TWAS Exchange Program for 6 Months in India and South Africa 2021

World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is offering an exchange program for Master or PhD Holders. The aim of the visit is to provide the opportunity to become acquainted with the scientific process, including how to develop a research project and take it to a successful conclusion and how to teach, train and transfer knowledge to younger students and researchers.

The Program:

• Covers Travel expenses.
• Provide subsistence costs for the stay at the host institution.
• Provide the laboratory facilities and the research support.

1. Applicants must be a maximum age of 45 years on 31 December of the application year;
2. Applicants must have a MSc, preferably a PhD;
3. Applicants must be living and working in a Least Developed Country (LDC);
4. Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply;
5. Proposals need to be on projects relevant to:

•  ICGEB Cape Town:

1. Parasitic Diseases
2. Human viral diseases
3. Cancer
4. Biopesticides
5. Systems Biology

• ICGEB New Delhi:

1. Agricultural biotechnology
2. Human Viral Diseases
3. Human Parasitic Diseases (Malaria)
4. Recombinant Diagnostics & Vaccines development
5. Cancer
6. Biofuels.

Required Documents:

• Scanned copy of your passport, even if expired (page with your name and surname)
• CV, maximum two pages including a list of your 6 best publications
• A recent invitation letter from the ICGEB host Professor which should contain the proposed time of the visit (up to 6 months) and should refer to the proposed cooperation. The letters need to be on headed paper and signed
• Copy of your MSc certificate;
• Evidence of proficiency in English;
• Supporting statement from the Head/Director of the applicant's home institute: it must confirm that the Head/Director is favourable to the application and that the applicant will be granted leave to take up the cooperation visit in South Africa or India if awarded.

About World Academy of Sciences (TWAS):

The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries – works to support sustainable prosperity through research, education, policy and diplomacy. TWAS is a global science academy based in Trieste, Italy. TWAS was founded in 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world, under the leadership of Abdus Salam, the Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate. They shared a belief that developing nations, by building strength in science and engineering, could build the knowledge and skill to address such challenges as hunger, disease and poverty. From the start, the Academy had essential support from Italian scientists and political leaders.

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