South-South

The International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Kenya, has joined two of TWAS's South-South collaboration programmes.

TWAS has entered into agreement with the Eastern Mediterranean Health Genomics and Biotechnology Network (EMGEN) under the TWAS-UNESCO Associateship scheme.

TWAS and the COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) have signed an agreement that will allow postgraduate students, postdocs and visiting scholars to study at CIIT in Pakistan.

TWAS offers fellowships to young scientists in developing countries to enable them to spend between three and 12 months at a research institution in a developing country other than their own.

The TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme at Centres of Excellence in the South is currently accepting applications. Deadline: 1 December 2013

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) offers postgraduate fellowships to female scientists from sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries.

The role of science academies in advancing science, technology and innovation in the Balkans will be a key topic of discussion at an international workshop taking place in Trieste, Italy

"Science is a key driver that guides global discourse," says Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India.

Felix Korbla Akorli from Ghana, now lecturer in telecommunications in Rwanda, was among the first awardees of a South-South fellowship

Up to 140 early-career scientists per year from the developing world will travel to China for PhD study and research under an ambitious new agreement between the CAS and TWAS