TWAS Fellowships: 2011 Call for Applications Opens on 1 March

Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries. Deadlines vary.

TWAS Fellowships: 2011 call for applications opens on 1 March

From 1 March, TWAS will accept applications for its postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholars and advanced research fellowship programmes. The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various countries in the South, including Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Thailand and Kenya. Eligible fields include: agricultural and biological sciences, medical and health sciences, chemistry, engineering, astronomy, space and earth sciences, mathematics and physics.

Please see www.twas.org > Programmes > Exchange for the latest information regarding all these programmes, including eligibility criteria, deadlines, etc, and to download the application forms. Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.

Fellowships overview

Summary of fellowships available for postgraduate training, postdoctoral and advanced research.

The 2011 call for applications will open on 1 March. Application forms will be made available on this webpage from this date.

IMPORTANT

  • Applicants should be aware that they can apply for ONLY ONE of the programmes listed on this page per year. All fellowship programmes offered by TWAS and OWSDW (formerly TWOWS) are mutually exclusive. 
  • Acceptance letters for 2011 applications must show the starting date as 2012 since successful candidates can only start their fellowships in the year following the application.

 

For information on the TWAS-UNESCO Associateship Scheme, the TWAS Research Professors in Least Developed Countries, the ICSU-TWAS-UNESCO-UNU/IAS Visiting Scientist Programme or the TWAS-DFG Cooperation Visits Programme, please see: Research Collaboration.