TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world offers fellowships in the natural sciences for postgraduate, postdoctoral, advanced research and visiting scholars. The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable in Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico and Pakistan at specific institutions in these countries and each programme has its specific age requirement and eligibility criteria.
This year a number of new programmes are being launched, including: fellowships with CONACYT (Mexico) for both postgraduate and postdoctoral studies, visiting scholars fellowships tenable at USM (Malaysia) and postdoctoral fellowships tenable at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (India).
Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.
Please visit www.twas.org under the 'Programmes' tab, subheading 'Exchange', for updated news regarding all the programmes, participating countries and where you may download the application forms, or contact fellowships@twas.org for additional information.
Contact Details
TWAS Fellowships Office
Email: fellowships@twas.org
Tel: +39 040 2240 314
Fax: +39 040 2240 689
Email: fellowships@twas.org
Tel: +39 040 2240 314
Fax: +39 040 2240 689