TWAS─Samira Omar $ 4,000 Award for Women for Sustainability
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The deadline passed on 12 May 2021. The details below are kept for reference.
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Applicant criteria
- NationalityMauritania, Somalia, Yemen
- Age13 - 50
- GenderBoth
Opportunity criteria
- Job locationCanada
- Needed documentsCV, Cover Letter, Recommendation Letter, Application form
- Deadline2021-05-12
Opportunity description
The World Academy of Sciences is offering Samira Omar Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing countries. This annual award, named after the TWAS Fellow Samira Omar, recognizes scientists from Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The 2021 award will honour a woman scientist working in an area relevant to sustainability.
Benefits
It carries a cash award of USD4,000
Eligibility criteria
- The 2021 award will be awarded to a woman scientist national of a Least Developing Country (LDC)
- Living and working in a LDC during the last two years immediately prior to their nomination
- Based on scientific achievements in any of the thematic areas below:
- Clean and renewable energy
- Green chemistry
- Sustainable agriculture and agrobiodiversity
- Plastic: degradation, pollution and microplastics
- Water purification and sanitation
- Climate change: environmental effects, methane contribution, carbon capture
- Transportation technologies: efficiency for smart cities
- Waste management
- Biodiversity: the extinction, ecosystem services
- Ecological economics and planetary health
- Self nominations will not be considered.
- Fellows of TWAS are not eligible.
About The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS):
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a global science academy founded in 1983 in Italy 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. The academy works for the advancement of science in developing countries and supports sustainable prosperity through research, education, policy, and diplomacy.
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