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Deadline extended to 14 April for the following awards:
- The 2024 'TWAS Awards'
- The 2024 TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award in Economic Sciences
The Academy provides nine 'TWAS Awards' to individual scientists from developing countries in recognition of an outstanding contribution to scientific knowledge in a field of science listed below, and/or to the application of science and technology to sustainable development.
These awards recognize achievements in: Agricultural Sciences; Biology; Chemistry; Earth, Astronomy and Space Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Mathematics; Medical Sciences; Physics and Social Sciences (excluding Economic Sciences).
In the field of Economic Sciences the TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award will be given to an individual scientist for outstanding contribution in both understanding and addressing economic sciences. This award, which reflects the Chinese Academy of Sciences' strong support to TWAS and, more generally, to build scientific capacity in the developing world, is funded by the Siwei Cheng Foundation of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The outstanding contribution may be defined in relation to existing opportunities and realistic possibilities available to the candidate. This applies particularly to candidates from scientifically disadvantaged countries.
Each award is worth USD 10,000.
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Please in particular do nominate for the TWAS Award in Social Sciences and for the TWAS-Siwei Cheng Award in Economic Sciences.
Please especially consider women scientists and candidates from scientifically lagging countries.
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