage Publications, Springer Nature, Taylor and Francis, Wolters Kluwer (hereinafter — trusted publishers) or by a university publisher from the top 100 rankings of US News Best Global Universities Rankings or Academic Ranking of World Universities or Times Higher Education World University;

13) Copies of documents confirming the status of consultant and/or supervisor of at least 3 (three) PhDs and/or candidates of sciences or doctors of sciences (if available) (including, but not limited to, copies of the appointment order or certified letter);

14) Document on state registration of a knowledge-intensive product (if available).

The head of the scientific organization or organization of higher and/or postgraduate education and the candidate for election as an academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan bear personal responsibility for the proper preparation, compliance, and accuracy of the documents submitted in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Appendix 2

For participation in the competition, candidates submit applications in the following forms:

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Application

I request to admit me _____________________________[Full Name] (if applicable) to participate in the competition for election as a full member (academician) of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

I provide the following information about myself:

Сообщаю о себе следующие сведения:

1

Document details (number, date and place of issue, issuing authority, individual identification number)

 

2

Date of birth

 

3

Place of employment (without abbreviations)

 

4

Position (without abbreviations)

 

5

Education (name of educational institution, faculty, year of graduation)

 

6

Academic degree or title

 

7

Awards, honors (state, departmental)

 

8

Field of science

 

9

ORCID (alphanumeric code for identifying scientific authors)

 

10

ResearcherID (Researcher’s identifier in the Web of Science database, if available)

 

11

Author ID (Unique author number in the Scopus database, if available)

 

12

Hirsch index Scopus

 

13

Hirsch index Web of Science

 

14

Email address

 

15

Contact phone (home, mobile)

 

By this statement, I confirm the accuracy of all the above information.

_________________________________________

(Full Name and Signature of the Applicant, Date)

National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Application

In accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «On Personal Data and Their Protection» (hereinafter referred to as the Law), I, _________________________________ [Full Name], a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan, identification document ___________________________ (number, date of issue, issuer), individual identification number (hereinafter — IIN) ____________, ______________________________ (actual place of residence), ______________________________ (registered address), consent to the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Academy) and third parties, i.e., persons associated, both currently and in the future, with the Academy by circumstances or legal relationships regarding the collection, processing, and protection of my (about me) personal data, for the collection, processing, and cross-border transfer, not contradicting the legislation, in the ways regulated by this consent, and in the sources, including publicly available ones, at the discretion of the Academy, in connection with the emergence with the Academy, already existing or emerging in the future, any labor, civil law, and/or other legal relationships, my (about me) personal data, as well as changes and/or additions occurring in them in the future, recorded on electronic, paper, and/or other material media, in accordance with the current legislation.

I undertake to inform the Academy in writing during the period of participation in the competition for the election of an academician of the Academy about any changes and/or additions to my (about me) personal data, with the submission of relevant supporting documents to the Academy.

The collection, processing, and cross-border transfer of the personal data of the applicant by the Academy are carried out for the following purposes, including but not limited to:

1) for the proper performance by the Academy of rights and obligations imposed on it by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) for internal control and accounting of the Academy, as well as for control and confirmation of the proper performance by the applicant and the Academy of their obligations, including those related to the corresponding competitions (contracts, agreements);

3) for judicial and extrajudicial protection of the rights of the Academy:

in case of breach of obligations under the relevant transactions (contracts, agreements);

in case of disputes, including disputes with third parties;

4) for placing disclosed and publicly available data in the media and other public sources in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

I, ________________ [Full Name], IIN___________, confirm that:

1) This consent applies to all relationships with the Academy, including existing and/or arising relationships upon the provision of this consent, including those that will arise in the future;

2) By this consent, I grant the Academy the right to independently determine the conditions of access of third parties to my personal data; to disseminate personal data in publicly available sources of personal data in accordance with the legislation;

3) When collecting, processing, and cross-border transfer of personal data by the Academy, notification of the candidate is not required;

4) This consent is provided to third parties as evidence of the Academy’s authority to collect, process, and cross-border transfer the candidate’s personal data;

5) This consent is revoked in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, based on the corresponding written application submitted to the Academy no later than 15 (fifteen) working days before the date of revocation of this consent. I am aware that this consent cannot be revoked in cases provided by law, as well as in the presence of unfulfilled obligations to the Academy;

6) In the event that the relevant agreement or other transactions concluded between me and the Academy provide for or will provide for the transfer of personal data by the Academy through open communication channels, I acknowledge the risk of unauthorized access by third parties and accept such risk;

7) Personal data containing surname, name, patronymic (if any), position, contact information (phone numbers, email addresses), portrait image (photograph) are publicly available, i.e., access to them is free;

8) The Academy collects, processes, and cross-border transfers personal data without the consent of the candidate in cases established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

9) I have reviewed the Academy’s acts establishing the list and procedure for collecting, processing personal data and agree with such procedure;

10) I will not have any claims against the Academy regarding the collection, processing, and cross-border transfer of my (about me) personal data in the future, provided that the Academy complies with the requirements of the Law and/or the conditions reached in this consent.

I have read and fully understood the text of this consent, and I have no additions, comments, or objections.

_____________________________________

(Date, Signature)

_____________________________________

(Full Name (if available))

Appendix 3

ACHIEVEMENT LIST

I. PERSONAL INFORMATION

Photo 3х4

____________________________________________________

 

(Last name, First name, Patronymic (if available))

__________________________________________

 

(Place of employment, Position, Category)

_____________________________

(Individual Identification Number)

Date of Birth (day, month, year)

 

Place of Birth

 

Nationality *

 

Education

 

Marital Status

 

Year of Graduation and Name of Educational Institution

 

Qualification by Specialty

 

Academic Degree, Academic Title

 

Proficiency in Foreign Languages

 

Diplomatic Rank

 

Military, Special Rank, Class Rank

 

State Awards, Honorary Titles

 

Information on Disciplinary Sanctions

 

Information on Disciplinary Sanctions for Committing Corruption Offenses

 

Date and Results of Certification

 

Date of Completion of Retraining and Qualification Improvement Courses

 

II. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Date

Position, place of work, location of the organization

Hiring date

Termination date

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

_______________________________________ (Position) _______________________________________ (Last and First name)

Signature________________ «__» ____________month ________year

Place of Seal