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The COVID-19 pandemic is a global crisis, affecting human health as well as economies and societies worldwide. TWAS and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are offering a competitive grant for research collaboration. Technologists and researchers from IsDB Member Countries are invited to submit rese
Published: 10 May 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) invites applicants 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 Scientifi
Published: 07 May 2021 Type: Fellowship
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) invites applicants for young scientists from developing countries (other than Thailand) who wish to pursue advanced research in the biotechnology at the National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) in Thailand.
Published: 06 May 2021 Type: Fellowship
TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2021 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.
Published: 30 Apr 2021 Type: Fellowship
TWAS Fellow Quarraisha Abdool Karim is designed to honour women scientists in Low Income African countries for their achievements in Biological Sciences.
Published: 30 Apr 2021 Type: Fellowship
Applications are invited from suitably qualified early-career scientists in sub-Saharan Africa for the TWAS-Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators. The grant aims to support the early career scientists to be used to purchase scientific equipment, consumables, fieldwork and equipm
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Entrepreneurs
South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) in partnership with TWAS is pleased to announce the TWAS-NRF Doctoral Fellowship to advance science in developing countries. TWAS-NRF Doctoral Fellowships are tenable at research institutio
Published: 23 Apr 2021 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa
Applications are invited from early-career female researchers from least developed member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for the IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021. The fellowship will support research related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, pr
Published: 16 Apr 2024 Type: Postgraduate
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 AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy to be held in Trieste from 30 August to 3 September 2021 This
Published: 20 Apr 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India and TWAS have established a number of fellowships for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue research toward a PhD in emerging areas of science and technology for which facilities are available in the laboratori
Published: 01 Apr 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: India
The World Academic of Sciences/ Chinese Academy of Sciences (TWAS-CAS) is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2021 Award for young scientists from developing countries. The award aims at recognizing scientists not older than 45 years who are living and working in a developing country.
Published: 31 Mar 2021 Type: Postgraduate
This annual award, named after the TWAS Fellow Samira Omar, recognizes scientists from Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The 2021 award will honour a woman scientist working in an area relevant to sustainability.
Published: 31 Mar 2021 Type: Contest
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. TWAS-SN Bose Posdoctoral Fellowships are tenable at the S.N.
Published: 30 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: India
TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India have agreed to offer strategic fellowships annually to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences. The Fellowships will be obtained from the S.N. Bo
Published: 30 Mar 2021 Type: Fellowship Study in: India
This annual award, established in year 2020, recognizes scientific achievements by young scientists living and working in a developing country. The second edition of the award will recognize achievements in astronomy and cosmology. The award, worth USD 10,000, is sponsored by Lenovo Ltd. The reci
Published: 25 Mar 2021 Type: Entrepreneurs
This annual award, named after the TWAS Fellow Samira Omar, recognizes scientists from Least Developed Countries (LDCs). TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2021 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in devel
Published: 10 Mar 2021 Type: Postgraduate
In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centr
Published: 19 Oct 2020 Type: PhD
In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre twice fo
Published: 12 Oct 2020 Type: Postgraduate
A number of TWAS Fellows will be offered appointments as TWAS Research Professors for a period of five years, during which he/she will be expected to visit the host institution in a LDC three times for a minimum stay of one month each time. TWAS provides travel support while living expenses are cove
Published: 18 Sep 2020 Type: Internship
TWAS, in collaboration with the Lincei Academy and SISSA, offers young scientists from Least Developed Countries the opportunity to visit research laboratories in Trieste, Italy, such as SISSA, to carry out research work in scientific fields within the SISSA portfolio (pleas
Published: 29 Jul 2020 Type: Fellowship Study in: Italy
South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) are working in partnership with TWAS to advance science in developing countries through the NRF-TWAS Doctoral Fellowships, thus, applications are currently being invited from all int
Published: 15 Jul 2020 Type: PhD Study in: South Africa
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: 02 Jul 2020 Type: PhD