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A number of TWAS Fellows and TWAS Young Affiliates/Alumni will be offered appointments as TWAS Research Professors for one year, during which he/she will visit the host institution in a LDC for a period of two to four weeks. TWAS provides travel support while living expenses are covered by the host
Published: 21 Oct 2025 Type: PhD
According to an agreement between the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be spo
In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centers of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centers regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Center twice fo
Published: 13 Oct 2025 Type: PhD
This programme provides institutions and research groups in developing countries, especially the Least Developed Countries and those with limited outside contacts, with opportunities to establish long-term links with world leaders in areas of science other than mathematics and physics, and help deve
Published: 27 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship
The S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science in Kolkata, India, and TWAS have established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences.
Published: 27 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship
TWAS offers fellowships to young scientists in developing countries to enable them to spend three to 12 months at a research institution in a developing country other than their own. The purpose of these fellowships is to enhance the research capacity of promising scientists, especially those at the
Published: 27 Aug 2025 Type: Fellowship
UNESCO-TWAS, in collaboration with the Lincei Academy and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), offers young scientists from Least Developed Countries the opportunity to visit either research laboratories at Centres of Excellence in Trieste or Udine, Italy.
Published: 28 Jul 2025 Type: Fellowship
TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India, offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences
Published: 23 Apr 2025 Type: Postgraduate Study in: India
Through the support of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the CAS-TWAS Network for Sustainable Development, TWAS and CAS have established a new programme offering grants for collaborative projects under the umbrella of the SDGs. This opportunity is open to one or more TWAS Members or TWAS You
Published: 23 Apr 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: RMB 600,000
Applications are now open for the TWAS-NCP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2025. For young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences in departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad.
The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) — comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research in Karachi, Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other
The 2025 TWAS-Apex Award will be given to an individual scientist from the developing world who has demonstrated excellence in advancing the field of Quantum Science and Technology through original, high-impact research and/or the development of innovative applications.
Published: 11 Apr 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: USD100,000
Applications are now open for the TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate Fellowship Programme 2025. TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India, offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences
The TWAS Research Grants Programme for Maintenance grants was established in response to the needs of researchers in developing countries, particularly those attached to institutions that lack appropriate research facilities. Under this scheme, grants can be awarded for maintenance and rep
Published: 24 Mar 2025 Type: PhD Value: USD 3,000
The TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme provides postdoctoral researchers living and working in sub-Saharan Africa with the opportunity to make a three-month ‘Cooperation Visit’ to a research institute in Germany. Such visits must be undertaken within 12 months of the award.
The TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme provides postdoctoral researchers living and working in the MENA region with the opportunity to make a three-month ‘Cooperation Visit’ to a research institute in Germany. Such visits must be undertaken within 12 months of the award.
Published: 17 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Study in: Germany
The Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI) was established in response to the needs of researchers in developing countries, particularly those attached to institutions that lack appropriate research facilities. Under this scheme, grants can be awarded for research pro
Published: 12 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: USD 67,700
Applications are now open for the TWAS-CAS 2025 Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science. This annual award, established in year 2020, recognizes scientific achievements by young scientists living and working in a developing country. The sixth edition of the award will recognize achievements in
Published: 12 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs
Applications are open for the 2025 TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award. TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2025 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.
Published: 06 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: $4,000
Applications are now open for the TWAS-Atta-ur-Rahman Award in Chemistry 2025. The 2025 award, sponsored by Searle Company Ltd, will be given to a chemist not older than 45, national of a science-and-technology lagging country (STLC), who has been living and working there for a minimum of two years
Published: 06 Mar 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: $5,000
Applications are open for the TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Award. This annual award, named after the TWAS Fellow Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi, recognizes women scientists from Scientifically and Technologically Lagging (STL) countries. It carries a cash award of USD4,000 generously provided by Professor
Published: 13 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs
The Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI) was established in response to the needs of researchers in developing countries, particularly those attached to institutions that lack appropriate research facilities. Under this scheme, grants can be awarded for research pro
Published: 03 Feb 2025 Type: Entrepreneurs Value: USD 67,700
This award, named after TWAS President Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, is designed to honour women scientists in Least Developed African countries for their achievements in Biological Sciences. It carries a cash award of USD5,000 generously provided by Professor Abdool Karim.
Published: 27 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship
This course will expose participants to key contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and health, while providing an overview of how technical information has contributed to different policy developments and international structures. Another focus of the c
Published: 03 Jan 2025 Type: Fellowship
For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India.
Published: 19 Dec 2024 Type: Fellowship
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates to participate in the annual summer course on science diplomacy to be held on 21- 24 July 2025 in person in Trieste, Italy. Th
Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be sponsored to study in China for doctoral
A number of TWAS Fellows and TWAS Young Affiliates/Alumni will be offered appointments as TWAS Research Professors for one year, during which he/she will visit the host institution in a LDC for a period of two to four weeks. TWAS provides travel support while living expenses are covered by the host
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: College School
For young scientists from developing countries (other than India) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in emerging areas in science and technology for which facilities are available in laboratories and institutes of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India.
Published: 14 Oct 2024 Type: College School Study in: India
The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brasilia, Brazil, and TWAS offer full time postgraduate fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD at host institutes in Brazil.
Published: 12 Oct 2024 Type: Fellowship Study in: Brazil
