September 2025

The 21st edition of the new LinkedIn Newsletter 'TWAS Opportunity Corner' presents opportunities for career advancement for early-career scientists from the global South.

This must-read bulletin regularly lists calls for applications for developing world researchers to pursue education and training at prestigious universities and research institutes. Discover and share 5 life-changing opportunities⤵️.

1️⃣TWAS-SN Bose Postdoctoral Fellowships available

Are you a  scholar from a developing country aiming to carry out postdoctoral research in physical sciences? The TWAS-S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science in Kolkata postdoctoral programme might be right for you. Read more. Deadline: 22 September 2025.

2️⃣Postgraduate fellowships in physical sciences available

TWAS and S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences joint fellowships are available to foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to earn a PhD in physical sciences. Read more. Applications due by 22 September 2025.

3️⃣TWAS Fellowships for Research and Advanced Training

Would you like to spend spend three to 12 months at a research institution in a developing country other than your own? TWAS offers fellowships to promising, early-career scientists in developing countries to enhance their research skills. Read more. Deadline: 6 October.

4️⃣TWAS Visiting Expert Programme

Institutions and research groups, especially in the UN-identified Least Developed Countries, can build long-term links with world leaders in areas of science other than mathematics and physics. Read more. Deadline: 6 October.

5️⃣TWAS-SISSA-Lincei programme opens again

Under the TWAS-SISSA-Lincei Cooperation Visits Programme, young scientists from the least developed countries who hold an MSc (or higher degree) can visit laboratories in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy, to carry out collaborative research projects and internships. Read more. Deadline: 15 October.