Overview

PRIZES: Honouring scientific achievement

• The Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize
  TWAS and illycaffè, in collaboration with the Municipality of Trieste and the Fondazione Internazionale per il progresso e la libertà delle scienze, award the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize. Deadline: 15 May.
  
• TWAS Prizes
  Each year the Academy awards eight prizes of US$15,000 each to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years. The Prizes are given in the following eight fields of science: agricultural sciences, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering sciences, mathematics, medical sciences and physics. Deadline: 31 March.
• The TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Award for Young Scientists
  The Prize recognizes young scientists in Africa whose research in computer science promises to have a positive impact in the developing world. Each year, three winners are selected from different countries on the continent. Each recipient receives a Euro 7,000 cash award contributed by Microsoft. Deadline: 31 July.
• TWAS Prizes to Young Scientists in Developing Countries
  The Academy invites national science academies, scientific research councils, ministries of science and technology and high-level research organizations in the South to institute a scheme of TWAS prizes for young scientists in their countries. Important: The programme is directed at organizations, not individual scientists. Deadline: none.
• TWAS Medal Lectures
  Every year, the Academy honours three TWAS Members for their achievements in their fields of research. The recipients lecture on a main aspect of their work, and are presented with a plaque.
• Abdus Salam Medal for Science and Technology
  The medal was instituted to honour the Academy's founder and first president, Professor Abdus Salam. It is awarded to highly distinguished personalities who have served the cause of science in the Third World.
• C.N.R. Rao Prize for Scientific Research
  The prize, named after TWAS Founding Fellow and former president, CNR Rao, carries a cash award of US$5,000 and is usually presented every three years. It is designed to honour distinguished scientists from the developing world, especially scientists from the world's scientifically and technologically lagging countries, who have made significant contributions to global science.

GRANTS: Building scientific capacity

• TWAS Research Grants Programme in Basic Sciences
  The 'TWAS Research Grants' and 'TWAS Research Units in Least Developed Countries' have been amalgamated. Under this new scheme, grants are awarded to high-level promising research projects in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics carried out by either individual scientists or research units in the 80 S&T-lagging countries (S&TLCs) identified by TWAS. Deadline: 31 August.
• TWAS-COMSTECH Joint Research Grants for Young Scientists in OIC countries
  For young scientists in OIC countries working in science and technology to enable them to purchase the research facilities they need to enhance their productivity. Deadlines: 31 March and 31 August.

EXCHANGE: Enhancing scientific collaboration

• For information on fellowships for postgraduate training, postdoctoral and advanced research, please see the Fellowships.
• For information on associateships and professorships, please see Research Collaboration.

MEETINGS: Encouraging flow of scientific information

• Support for International Scientific Meetings
  The Academy encourages the organization of international scientific meetings in Third World countries by providing financial support in the form of travel grants for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from the region. Important: TWAS can only provide support to organizers of scientific events held in developing countries to enable scientists from developing countries to attend their meetings. In other words, TWAS does not provide support to individual scientists wishing to attend a scientific event, even if the event is taking place in a developing country. Deadlines for applications: 1 June for meetings to be held during January-June of the following year, and 1 December for meetings to be held during July-December of the following year.
• Grants for Computer Science Meetings in African Countries
  With funds provided by Microsoft Research Ltd, TWAS and AAS encourage the organization of scientific activities on the theme of Computer Science in Africa by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in Africa. The support is provided in the form of travel grants for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from developing countries other than the country where the meeting is held. Supported speakers should be from non-profit research organizations. The amount provided does not exceed Euro 4,000. Important: Only organizers of scientific events held in Africa can apply for support, not individuals wishing to attend such events. Deadlines: 1 June 2010 for meetings to be held between January and June 2011; December 2010 for meetings to be held during July–December 2011.
• Training Courses in Environment-Related Issues
  TWAS and Forgea International collaborate in the organization of training courses on various aspects of environment-related issues.