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TWAS Newsletter Vol. 23 No. 4

TWAS_UNESCO: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is responsible for the administration of TWAS finance and staff, based on an agreement between the two organizations and the Italian government which provides the Academy with its core funding. TWAS collaborates closely with UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector. With ICSU and UNU/IAS, TWAS and UNESCO co-sponsor the joint visiting scientist programme. With ICGEB, TWAS and UNESCO/IBSP have recently launched a new joint project on capacity building in basic molecular biology. UNESCO also provides financial support for the TWAS associateship programme at centres of excellence in the South.

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TWAS is an autonomous international organization, based in Trieste, Italy, that promotes scientific excellence for sustainable development in the South. Read more

News

A fond farewell

31 January 2012. Daniel Schaffer, TWAS's Public Information Officer, is retiring. In his concluding article for the 'TWAS Newsletter', he speaks about having been witness to the historic changes in scientific capacity taking place in the developing world over the past 15 years.

Science in the Arab Spring

20 December. Science could be both a source and beneficiary of the dramatic changes taking place in the Arab region. But progress will only take place if the movement stays true to its abiding principles of democracy and transparency.

Empowering Africa

12 December. At a time when increasing access to electricity is driving economic growth in a number of developing countries, sub-Saharan Africa's electricity supplies remain stagnant.

Announcing Atta-ur-Rahman Prize in Chemistry

22 November. TWAS has announced the launch of the Atta-ur-Rahman Prize in Chemistry. The announcement was made at the 22nd General Meeting of TWAS held in Trieste.

Database of centres of excellence in ICT launched

The EuroAfrica-ICT project, of which TWAS is a participant, has launched a database of African centres of excellence in the field of information and communication technologies (ICT).

TWAS-DFG collaboration

TWAS and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) are offering a collaborative programme for scientists in sub-Saharan Africa. Deadline for applications: 31 March 2012.

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Announcements

Call to Action for Scientists in Agriculture, Water and Climate Change

The Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI) is calling all scientists and researchers involved in agriculture, water, and climate change challenges in Africa to identify and create a plan to solve a particular scientific challenge that can help people living on under $2 a day.

TWAS Fellowships: 2012 call for applications

Royal Society Pfizer Award 2012: Call for nominations

The Royal Society is inviting nominations of research scientists working in Africa in the early stages of their research careers. Deadline: 6 February 2012.

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Archivio degli articoli in italiano

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TWAS's 23rd General Meeting and 12th General Conference will be held in Tianjin, China, 18-21 September 2012. Business meetings will take place on 17 September.

TWAS's 22nd General Meeting took place at the Academy's headquarters in November 2011. Read More

TWAS's 21st General Meeting was held in Hyderabad, India, from 19 to 22 October 2010. Read More

TWAS's 11th General Conference and 20th General Meeting took place in Durban, South Africa, from 20 to 23 October 2009. Read More

Upcoming deadlines

TWAS supports researchers in developing countries through a variety of grants and fellowships. The dates for applications vary, and we're telling you here what's up next.

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Excellence in science series: Excellence in Science: Profiles of Research Institutions in Developing Countries is a series of booklets published by TWAS highlighting successful scientific institutions in the South. Ten institutions have so far been profiled: INBio (Costa Rica), CBS (Tunisia), IMRA (Madagascar), CDRI (India), IMPLAD (China), IHI (Tanzania), SAIAB (South Africa), NARL (Uganda), ORI (Botswana) and IMS (Zanzibar, Tanzania). The volumes are also available for download as PDF files.

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Scienza Express is a young Italian publishing house that focuses on scientific themes. Its mission is to bridge the gap between the scientific community and the citizenry. Scienza Express is now partnering with TWAS to publish a new book series presenting successful examples of good science in the developing countries. Sharing science is the goal that makes Scienza Express and TWAS perfect partners.

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Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation

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