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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
11 Aug 2021
Acknowledging the vital role Science and Technology plays in our societies, TWAS Arab Regional Partner has named the theme “Scientific and Technological Achievement in Engineering Sciences” for the 2021 Young Arab Scientist (YAS) Prize. The award aims at recognizing and rewarding the scientific work carried out by individual young scientists who live and work in developing countries.
15 Jul 2021
The initiative convenes researchers in the public health sciences from sub-Saharan Africa and Germany for the exchange of ideas and establishment of networks.