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TWAS stands for the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries, and it promotes sustainable prosperity via research, education, policy, and diplomacy around the world. The Academy is headquartered in the Italian city of Trieste.
View opportunities sponsored by The World Academy of Science (TWAS)
According to an agreement between the Alliance of International Science Organizations (ANSO), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS/UNESCO) for the advancement of science in developing countries, up to 40 students/scholars from developing countries will be sponsored to study in China for doctoral degrees for up to 4 years. Applications are now open for this opportunity.
Date Posted: 26 Oct, 2024
Applications are open for the TWAS Research Professors in LDCs 2024/2025. The objective of the programme is to provide institutions and research groups located in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) with the opportunity to establish long-term links with TWAS members and TWAS Young Affiliates/Alumni to assist in research activities and advanced training and so help develop the local scientific capacities needed. Apply now!
Date Posted: 09 Oct, 2024
Applications are open for the TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme 2024/2025. In collaboration with UNESCO and a number of centres of excellence in the South, TWAS has instituted a Joint Associateship Scheme to enable competent researchers from the South to visit these centres regularly. An associate is appointed for three years during which he/she can visit a Centre twice for research collaboration. Apply now!
Date Posted: 09 Oct, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2025 TWAS-TÜBİTAK Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apppy for it.
Date Posted: 05 Oct, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 TWAS Sustainability Visiting Expert Programme. The programme supports visits of internationally renowned scientists to institutions located in developing countries, especially those located in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Date Posted: 19 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for TWAS Visiting Expert Programme. The programme supports visits of internationally renowned scientists to institutions located in developing countries, especially those located in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Date Posted: 12 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024/2025 TWAS Fellowships for Research and Advanced Training. TWAS offers fellowships to young scientists in developing countries to enable them to spend three to 12 months at a research institution in a developing country other than their own.
Date Posted: 27 Aug, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 TWAS-SISSA-Lincei Research Cooperation Visits Programme. This opportunity is open to young scientists from least developed countries who hold an MSc (or higher degree).
Date Posted: 26 Jul, 2024
Applications are open for the TWAS-ICCBS Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2024/2025. The programme is for young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research.
Date Posted: 16 Jul, 2024
Applications are open for the TWAS-SN Bose Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2024/2025. The S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science in Kolkata, India, and TWAS have established a fellowship programme for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences.
Date Posted: 20 May, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 TWAS-ICCBS Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. Click here to learn about more this opportunity and how to apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Apr, 2024
The Lahore University of Management Sciences, (LUMS), Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in the Natural Sciences and Engineering in Pakistan.
Date Posted: 19 Apr, 2024
This opportunity is for young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in physical sciences in departments and laboratories of the National Centre for Physics (NCP) in Islamabad.
Date Posted: 19 Apr, 2024
The International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS) — comprising the H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry and the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular and Drug Research in Karachi, Pakistan — and TWAS offer fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Pakistan) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in chemical and biological sciences.
Date Posted: 19 Apr, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India, offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences.
Date Posted: 11 Apr, 2024
Applications are open TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science 2024. Click here to learn more about this offer.
Date Posted: 28 Mar, 2024