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TWAS is a global science academy based in Trieste, Italy, working to advance science and engineering for sustainable prosperity in the developing world
- TWAS announces 2024 slate of awards
TWAS President Quarraisha Abdool Karim unveiled the names of the winners of the awards, including the TWAS Medal Lecture, during the TWAS General Meeting TWAS General Meetings are closed-door sessions to discuss Academy matters and take place every two years
- TWAS Fellows: the heart of the Academy
TWAS Fellows are not the same as recipients of TWAS fellowships, which are programmes designed to give new and early-career scientists needed PhD education and postdoctoral training TWAS Fellows are also sometimes alternatively referred to as “members” of TWAS Membership is for life
- TWAS, the voice for science in the South
The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries, known worldwide by its acronym, TWAS, supports sustainable prosperity through research, education, policy and diplomacy The Academy is based in Trieste, Italy
- 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
- Research and Project Grants | TWAS
Under this scheme, grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics carried out by individual scientists in one of the S T-lagging countries identified by TWAS
- TWAS names 2025 class of Fellows
TWAS elected 74 new Fellows today, the largest class of fellows in the history of TWAS Among them are 50 men and 24 women (32 4% women), and 62 are from the global South
- PhD Fellowships - TWAS
TWAS offers between 100 - 160 PhD fellowships a year at some of the most respected institutions in the developing world These fellowships are hosted in Brazil, China, India, Pakistan and South Africa
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