• TWAS-ARO Regional Prize in Science Diplomacy - Call for Nominations
• BA/CSSP Research Grants 2014 Application is now available online
• ASRT: 14th Scientific Contest
• International Social Science Council (ISSC) Funding Programme

TWAS-ARO Regional Prize in Science Diplomacy

Deadline for Nominations: 20 May 2014.
 
The TWAS-ARO Regional Prize 2014 for Science Diplomacy will honor teams who have collaborated on a trans-boundary research project contributing to, or made possible by, good international relations. The aim is to begin to bring the term 'Science Diplomacy' to the attention of both the research and diplomatic communities in developing countries.

The focus on successful regional technical and research cooperation is seen as a way of building trust between the various stakeholders.

Each TWAS Regional Prize winner/s will receive a USD 3,000 cash award.

TWAS will ensure that winners of the prize (every four years) are nominated for the AAAS Science Diplomacy Prize.

The nominations will only be accepted and valid from:

• Members of TWAS-ARO (http://www.bibalex.org/twasaro/members/list.htm)
• Science Academies, National Research Councils, Universities, Scientific Institutions from the Arab Region.

For more information and to download the nomination form, please visit: http://www.bibalex.org/TWAS-ARO/en/News/Details.aspx?newsID=22.

BA/CSSP Research Grants 2014 Application is now available online

Deadline for Application: 31 July 2014.

• Are you looking for a grant to support your research?
• Have earned your PhD within the past five years (following December 2008) in the field of life sciences or expect to earn it by December 2014?
• Are you a young researcher under the age of 35 years by January 2014?
• Are you affiliated to a public/private academic or research institution in Egypt?
• Are you willing to conduct your research in Egypt ?
• Are you currently engaged or can arrange to work on a joint research project with foreign counterpart(s) at a university or research center abroad?

If the answer to the previous questions is “YES”, then apply to BA/CSSP Research Grants 2014.

Research Grants program was established in 2004 to support outstanding young postdoctoral Egyptian researchers who perform cutting edge research and undertake collaborative investigation approaches across the science and technology spectrum, by offering them postdoctoral research grants as well as help them establish connections with Egyptian and international scientists as well as researchers.

The program covers research in Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Information Technology, and Pre-University Education. The maximum duration of the project is 2 years and the maximum budget that can be granted is 75,000 EGP.
The grants are totally financed by the BA. Online blind review process by eminent scientists from different countries all over the world is used to evaluate online submitted proposals.

More information and application requirements are available at: http://www.bibalex.org/CSSP2014.

ASRT: 14^th Scientific Contest

Deadline: 30 June 2014.

The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology is pleased to announce its 14^th Scientific Contest.

Detailed information are found in the following link: http://www.bibalex.org/cssp/opportunities/opportunities.aspx#1.

International Social Science Council (ISSC) Funding Programme

The International Social Science Council (ISSC), launched a new funding programme that will promote research on the fundamental and innovative processes of social transformations ‎needed to secure effective, equitable and durable solutions to some of today's most urgent problems of global change and sustainability-including climate change, biodiversity loss, water and food security, energy production and consumption, poverty and growing inequalities.

For more information, please visit: http://www.bibalex.org/CSSP/News/NewsDetails.aspx?ID=iZBY8oyGgUkyhm6oGOPhLQ==.