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TWAS-CAS YOUNG SCIENTISTS AWARD FOR FRONTIER SCIENCE

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Application Deadline: 14 March 2025

LOCATION: China

This annual award, established in 2020, recognizes scientific achievements by young scientists living and working in a developing country. The sixth edition of the award will recognize achievements in the Physical Sciences (including physics and chemistry). 

TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2025 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities, and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.

ELIGIBILITY:

Eligible candidates are young scientists (not older than 45 years of age), national of a developing country, who have been living and working in a developing country for a minimum of two years immediately prior to their nomination.

In 2025 the award will recognize achievements in the Physical Sciences (including Physics and Chemistry).

Self nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered. Fellows of TWAS are not eligible.

The same nominee cannot be nominated for more than one ‘Fellows of TWAS Awards’ in a given year. The secretariat retains the right to bring to the attention of the relevant nominators that the nomination may be suitable for another award, and the final decision whether or not to shift the nomination will be taken by the nominators themselves.

Selection of the winner is made on scientific merit. A pre-screening of the nominees will be done at TWAS. The nomination dossiers of the qualified candidates will then be submitted to jury members for their evaluation. Based on this evaluation the winner will be selected.

The nominations can only be submitted electronically through the online platform by clicking on the “NEW NOMINATION” button at the bottom of this page.

To resume working on saved nominations, click on the “RESUME” button at the bottom of this page.

The deadline for receiving nominations is 14 March 2025, however, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the deadline but submit the nomination as early as you can to enable us to process it as quickly as possible.

Before starting compiling the nomination, PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE MAXIMUM CHARACTERS ALLOWED.

BENEFIT:

The recipients receive USD10,000.

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TWAS-CNPQ POSTGRADUATE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME

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Application Deadline: 21 February 2025

LOCATION:  Brazil

The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) in Brasilia, Brazil, and TWAS offer full-time postgraduate fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD at host institutes in Brazil.

ELIGIBILITY:

Developing countries in the South

Applicants for these fellowships must meet the following criteria:

Hold a university degree in the Natural Sciences (minimum Master’s degree).

Have good command of Portuguese and/or Spanish and/or English.

Be a national of a developing country other than Brazil.

Must not hold a visa for permanent or temporary residency in Brazil or in a developed country and not be residing in these locations.

Provide evidence that s/he will return to her/his home country on completion of the fellowship.

Not take up other assignments during the period of her/his fellowship.

Provide an official acceptance letter from the host institution (that must be prepared using the standard template that can be downloaded below or from the CNPq online application system of the Carlos Chagas Platform) and be willing to register for a full PhD degree  at a participating CAPES-listed Brazilian institution (see list at: https://nuvem.cnpq.br/index.php/s/TJkw5YM8jCpozqk for the Portuguese version,  or https://nuvem.cnpq.br/index.php/s/BZfqcyWgfXXC5PG for the English version).  

Present a certificate of proficiency in Portuguese, Spanish, or English. For English: provide evidence, such as a standardized test result (e.g. TOEFL, IELTS, etc.). If the educational/academic trajectory was carried out in English, Portuguese or Spanish, present the high school diploma, higher education or master’s degree (MSc) certificates in these languages as applicable.

Have an updated Curriculum Vitae on CNPq’s Lattes Platform at https://wwws.cnpq.br/cvlattesweb/pkg_cv_estr.inicio (see guidelines on CV Lattes and online applications available for download below).

Present a detailed research plan agreed by her/his host supervisor.

Be financially responsible for any accompanying family members.

BENEFIT:

The resources from this call will be used to finance up to 50 Full Doctorate fellowships in Brazil, in compliance with the provisions of their respective regulations, as per RN-017/2006
Scholarships also called Fellowships:
Up to 50 scholarships will be awarded in the Full Doctorate modality.
The implementation of the fellowships must be carried out within the deadlines and criteria stipulated by CNPq, taking as reference the RN-017/2006.
The duration of the scholarships cannot exceed 48 months.
Grants cannot be used to pay for services rendered, as such use is prohibited and violates the purpose of CNPq grants.
TWAS Visa Cost Assistance: Assistance for expenses related to visa procedures carried out in the country of origin in the amount of up to two hundred and fifty US dollars (US$250).
Travel Assistance: Two round-trip travel tickets from the country of origin to Brazil and back.
Summary Table of the items financed by the call:

PhDValueInstitution Responsible
Monthly feesR$ 3,100.00CNPq
Bench fee (paid together with the scholarship monthly payment) R$ 472.80CNPq
Travel assistanceTwo one-way tickets to/from BrazilTWAS
Visa Cost Assistanceup to US$ 250TWAS

Important: After the candidate has been approved and all contractual procedures and documentation have been completed and submitted to CNPq, the initial fellowship credit processing in Brazil may take up to 50 days from the submission of personal and banking information to CNPq. Therefore, it is important that the awardee arrives to Brazil with sufficient resources to support themselves during this period before the release of the first stipend.

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