2012

TWAS has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2012 at the Academy's 23rd General Meeting in Tianjin, China.

A workshop held in Dakar, Senegal, on 27 June - under the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative - gave African scientists an opportunity to learn about the issues and join the discussion

Both TWAS and OWSD - the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World - have signed agreements with the Universiti Putra Malaysia by which UPM will host a number of fellowships each year

Organizers of scientific activities that will be held in developing countries between July and December 2014 can apply for small grants. Deadline for applications: 1 December 2013.

Mary O'Kane reviewed how government support for top research centres in Australia has had somewhat unexpected spin-offs

A five-day workshop jointly organized by ICTP, TWAS, IOP and APS gave engineers and physicists from developing countries valuable step-by-step advice on how to convert their good ideas into products

Richard N. Zare was one of three TWAS members selected to give a TWAS Medal Lecture at this years' conference in Tianjin

Last week, TWAS executive director, Romain Murenzi, presented the programmes and activities of TWAS to permanent delegates and observers at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris

One year after his retirement, Mohamed Hassan, executive director of TWAS for twenty-six years, has been awarded the Abdus Salam Medal

TWAS Fellow Ahmed Azad believes that any plan to achieve development and prosperity in Bangladesh must include a massive, coordinated and expert investment in science and technology