Potential candidates:

TWAS Fellows from the Least Developed Countriest (LDCs), who have made significant contributions to global science.

For a complete list of TWAS Fellows, please visit: http://twas.org/network/members

For a list of the LDCs, please visit: Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

Selection:

TWAS officers review the nominations and propose a winner for approval by Prof. C.N.R. Rao.

Previous winners of the TWAS - C.N.R. Rao Prize for Scientific Research

2018 – Yeya Tiemoko Touré, Mali. For his discovery of genetic populations of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto and their role in malaria and lymphatic filariasis parasites transmission in Mali

2017 – Kalulu Taba, Congo Dem. Rep.

2016 – Mahouton Norbert Hounkonnou, Benin

2015 – Bishal Nath Upreti, Nepal

2014 – Muntaser Eltayeb Ibrahim, Sudan

2013 – Firdausi Qadri, Bangladesh

2012 – Wendimagegn Mammo Deneke, Ethiopia

2009 – Akissa Bahri, Ghana/Tunisia

2008 – Maurice Tchuente, Cameroon

2006 – Berhanu M. Abegaz, Ethiopia and Philippe Rasoanaivo, Madagascar