In a new project, TWAS, IAP and ISC will develop proposals for a coordinated response to support researchers who are displaced by crises to stay on their feet and continue their careers.

L'ICGEB e l'UNESCO, attraverso l'Accademia Mondiale delle Scienze - TWAS, entrambi a Trieste, firmano un accordo per rafforzare la collaborazione, rendere più incisive le azioni comuni e dare impulso allo sviluppo di capacità nel campo delle biotecnologie e dei settori correlati.

Through the endorsement of a memorandum of understanding, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and TWAS create a powerful synergy to strengthen their mission and promote the advancement of research, training and the use of biotechnology for economic and social development in the global South

Through a five-year TWAS affiliateship, TWAS and the Islamic Development Bank have initiated a programme focused on helping displaced scientists from IsDB member countries. For them, it’s an opportunity to maintain and build scientific connections on a global level.

The two organisations have opened the call for a new joint-research and technology transfer grant designed to provide a rapid response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The deadline is 4 June.

The coronavirus pandemic is putting scientists under pressure. But research in times of peace is even more important, as it helps shed light on clinical aspects in humans and society, TWAS Young Affiliates say.

International collaboration in combating the pandemic is key, says the TWAS Council, and mitigating the disease’s impacts depends on joint efforts inclusive of developing countries.

As Africa braces for the full impact of the novel coronavirus, two TWAS Fellows who are experts in contagious diseases say key challenges include coordination, capacity and public hygiene.

Many young researchers who received a fellowship with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) - India and TWAS Fellowship Programme are now in faculty positions in their home countries, data from a DBT-TWAS event show.

The honour, organized by TWAS and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is for developing world scientists no older than 45. The deadline is 15 May 2020.