The Mustafa Prize, a top science and technology award, is granted biennially to the top researchers and scientists of the Islamic world in two categories:
1. Life and Medical Science and Technology
2. Basic and Engineering Sciences
The Prize is granted to works deemed to have improved the human life, have made tangible and cutting-edge innovations on the boundaries of science, or have presented new scientific methodology, and regardless of the scientist's religion. The laureates in each category will be awarded USD 500,000, a special medal, Mustafa(pbuh) emblem, and a certificate.
Nominations can only be submitted by renowned scientists or accredited scientific institutions.
Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS) Fellowships
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HIAS offers 12 individual fellowships to outstanding scholars and artists who are granted full freedom to pursue their own research projects (3–10 months) on-site in Hamburg.
Eligible to apply are researchers of all disciplines and all career stages from the postdoctoral level onwards, as well as outstanding artists and cultural professionals from all parts of the world.
HIAS seeks to compose a group of fellows that, in respect to its members’ academic or artistic disciplines, countries of origin and career stages, is as diverse and stimulating as possible.
Applicants should be internationally visible in their respective fields, give evidence of creativity and originality, as well as willingness to participate in a community of scholars, scientists, artists and cultural professionals and, in the form of lectures and other types of events, to engage with the broader public in the city of Hamburg.
A doctorate/ PhD is required for fellows working in academia.
Very good knowledge of English is essential.
UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences
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The Prize aims to reward major achievements in research, education and international cooperation in the basic sciences for sustainable development. It shall be awarded annually to two individual prize-winners for achievements that are conducive to socio-economic transformation and development on a global or regional scale, based on: excellence in research in the basic sciences fields; basic sciences education and popularization; international or regional cooperation in the basic sciences.
The Prize consists of a monetary reward of US $250,000 for each of the two winners. A gold medal and a diploma will also be awarded to each of the recipients.
Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI)
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With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), UNESCO-TWAS launched a new programme to strengthen the capacity of African countries lagging in science and technology. The programme is aimed at early career researchers who have obtained their PhD abroad and have recently returned or will shortly return to an academic position in their home country. Grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics and/or Germany’s High-Tech Agenda carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS.
Grants for Transformative and Collaborative Research in the Middle East and North Africa (GTCR-MENA) Region
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With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), UNESCO-TWAS is launching a new programme to strengthen the research capacity of selected countries in the MENA region. The programme is aimed at young scientists from a number of selected Middle Eastern and North African countries (see “Eligibility criteria” below), as well as for diaspora from these countries. It focuses on capacity building in science and education in the target countries, with particular emphasis on research and academic training, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations with German laboratories. Grants are awarded to promising and competitive research projects in key areas relevant to the ‘High-Tech Agenda Germany (HTAD)’: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Technologies, Microelectronics, Biotechnology, Fusion and Climate-Neutral Energy Transition, Technology for Climate-Neutral Mobility, Aerospace, Health Research, Marine, Climate and Sustainability Research, Humanities and Social Sciences.
