Click here to view digital versionTWAS Prizes 2010 Closing Date: 31 March 2010
Agency: TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world
TWAS 2010 Prizes will be awarded to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to knowledge in the following eight fields of science: Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics.
Candidates must meet at least one of the following qualifications:
1. Scientific research achievement of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.
2. Outstanding contribution to the application of Science and Technology to industry or to human well-being in a developing country.
Each prize will carry a monetary award of US$ 15,000 and a plaque bearing a citation highlighting the major contribution for which the prize is awarded.
The deadline for receiving nominations is 31 March 2010.
Further details on eligibility criteria and submission procedure are available online at: http://www.twas.org, by clicking on the headings “Programmes” – “Prizes” – “TWAS Prizes” where the Word format of the nomination form might be downloaded.
Contact details: prizes@twas.org
2010 TWOWS Postgraduate Fellowship
Applications are being accepted for the TWOWS Postgraduate Training Fellowships for Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) at Centres of Excellence in the South.
Deadline: 31 July
The TWOWS fellowship is awarded to women scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to pursue a PhD at a centre of excellence in the South in a field of the natural sciences.
Important:
Following recent discussions with donors, earlier restrictions that limited eligible research projects to those in the basic sciences have been dropped. Therefore, applications can now be accepted from female scientists in all branches of the natural sciences.
Deadline to apply is 31 July of each year.
See www.twows.org>Activities>Postgraduate Training Fellowships, for more information on the application procedure, eligibility criteria and to download the application form.
Contact details:
TWOWS Secretariat
Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)
c/o TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world
ICTP Campus, Strada Costiera 11 – 34151 Trieste – Italy
Tel: (+39 040 2240-321)
Fax: (+39 040 2240-689)
E-mail: info@twows.org
http://www.twows.org
ASSAf hosts African Science Academy conference on energy
The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) is hosting the sixth African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) conference which will focus on improving access to energy this year. The conference will be held in Somerset West, Western Cape from 7 to 10 November 2010.