Grants for Researchers in Basic Sciences from the World Academy of Sciences 2021

The World Academy of Science (TWAS) is offering the TWAS Research Grants Programme in Basic Sciences that was established in response to the needs of researchers in developing countries, particularly those attached to institutions that lack appropriate research facilities. Under this scheme, grants can be awarded for research projects in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics either to individual young researchers or to research units in the science-and-technology-lagging countries (S&TLC) identified by TWAS, to enable them to purchase the research facilities they need to enhance their productivity.

The TWAS Research Grants Programme in Basic Sciences aims to:

• Reinforce and promote scientific research in basic sciences in developing countries;
• Strengthen developing countries' endogenous capacity in science;
• Reduce the exodus of scientific talents from the South;
• Build and sustain units of scientific excellence in S&TLC over a longer period to help them achieve a critical mass of highly qualified and innovative scientists capable of addressing real-life problems facing their countries.

• Research Grants to research units amount to a maximum of USD 30,000.
• The grants, which are normally provided for a period of 24 months, may be used to purchase scientific equipment, consumables, and specialized literature (textbooks and proceedings only). They do not cover salaries of researchers and/or students, field expenses, or travel expenses. In addition, the purchase of laptops, tablets, drones, and laboratory animals is not supported.
• Awarded research units must also support at least one MSc student as part of the project (full details will be provided to successful candidates).

• Applying research units must be led by a renowned researcher who is a national of a developing country, who holds a PhD, and who has good research experience. The research unit should operate within a university or a research institution in one of the S&TLCs and should include a minimum of the Principle Investigator (group leader), plus at least two PhD-qualified researchers and a number of PhD and MSc students, technicians, etc. There is no age limit for unit leaders.
• Applicant must at the time of application NOT have an active research grant with TWAS or OWSD Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) Fellowship.
• Each applicant must have at least one MSc student under his/her supervision.
• Applications from women scientists and those working in the least Developed Countries are especially encouraged.
• You must submit a strong Research Proposal.
• Research unit leaders who submit a satisfactory final report on a previous grant may apply for a renewal.
• Applicants may apply for only one program per calendar year in the TWAS and OWSD portfolios. Applicants will not be eligible to visit another institution in that year under the TWAS Visiting Scientists the Visiting Professor programs. One exception: The head of an institution who invites an external scholar to share his/her expertise under the TWAS Visiting Professor program or the TWAS Visiting Expert program may still apply for another program.

About 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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