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TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences 2014
TWAS Prizes 2014
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TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences 2014
TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences 2014
The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of sciences in developing countries (TWAS) with funding from the Brazilian government for four years announces"TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences 2014". The prize reflects the Brazilian government's strong support for TWAS and, more generally, for helping build scientific capacity in the developing world. It will recognize social scientists who have been living and working in a developing country for at least ten years.
Nominations for the 2014 prize must be submitted by 28 February 2014. Nominations arriving later than this date will be considered in the following year.
Each year the World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of sciences in developing countries (TWAS) awards eight prizes of USD15,000 each to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years. The Prizes are given in the following fields of science: agricultural sciences, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering sciences, mathematics, medical sciences and physics.
Deadline for receiving nominations for the TWAS 2014 Prizes: 28 February 2014.
