August 2017

• 1: Deadline to apply for the workshop on “Policy and Diplomacy for Scientists: Introduction to Responsible Research Practices in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences”. The workshop will be held at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy, from 12 to 15 September 2017. Download call and application form.
• 20: Deadline to apply for the 7th Anjani Mashelkar Inclusive Innovation Award. The innovation must address the problems faced by the disadvantaged resource-poor people in India and offer an original and implementable solution.
• 30: Deadline for registration at reduced fee to EMME: Euro-Mediterranean and Middle East Summer School for Science Communication in citta della Scienza, Naples, Italy. Managers of a science centre or a museum, curators,  educators, marketing specialists, public relations professionals or promoters working in a cultural, scientific or educational organisation, dedicated to the dissemination of scientific knowledge are invited to apply.
  The goal of the Summer School is to establish a Euro-Mediterranean and Middle East framework for science centres and museums to reinforce their capacities, strengthen dialogue and exchange amongst the participating institutions, and increase the community of players working for public engagement with science in the region.
• 30: The Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) Innovation Marketplace (the Marketplace) is looking for peer reviewers to assess projects/innovations. Reviewers must hold a graduate degree and typically have several years of work experience. Read more
• 31: Closing date for international students to apply for the “Master of Philosophy in Cancer Science” full-time degree offered by the African Cancer Institute (ACI) affiliated to the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.

September 2017

• 10-15: EMME: Euro-Mediterranean and Middle East Summer School for Science Communication in citta della Scienza, Naples, Italy. The goal of the Summer School is to establish a Euro-Mediterranean and Middle East framework for science centres and museums to reinforce their capacities, strengthen dialogue and exchange amongst the participating institutions, and increase the community of players working for public engagement with science in the region.
• 12-15: Workshop on “Policy and Diplomacy for Scientists: Introduction to Responsible Research Practices in Chemical and Biochemical Sciences”, in TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy.
• 18-20: “16th CTWF International Symposium on Advances in Seasonal to Decadal Prediction”, this year’s international conference of CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum on
  Climate Science (CTWF), in Beijing, China.
• 22: Deadline to apply for the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science which will be held at ICTP-SAIFR, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 4-15 December 2017. Participants will learn how to look after and use the data that is core to their research. Apply online.
• 24: Closing date of the 2017 Call for New Members to join the Global Young Academy. Applications are sought from young, independent scholars who combine the highest level of research excellence with a demonstrated passion for delivering impact. 
• 30: Closing date for South African students to apply for the “Master of Philosophy in Cancer Science” full-time degree offered by the African Cancer Institute (ACI) affiliated to the University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.

October 2017

• 31: Deadline to apply for the COMSTECH Awards 2017 in ‘Biology’ and ‘Chemistry’ and for the COMSTECH Awards for Excellence in S&T 2017 which will be conferred by H.E. The President of Pakistan on the occasion of the next COMSTECH General Assembly Session. These awards are restricted to scientists who are citizens of, and working in, OIC member states. Application form can be downloaded here.