TWAS – The World Academy of Sciences

🇰🇪It’s a wrap! The 2025 TWAS Skill Building Workshop in Nairobi has come to a close, but the ideas, lessons learned, and the new partnerships and friendships formed will stay with us for a long time! 🎙️“It was an incredible opportunity to enhance my scientific skills and connect with like-minded researchers from across the continent. The session on responsible AI was particularly enlightening, and I look forward to applying the insights I gained to my own research," said abdirahman elmi, a participant in the workshop. 🌍 He was one of 28 early-career scientists from across Africa, all supported by the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI) Programme, with generous backing from Germany’s Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMFTR). We look forward to seeing the future collaborations that will emerge from this experience and how they will help strengthen the scientific capacity of African countries✨

The ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO PhD Scholarship is seeking applications! This year, up to 40 scientists from the global South will be sponsored to study for up to four years in China for PHDs. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dGQHZDGS Chinese Academy of Sciences

Our workshop in Nairobi 🇰🇪 is in full swing! Today we had the pleasure of welcoming TWAS Fellow Prof. Shaukat Abdulrazak, Principal Secretary at the State Department of Science, Research and Innovation at the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs of Kenya. 🎙️ “Share as much as you can, link to each other and collaborate with one another so that we can build strong, cohesive, and resilient institutions,” he said. We also explored key topics for career development, including the importance of teaching and mentoring, and the responsible use of AI in science. The 2025 TWAS Skill Building workshop brings together 28 early-career scientists from 16 African countries, all supported by the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators Programme, with generous backing from Germany’s Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMFTR).

Interested in helping research in equitable representation in science worldwide? Take this research survey from TWAS Fellow Amal Amin that seeks to shed new light on the subject for both scientists and policymakers: https://lnkd.in/ddNKY8Dw

🇰🇪 Kicking off in Nairobi! The 2025 TWAS Skill Building Workshop is officially underway, bringing together 28 brilliant early-career scientists from across Africa, all supported by the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI) Programme, with generous backing from Germany’s Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMFTR). This event is all about strengthening research capacity, building lasting collaborations, and empowering the next generation of African scientific leaders. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dKnHXVMX

💻 During the 14th edition of the science festival Trieste Next, TWAS was part of a roundtable to explore AI’s potential to tackle today's challenges. TWAS co-organized the roundtable alongside The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dE3x-JY6

🏆 SAMIA SUBRINA is the recipient of the 2024 TWAS-Fayzah M. Al Kharafi Award in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics or Engineering Sciences. She is recognized for her groundbreaking research in nanoscale materials and devices, providing innovative solutions for electronic industry, heat management, and energy harvesting. 📺 Watch her video lecture now: https://lnkd.in/dxHcbStt

The Institut de France’s Christophe Mérieux scientific Prize, worth 500,000 euros, is awarded every year to support research into Infectious diseases in developing countries. The deadline for dossiers is 15 December. Learn more in the attached file.

Science diplomacy is more than an idea, it’s a practice. And so aspiring science diplomats need more than lessons in the field, but also experience in how science diplomacy works in actions. This is why the AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy features simulations in which course participants take on a role in a fictionalized, but common, negotiations between differing interests in which science is central. Learn more about our most recent simulation exercise: https://lnkd.in/dByPYGJ2 Center for Science, Technology and Diplomacy

The Natural Sciences Sector of UNESCO is looking to grow its Roster of Experts! The Roster's purpose is to strengthen collaboration among Member States, provide visibility to independent specialists in a wide range of fields, and help UNESCO identify experts for technical assignments and independent evaluations. Interested experts may submit their information online here: https://lnkd.in/dDPYeDT8.