Grants for Joint Research & Technology Transfer Valued at USD 50,000 from IsDB-TWAS

IsDB-TWAS offers a grant opportunity and invites qualified researchers from 57 IsDB countries to form a joint research collaboration consisting of two groups from different countries working on areas related to the post-COVID-19 pandemic. As this grant will be awarded to the project which demonstrates the best potential to advance knowledge and help address the challenges created by the coronavirus and future pandemics.  

If you get this opportunity, you will have:

• A grant of a maximum of USD 50,000 per research group ­­– USD 100,000 total for the joint project.

You must meet the following criteria:

• The Principle Investigator (PI) of every team must: 
• be a national of an IsDB member country.
• hold a PhD with good research experience.
• lead her/his research group.
• One PI MUST be from an IsDB Least Developed Member Country and the other from any of the eligible IsDB member countries.
• Each member of the group should operate in a university or research institution in one of the IsDB member countries.
• Applications from women scientists are especially encouraged.
• The program will choose one joint- project per year.
• Individual young scientists or leaders of research units currently holding a TWAS Research Grant in the Basic Sciences are not eligible.
• Applicants cannot apply for other TWAS programs i.e. Postdoctoral, Visiting Scholar, and Visiting Researcher programs within the same year in order to be present in their home country throughout the duration of the grant.

Please note: The PI will be responsible for:

• The coordination of the research, submission of requested documentation, and reporting of the expenses.
• All TWAS correspondence will be with each PI.

About IsDB-TWAS: 

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and TWAS have partnered to promote and support quick-response research on key challenges related to the post-COVID-19 pandemic. The IsDB-TWAS Joint Research & Technology Transfer Grant program is fully funded by the IsDB and established to develop collaboration between researchers of IsDB member countries.

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