Research Grants Programme
Grant
The Third World Academy of Science (TWAS)
Purpose

- The TWAS Research Grants Programme in Basic Sciences was established in 1986 in response to the needs of promising young researchers in developing countries, particularly those attached to institutions that lack appropriate research facilities.
- Under this scheme creative researchers in the South working in the fields of basic sciences are awarded grants to enable them to purchase the research facilities they need to enhance their productivity. The purpose of these grants is to reinforce and promote scientific research in basic sciences in the Third World, to strengthen the endogenous capacity in science, and to reduce the exodus of scientific talents from the South.
- The TWAS Research Grants Programme in basic sciences complements that of the International Foundation for Science (IFS) which has been operating since 1974 in the field of applied biological sciences. The two organizations have been in close contact since the beginning of the TWAS programme so as to ensure the complementarity of the two schemes and to avoid any unnecessary duplication.
Nature
- Research grants are awarded by the Academy for high-level and promising scientific research projects to be carried out by individual scientists in developing countries.
- The TWAS Research Grants Programme is generously supported by the Swedish - Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries (SAREC) and the Italian Government (through the Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo). The SAREC contribution is mainly intended to support research proposals from African countries and other developing countries badly in need of basic research tools.
- A Research Grant amounts to a maximum of US$10,000.00.- and is normally provided for a period of one year. Requests for additional grants to allow for an extension of a successful project will be considered by the Academy, subject to the submission of a satisfactory final report on the previous grant.
- A grant may be used to purchase scientific apparatus, consumable materials, specialized literature and other items needed for the project which are not obtainable locally. The grant does not cover salaries and travel expenses.
- Personal computers are normally not covered under this scheme, except in very exceptional cases where the need is fully justified.
Eligibility
Applicants should be nationals of developing countries with an advanced academic degree and some research experience, and hold positions at universities or research institutes in developing countries. As a general rule the grants are normally awarded to young competent scientists (under the age of 45 years) from those developing countries whete the basic tools of research are seriously lacking.
Agreement
A written agreement is made between the Academy, the grantee and his/her institute. The institute undertakes to administer the grant according to the agreement and to provide laboratory space, salaries and other facilities necessary for the project. Equipment, material and literature provided for the project through the Research Grants Programme remain the property of the institute after the project is completed.
The grantee is required to submit a final report within one year from the date of commencement of the project.
Budget

US$10,000.00.-
Research Areas

The Research Grants Programme provides support for research projects in the following fields of basic sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.
Deadline

1 July and 1 December of each year
Contact

Mrs. M.T. Mahdavi
Office of the Executive Director, Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
c/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
P.O.Box 586-Via Beirut-34100 Trieste-Italy
Phone : (+39 040) 2240-325 Fax : (+39 040) 224559, 224163 E-mail : twas@ictp.trieste.it
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