Twas in Action

The prize, which includes a USD100,000 cash award, is given to eminent scientists from the developing world who have made significant contributions to science and science-based development.

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

"Women in academia in Turkey are not suffering," says Cigdem Kagitcibasi, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Koc University.

The prizes, which are awarded by TWAS's five regional offices, carry a USD3,000 cash award

The driest place on Earth is playing a major role in determining whether life has ever existed on Mars.

Abdoulaye Mando sees the world from the ground up – a line of vision that is helping thousands of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa.

"Global health is in a period of dramatic transition," says K. Srinath Reddy, president of the Public Health Foundation of India

"Wasps have complex social lives," says Raghavendra Gadagkar, INSA S.N. Bose Research Professor and J.C. Bose National Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore.

"Science is a key factor in allowing developing countries to forego importing technology from abroad and in charting their own path for sustainable economic growth," noted TWAS President Jacob Palis

Three members of TWAS are among the five women to win the 2011 L'Oréal-UNESCO Prize for Women in Science.