Deadlines and events
OPEN CALLS
Opportunities
PASIFIC Fellowship Programme - 1st call
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The PASIFIC Fellowship Programme is offered by the Polish Academy of Science (PAS) and co-financed by the European Union under the MSCA COFUND scheme. Scientists of any nationality, with a doctoral degree or equivalent, will be allowed to spend two years at PAS institutes and the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology.
Grants
IsDB-TWAS Joint Research & Technology Transfer Grant 2021: Quick-Response Research on COVID-19
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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 research and innovation proposals that can help address challenges directly and indirectly related to COVID-19.
IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Women
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Early-career female researchers from 21 least developed member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) are eligible for an ambitious new postdoctoral programme offered by IsDB and TWAS. The fellowships will support research related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, providing recipients with high-level training in areas relevant to sustainability science.
Grants
Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI)
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With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), TWAS launches a new programme to strengthen the capacity of African countries lagging in science and technology. The new programme is aimed at young scientists who are getting established in their country or about to return home to an academic position. Under this scheme, grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS.
TWAS-BIOTEC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
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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.
TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
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TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India have agreed to offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences.
TWAS-SN Bose Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
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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-CSIR Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
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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 laboratories and institutes of the CSIR.
TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
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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.
Scientists
TWAS-SISSA-Lincei Research Cooperation Visits Programme
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Young scientists from Least Developed Countries who hold an MSc (or higher degree) can visit research laboratories at Centres of Excellence in Trieste, Italy, for three months to carry out collaborative research projects in a wide range of fields that fall under the umbrella of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
TWAS-NRF Doctoral Programme
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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.
TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
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The TWAS-CUI Fellowship Programme for Postgraduate Research offers fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to obtain all or part (sandwich or full-time) of their PhD in natural or social sciences. Duration: from a minimum of six months to a maximum of 3 years (up to 18 months for a sandwich programme).
TWAS-CUI Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
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The TWAS-CUI Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research offers fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in natural or social sciences. Duration: from a minimum of six months to a maximum of 12 months.
Scientists
UNTBLDC-TWAS-ICGEB South-North Programme for Exchanges and Collaborations
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Scientists who hold a MSc, or preferably a PhD, and are from LDCs can visit ICGEB laboratories in Trieste, Italy, for a visit of up to six months.
Scientists
UNTBLDC-TWAS-ICGEB South-South Programme for Exchanges and Collaborations
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Scientists who hold a MSc, or preferably a PhD, and are from LDCs can visit ICGEB Cape Town, South Africa, or ICGEB New Delhi, India, for a visit of up to six months.
TWAS-DBT Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
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The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology in India, and TWAS have established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in biotechnology.
TWAS-DBT Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
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The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, India, and TWAS have established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in biotechnology.
UPCOMING CALLS
Opportunities
PASIFIC Fellowship Programme - 2nd call
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The PASIFIC Fellowship Programme is offered by the Polish Academy of Science (PAS) and co-financed by the European Union under the MSCA COFUND scheme. Scientists of any nationality, with a doctoral degree or equivalent, will be allowed to spend two years at PAS institutes and the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology.