TWAS Plus - Vol. 10 No. 6 - December 2024
Speakers and participants in the Senegal workshop (Photo: G. Ortolani/TWAS).

TOP STORY

The 2024 TWAS Skill Building Workshop in Senegal equipped 62 research grantees, whose research was supported by Sida and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, with skills to promote sustainable development through scientific research. More

TWAS OPPORTUNITIES

TWAS-TÜBİTAK Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
Foreign scholars from developing countries may carry out part of their scientific research at universities and TÜBİTAK research centres in Türkiye. Deadline: 16 December. More

TWAS-CSIR Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
TWAS and CSIR laboratories and institutes in India offer a PhD programme to foreign scholars from developing countries, to pursue research in emerging areas of science and technology. Deadline: 14 January 2025. More

TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme
A full-time PhD curriculum at institutes in Brazil is available to young scientists from other developing countries, under a joint TWAS-CNPq programme. Deadline: 31 January 2025. More

ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO PhD Scholarship
Up to 40 students and scholars from developing countries may apply for an ANSO-CAS-TWAS/UNESCO scholarship to pursue a PhD in China, in nine scientific fields and in the social and economic sciences in China. Deadline: 15 February 2025. More

TWAS-TÜBİTAK Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
A fellowship programme for scholars from developing countries is available under a joint TWAS-TÜBİTAK agreement, to pursue postdoctoral scientific research. Deadline: 16 December. More

TWAS-CSIR Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme
TWAS and CSIR offer fellowships In India to young scientists from other developing countries for postdoctoral research in emerging areas of science and technology. Deadline: 14 January 2025. More

AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy
AAAS and TWAS are seeking candidates for their annual summer course in science diplomacy, to be held on 21–24 July 2025, at TWAS headquarters in Trieste, Italy. Applicants should apply as 'participant pairs': one scientist and one governmental official, decision-maker or diplomat. Deadline: 23 January 2025. More

TWAS NEWS

Rebuilding scientific knowledge post-crisis
At-risk, displaced, and refugee scientists need help from scientific organizations during the crisis itself, said experts at Trieste Next TWAS round table. Counsellor Alessandro Garbellini from MAECI emphasized that science diplomacy plays a pivotal role in this process. More

Introducing science communication to international students
The TWAS Public Information Unit staff organized an interactive session about science communication, the importance of storytelling, conducting interviews, and journalism with the students of the United World College of Adriatic in Duino, Italy. More

Obituary: Prof Rohini Godbole
An outstanding particle physics scientist and a passionate advocate for women in science, Prof. Rohini Godbole passed away on 25 October 2024. Her career is also linked to the Higgs boson and quantum chromodynamics. More

Editorial: Seeding Sciences in the Global South
To achieve sustainable development, countries should strengthen science and technology, wrote TWAS Secretary-General Lilliam Alvarez Díaz in her TWAS Newsletter editorial. More

TWAS announces 2024 slate of awards
The Academy has awarded 25 honours to scientists from the developing world for their standout accomplishments. The awards are among the most prestigious distinctions for scientists from the global South. Discover the profiles and achievements of these scientists. More

TWAS names 2025 class of Fellows
The Academy has named 74 new members, 62 of whom are from the global South. With the election of these new Fellows, TWAS membership is now over 1,440. More

Tapping the potential of ‘Climate Women’
Empowered by a TWAS-Elsevier grant promoting gender equity and climate action, 15 'Climate Women' attended an international workshop on climate change to share best practices and gain awareness of their potential impact on climate issues. More

BWC working paper nods to TWAS programme
A Norwegian Working Paper citing a TWAS science diplomacy programme workshop has been submitted to the fifth session of the Working Group on Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Commission. More

In Thailand, a venture into science diplomacy
The AAAS-TWAS Science Diplomacy course has inspired scientists in Southeast Asia, leading them to organize a pilot event in Bangkok. This event gathered 19 early-to-mid career scientists and policymakers from nine countries within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. More

TWAS grants give Nepal science a leg up
The TWAS Research Grants programme has helped thousands of scientists worldwide. Since 1991, 58 Sida-supported grants have been assigned to Nepali scientists, and since 2012, eight grants have gone to researchers at RIBB. More

TWAS YOUNG AFFILIATES NETWORK (TYAN) NEWS

The call for TYAN Collaborative Grant Awards is open. TYAN Members from LDCs and displaced scientists will be given priority consideration. Deadline: 31 January 2025. More

ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS

IAP

On 10 December, IAP is organizing the virtual webinar 'Unpacking the UN Pact for the Future and its implications for Science Academies'. Participation is free, but registration is required. More

IAP actively contributed to the World Science Forum 2024 in Budapest, discussing risk in policymaking, health impacts of climate change, and education for sustainable development. More

Watch the video recording of the latest IAP webinar, focusing on the role of stakeholders in the global fight against predatory practices in science and research. More

OWSD attended the Continental Conference on Transforming STEM in Africa, organized by UNESCO and the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event facilitated the strengthening of partnerships with like-minded institutions and organizations. More

OWSD has re-established one of its first-ever national chapters in Cuba, which had been inactive for years. It is now OWSD's 56th national chapter. The initiative comes from Cuba-based and diaspora scientists. The chapter is headquartered at the Cuban Academy of Sciences. More

The ICTP-Arab Fund Programme has opened a call for postgraduate fellowships at ICTP in physics and mathematics. Deadline: 28 February 2025. More

ICTP's STEP Programme has opened a call for applications from students in developing countries who are enrolled in a PhD course at their home university. Deadline: 28 February 2025. More

TWAS REGIONAL PARTNERS NEWS

TWAS Central & South Asia Regional Partner (TWAS-CASAREP)
The Divecha Centre for Climate Change, the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, both in Bengaluru, along with TWAS-CASAREP, are organizing an online meeting on 'Climate Action: Addressing Causes and Impact', on 10–12 December 2024. Registration deadline: 8 December. More

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Screenshot of Faith Kandie is a lecturer and water quality researcher at the School of Sciences and Aerospace Studies at Moi University, Kenya.

Faith Kandie is a lecturer and water quality researcher at the School of Sciences and Aerospace Studies at Moi University, Kenya. She is an awardee of the Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI) Programme, supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), and in November 2024 she joined the TWAS Skill Building Workshop in Dakar, Senegal.

"There is no greater joy than seeing young minds flourish
and contribute to the body of scientific knowledge."

Moctar Touré, a TWAS Fellow since 1985, and Emeritus Professor, Senegal

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