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A Call for Action to support at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists. Launch of the Science in Exile Declaration

10 Apr 2022

On 20 April 2022 the Science in Exile initiative will launch the Science in Exile Declaration “Supporting at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists: A call to action”.

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AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy

05 Apr 2022

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington, DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates for the AAAS-TWAS Course on Science Diplomacy to be held online from 25 July to 3 August 2022.

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TWAS Awards & TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award

15 Mar 2022

The Academy provides nine 'TWAS Awards' to individual scientists from developing countries in recognition of an outstanding contribution to scientific knowledge in a field of science listed below, and/or to the application of science and technology to sustainable development.

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TWAS-Elsevier Foundation new project grants for women in climate action

07 Mar 2022

The UNESCO-TWAS is partnering with the Elsevier Foundation to launch a new programme for capacity building in science and technology focusing on women and on climate action in 2022: “TWAS - Elsevier Foundation Project Grants for Gender Equity and Climate Action”.

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UNESCO-TWAS–COMSTECH Science in Exile Fellowship Programme for displaced and refugee scholars and scientists

29 Dec 2021

UNESCO-TWAS has partnered with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH) for the UNESCO-TWAS – COMSTECH Science in Exile Fellowship Programme for displaced and refugee scholars and scientists. The PhD or Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme aims to provide displaced and refugee scientists who have not yet found a safe and long-term host country to pursue postdoctoral studies in Pakistan, at institutions members of the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence (CCoE), starting in 2022.

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Predatory Academic Practices: Regional Perspectives and Learning

14 Dec 2021

This series of five webinars – hosted by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) with the Global Young Academy (GYA), the Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia (AASSA), the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the Inter-American Network of Academies of Science (IANAS), the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC), and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) – is designed to help researchers in their respective regions learn more about predatory academic practices and minimise their risk of using them.

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TWAS-AREP Young Scientists Training Program: "Climate Change: Lens on Priorities" Workshop

16 Nov 2021

The Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) in collaboration with The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries' Arab Regional Partner (TWAS-AREP) organize an online workshop on Climate Change within the framework of the Young Scientists Training Program on 7-8 December 2021, within the framework of TWAS-AREP Young Scientists Training Program.

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Green Economy: Concept and Practices

15 Nov 2021

Green Economy: Concept and Practices The Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina's Academic Research Sector, and the World Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Science in Developing Countries Arab Regional Partner (TWAS-AREP) are hosting a webinar entitled Green Economy: Concept and Practices on Monday, 15th November 2021 at 1:00 pm (Cairo time)

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TWAS Awards Series: Fifth Webinar in Medical and Biological Sciences.

12 Oct 2021

This is the fifth event of the 2020 Awards Webinar Series that gives an opportunity to TWAS Award winners to deliver brief presentations on their accomplishments. The fifth webinar will take place on Thursday, 14 October at 1 p.m., Rome time, and will focus on medical and biological Sciences.

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Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program For Egyptian and African Young Researchers

06 Oct 2021

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) and the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) are pleased to announce that the Joint ASRT-BA Research Grants Program for Young Researchers “Second Call” is now open.

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