Research and Project Grants

TWAS Research and Project Grants

Since 1986, thanks to funding by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, TWAS has enabled scientist in the global South to purchase essential equipment for their laboratories and carry out research in their own country.

Other organizations that partnered with TWAS to establish more grants are:

• COMSTECH (2009-2018)
• IsDB (2019-2023)
• BMBF (2021-present)
• Elsevier (2022-present)

Overall TWAS has been able to award over 3,000 grants up to now.

OWSD Research Grants

In its constant effort to support women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries, TWAS's sister organization the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) launched in 2018 the Early Career Fellowships. This was made possible through generous funding by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

The chart below shows the total number of research grants awarded together by TWAS and OWSD since 2018.

The OWSD Early Career Fellowships are taylored to allow the awardees to develop all-round competences during the 2-year programme. Fellows build on their leadership and management skills, develop connections with a variety of public and private sector partners to potentially convert their research into marketable products or guarantee its impact on a broader scale. By improving their communication and outreach skills, fellows also learn to effectively present their research to various audiences, thus attracting new collaborators and potential funders to ensure the sustainability of the research project.

The ripple effect

The power of the grants lies in their multiplying effect, that doesn't stop to direct beneficiaries, but extends to many more indirect beneficiaries. The diagram below allows to explore direct and indirect beneficiaries of Sida funded TWAS research grants awarded between 2018 and 2020 by country and by institute.