TWAS-ISC-IAP launch “Science in Exile” Network
To increase awareness and active support for discplaced scientists and researchers, the International Science Council (ISC), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) have launched a joint, global at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists’ initiative. The project began with a planning and network-building phase mid-2020 and will now start to set up […]
Global Young Academy achieves gender parity of membership with new member cohort
Under the leadership of Leila Niamir (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany) the 69-member Selection Committee of the Global Young Academy (GYA) has finalised the selection of 31 new members to join the GYA in June 2021 for a tenure of five years. The GYA new member cohort includes representatives from […]
TWAS regional workshop on science diplomacy at Bibliotheca Alexandrina
GYA member Mohamed Elhadidy (Egypt) spoke at the June 2019 BA-TWAS-AAAS Regional Workshop on Science Diplomacy. The workshop was held at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) in Alexandria, Egypt, in cooperation with The World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries’ Arab Regional Partner (TWAS-AREP) and the American Association for the Advancement […]
TWAS regional workshop ‘Building Skills for Scientific Research’
GYA member Suraj Bhattarai spoke at a Regional Research Grants Workshop titled ‘Building Skills for Scientific Research’. The three-day workshop in June was organized by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), in Kathmandu, Nepal. Over 40 TWAS Research Grant awardees from Asia and Latin America attended the workshop. Suraj Bhattarai was invited to speak at […]
Poverty eradication through technology? GYA at IAP SPEC Conference
Two GYA members spoke at the third IAP Science for Poverty Eradication Committee (SPEC) Conference, which took place from 27-29 March 2019, in in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference addressed the topic ‘How Can Science and Technology Contribute to the Reduction of Poverty and Inequality’, and was supported by he Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), […]
TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme
Funding opportunity for researchers from developing countries – the TWAS- UNESCO Associateship Scheme. Visits to centres of excellence in the South for research collaboration will be funded. Deadline for the application is 1 December 2012! Researchers from developing countries receive funding to visit participating centres of excellence in the South for research collaboration. An associate […]
Innovations in Science and Technology in Developing Countries – Competition
Participate in a competition on the innovative use of science and technology in developing countries! TWAS and ISTIC are collaborating on a project aimed at identifying, rewarding and disseminating best practices in the innovative use of science and technology in the development of new products, processes or services that have had impacts on economic development […]