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TWASnews

  1. We're already receiving submissions for the TWAS Photo Contest! Thank you! :-) tinyurl.com/bwjhgcb 3:46 PM May 22nd via web
  2. TWAS is launching a photo contest! The theme is 'sustainable energy for all'. twas.ictp.it/news-in-home-p… 7:22 AM May 14th via web
  3. CNPq-TWAS call for postgraduate and postdoc Fellowship proposals is now open. For complete details and procedures, see: cnpq.br/editais/ct/201… 7:20 AM Apr 17th via web
  4. TWAS is ooking for examples of new products or services that have had impacts on economic development in the South: tinyurl.com/clc4c2r 7:18 AM Apr 17th via web
  5. NEW! Graduate student research and other opportunities in Climate Risk Management available. Deadline 30 March: tinyurl.com/6uyg7f7 6:11 AM Mar 16th via web
  6. Vaughan Turekian discusses AAAS's new science & diplomacy quarterly and new international programme with TWAS: tinyurl.com/7dz9uy4 11:12 PM Mar 15th via web
  7. In a seminar given at TWAS, Australian Mary O'Kane explains how supporting excellent science can spur productivity: tinyurl.com/7vg98ud 11:46 PM Mar 13th via web
  8. Call for nomination for the 2012 Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize - in 'Human Health' - now open. Deadline 30 April: tinyurl.com/6zeok2z 11:43 PM Mar 13th via web
  9. Call for application for TWAS South-South postgraduate, postdoctoral and visiting scientist fellowships now open: tinyurl.com/4hodd85 11:41 PM Mar 13th via web
  10. Call for applications for Fellowships for Young Women Scientists from Sub-Saharan Africa and LDCs now open: tinyurl.com/4ylx6fb 11:40 PM Mar 13th via web
  11. Closing date for applications/nominations to TWAS-ROCASA Young Affiliate scheme is 15 March: tinyurl.com/8xlgqte 2:40 AM Mar 8th via web
  12. OWSD President Prof. Fang Xin releases statement on occasion of International Women's Day: tinyurl.com/6qr9pcp 11:44 PM Mar 6th via web
  13. Latest TWAS Newsletter went online today: tinyurl.com/7gzwofz 8:45 AM Mar 2nd via web
  14. Deadline for applications for collaboration visits to Germany for postdocs from sub-Saharan Africa is 31 March: tinyurl.com/75orp6m 7:47 AM Jan 27th via web
  15. IAMP Young Physician Leaders article in the Lancet: Confronting challenges faced by young leaders in the health sector: tinyurl.com/7jhcmfo 3:14 AM Jan 27th via web
  16. Improving access to energy in Africa - a new report published by the African Science Academy Development Initiative: tinyurl.com/cdp6rky 11:06 PM Dec 20th, 2011 via web
  17. Science in the Arab Spring - as reported by Moneef Zou'bi of the Islamic World Academy of Sciences: tinyurl.com/6pbmwpf 11:03 PM Dec 20th, 2011 via web
  18. TWAS Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 3 now online: tinyurl.com/causudl 11:11 PM Dec 11th, 2011 via web
  19. Luis Davidovich (FTWAS, Brazil) has hopes for the impact of quantum physics research in developing countries. tinyurl.com/crv3pa4 11:10 PM Dec 11th, 2011 via web
  20. TWAS, EDF and Royal Society launch report on governance of research into solar radiation management: See tinyurl.com/7cmglfj 11:55 PM Dec 1st, 2011 via web
  • Name TWAS
  • Location Trieste, Italy
  • Web http://www.twas.org
  • Bio TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, promotes scientific excellence for sustainable development in the South.
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