April 2024

The fourth 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 regularly lists calls for applications for developing world researchers to pursue education and training at prestigious universities and research institutes. Discover and share 12 life-changing opportunities??.

1??Mathematicians to award

Outstanding mathematicians working and living in Africa or the Arab region may be nominated for the TWAS-Mohammad A. Hamdan Award. The mathematical work can be related to pure, applied, probability and statistical mathematics. Read more. Applications close on 10 May 2024.

2??Rewarding achievements in life sciences

The TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science awards young scientists from developing countries for their achievements in life sciences. Read more. Applications close on 10 May 2024.

3??Awarding science that cares for sustainability

The TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award bestows women scientists from Least Developed Countries for their impactful results on the environment and biodiversity. Read more. Applications close on 10 May 2024.

4??Seeking outstanding women biologists

Women scientists with impressive results in biology may be nominated for the TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences. Scientists must be from a least developed country in Africa. Read more. Applications close on 10 May 2024.

5??Honouring women scientists from countries lagging in S&T

TWAS is seeking nominations to bestow the 2024 Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi award in chemistry, mathematics, physics or engineering sciences. Candidates are women scientists from the science and technology-lagging countries identified by TWAS. Read more. Applications close on 10 May 2024.

6??TWAS chemistry award seeking nominations

The call is open towards bestowing the 2024 edition of the TWAS-Atta-ur-Rahman Award in Chemistry. TWAS members, science academies and institutions may submit a nomination. Read more. Applications close on 10 May 2024.

7??Cooperation visits in Germany: MENA region

TWAS and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research Foundation offer cooperation visits to postdoctoral scientists from the MENA region. Researchers may pay three-month visits to German institutes to establish new collaborations and longer-term links. Read more. Applications close on 5 June 2024.

8??Cooperation visits in Germany: sub-Saharan Africa

Postdoctoral researchers from sub-Saharan Africa may spend three months at a German institute under the TWAS-Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - German Research FoundationCooperation Visits Programme, to foster new collaborations and build their career. Read more. Applications close on 5 June 2024.

9??Postdoctoral programmes in India

Postdoctoral positions in the physical sciences are available in India, through a TWAS-S.N. Bose joint programme. PhD holders from developing countries, excluding India, are eligible to spend 6–12 months at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Science in Kolkata. Read more. Applications close on 1 July 2024.

1??0??Postgraduate programmes in India

Under a joint TWAS-S.N. Bose programme, MSc scientists from developing countries, excluding India, have the opportunity to pursue a five-year PhD in physical sciences at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, in Kolkata. Read more. Applications close on 1 July 2024.

1??1??Postdoctoral fellowships in Pakistan

PhD holders from developing countries, excluding Pakistan, are invited to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship under the joint TWAS-National Centre for Physics, in Islamabad. Duration of fellowship is 6–12 months. Read more. Applications close on 1 July 2024.

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