TWAS SIWEI CHENG AWARD IN ECONOMIC SCIENCES

Application Deadline: 31 March 2024

LOCATION: Italy

With funding from the Siwei Cheng Foundation of the Education Foundation of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the award will recognize economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least 10 years. The cycle of the Award is now every two years. The award reflects the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ strong support to TWAS and, more generally, seeks to build scientific capacity in the developing world. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates for the TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award in Economic Sciences must be economic scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination. They must meet at least one of the following qualifications:

Scientific research achievement in economic sciences of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.

Outstanding contribution to the application of economic sciences to sustainable development.

Members of TWAS are not eligible for the award.

Self-nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered.

TWAS is inviting nominations from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.

Nominations can only be submitted electronically through the on-line nomination platform and clearly state the candidate’s contribution to understanding and addressing economic sciences.

Nominations of women social scientists and candidates from scientifically lagging countries are particularly encouraged.

BENEFIT:

An award of US$10,000 is given in the field of Economic Sciences.

The award is accompanied by a medal.

The award will be presented on a special occasion, often coinciding with the General Conference of TWAS.

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THE WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (TWAS) AWARDS

Application Deadline: 31 March 2024

LOCATION: Italy

The TWAS Awards (previosuly called ‘TWAS Prizes’) are awarded to individual scientists from developing countries in recognition of an outstanding contribution to scientific knowledge in nine fields of sciences and/or to the application of science and technology to sustainable development. The Academy provides nine awards to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least 10 years. The cycle of the TWAS Awards is now every two years.

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates for a TWAS Award must be scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination. They must meet at least one of the following qualifications:

Scientific research achievement of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.

Outstanding contribution to the application of science and technology to sustainable development.

BENEFIT:

TWAS provides nine awards of USD 10,000 in the following fields: Agriculture, Nutrition & Food Systems Sciences; Biological Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Earth, Climate & Environmental Sciences; Engineering & Computer Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Medical & Health Sciences; Physics, Astronomy & Space Sciences; Social Sciences*.

Each award is accompanied by a plaque.

Awards are usually presented on a special occasion, often coinciding with the General Meeting of TWAS.

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