Twas in Action

The Pakistan Academy of Sciences and TWAS announce "Abdus Salam Prize in Science" and "Salimuzzaman Siddiqui Prize in Applied Science and Technology".

The EuroAfrica-ICT project, of which TWAS is a participant, has launched a database of African centres of excellence in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT).

TWAS has announced the launch of the Atta-ur-Rahman Prize in Chemistry. The announcement was made at the 22nd General Meeting of TWAS held in Trieste.

TWAS is one of seven partners in the CATALYST consortium, a European project on 'Capacity Development for Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation'

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

TWAS and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft have signed an agreement that will provide up to 30 'cooperation visits' by postdoctoral scientists from sub-Saharan Africa each year.

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

Capacity development for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation will be the theme of the fourth regional workshop of the CATALYST Project.

TWAS is now accepting applications for projects in the basic sciences from individual young scientists and leaders of research units based in scientifically lagging countries.

Two representatives from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) visited TWAS headquarters on Tuesday, 29 January.