Opportunities
Prizes and Awards
TWAS has long recognized that prizes and awards provide an incentive for scientists to do their best work, while winning global recognition. Today, honours awarded by TWAS and its partners are among the most prestigious given for research in the developing world. They range from the TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize, which celebrates the very best research in the South, to prizes awarded to early-career scientists already making impressive contributions to their field.
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Open
Deadline
None
Partner Organizations
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Eligible Nominees from
Any country
Field
Any
Age limit
None
Deadline
Field
Geological Sciences
Age limit
None
Deadline Extended
26 June 2017
Partner Organizations
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Eligible Nominees from
Least developed countries
Field
None
Age limit
None
Deadline Extended
26 June 2017
Partner Organizations
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Eligible Nominees from
Science- and technology-lagging countries
Field
Chemistry
Age limit
40
Deadline
10 July 2017
Partner Organizations
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Eligible Nominees from
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Equatorial
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem. Rep
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Equatorial
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Field
Biological Sciences
Age limit
None
Deadline
10 July 2017
Partner Organizations
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Eligible Nominees from
Field
Medical Sciences
Age limit
None
Deadline
Field
Innovation for Sustainability: Conservation and management of natural resources
Age limit
None
Deadline
1 June 2017
Partner Organizations
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Eligible Nominees from
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Iran, Isl. Rep.
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Syria
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Iran, Isl. Rep.
Jordan
Kyrgyzstan
Mongolia
Nepal
Pakistan
Panama
Peru
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Syria
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Field
None
Age limit
40
Deadline Extended
Field
Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth, Astronomy and Space Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, Physics and Social Sciences*
Age limit
None
Deadline Extended
Field
Economic Sciences
Age limit
None