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Building trust through science
8 May. TWAS executive director Romain Murenzi was among 19 high profile delegates invited to attend a meeting aimed at encouraging and supporting scientific collaboration between the US and DPR Korea.
Entrepreneur yourself
27 April. A five-day workshop jointly organized by ICTP, TWAS, IOP and APS gave engineers and physicists from developing countries valuable step-by-step advice on how to convert their good ideas into marketable products.
UN World Water Day
22 March. Today is World Water Day (WWD), an annual date to raise awareness about the challenges posed by water quality and quantity. Akiça Bahri, TWAS Fellow, talks about her extensive water management research and experience in Africa.
TWAS launches photo contest
14 May. The contest, whose theme is 'Sustainable Energy for All', is open to all TWAS Members, TWAS Young Affiliates, TWAS Alumni, winners of TWAS prizes, fellowships and grants. The first three finalists will receive cash awards. Deadline for submission of photos is 15 August 2012.
Deadline extended - Innovations in Science and Technology in Developing Countries
TWAS and ISTIC are collaborating on a project aimed at identifying, rewarding and disseminating best practices in the innovative use of science and technology in the development of new products, processes or services that have had impacts on economic development in the South.
CNPq-TWAS Fellowship call for proposals is now open
Applications must be submitted between Friday, 13 April 2012, and Thursday, 19 July 2012 by 18:00 hours Brasilia time (GMT -03:00).
Global Research Council launched
15 May. The US National Science Foundation, with the strong support of President Obama’s Office of Science, Technology and Policy and the US State Department, is organizing the inaugural meeting of the Global Research Council.
IAMP Regional Workshop on Non-Communicable Diseases
Regional Workshop on Non-Communicable Diseases - Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-5 May 2012.
Science and diplomacy: green light for joint initiative
TWAS and AAAS are launching their new international programme focusing on science and diplomacy with a talk by Mary O'Kane on Monday, 12 March 2012.
TWAS supports researchers in developing countries through a variety of grants and fellowships. The dates for applications vary, and we're telling you 
Excellence in Science: Profiles of Research
Institutions in Developing Countries is a series of booklets published
by TWAS highlighting successful scientific institutions in the South. Ten institutions have so far been profiled: INBio (Costa Rica), CBS (Tunisia), IMRA (Madagascar), CDRI (India), IMPLAD (China), IHI (Tanzania), SAIAB (South Africa), NARL (Uganda), ORI (Botswana) and IMS (Zanzibar, Tanzania). The volumes are also 
Scienza Express
