Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), a research center established in July 2003 in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, aims to play a significant role in the progress of science and technology in Egypt. The CSSP will help researchers and scientists to get the best support needed to advance their work through international collaborations.
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Science Supercourse
TWAS Prizes 2012
2012 TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences
Egypt and the Nile Basin: Between Past, Present and Future
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Science Supercourse
Science Supercourse
Science Supercourse is a project jointly coordinated by Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, and Ronald Laporte, Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Disease Monitoring and Telecommunications at the University of Pittsburgh.
This effort was designed to improve information sharing among professionals and educators in four major fields of science: public health, agriculture, computer engineering, and environment. Lectures are shared in PowerPoint format to empower educators around the world.
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The SSC is based on involving the community and encouraging professors and experts to participate by adding their own lectures to the website for the benefit of students and teachers everywhere.
If you are a Professor of Agriculture, Computer Engineering, Health or Environmental Health, be part of the SSC and upload your lectures.
TWAS 2012 Prizes will be awarded to individual scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to knowledge in the following eight fields of science: Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics.
Candidates must meet at least one of the following qualifications:
1. Scientific research achievement of outstanding significance for the development of scientific thought.
2. Outstanding contribution to the application of Science and Technology to industry or to human well-being in a developing country.
Members of TWAS and candidates for TWAS membership are not eligible for TWAS Prizes.
The deadline to receive complete nominations is 29 February 2012.
With funding from the Brazilian government for four years, the annual prize will carry a USD15,000 cash award. The prize reflects the Brazilian government's strong support for TWAS and, more generally, for helping to build scientific capacity in the developing world. The TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize is named after the renowned Brazilian economist, Celso Monteiro Furtado (1920-2004).
The first prize winner will be announced in 2012.
Candidates for the TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences must be scientists who have been working and living in a developing country for at least ten years immediately prior to their nomination. They must meet the following criterion:
- To have made an outstanding contribution in both understanding and addressing social sciences disciplines such as economics, political sciences and sociology.
Members of TWAS and candidates for TWAS membership are not eligible for TWAS Prizes.
The deadline to receive complete nominations is29 February 2012.
Egypt and the Nile Basin: Between Past, Present and Future
Egypt and the Nile Basin: Between Past, Present and Future
On 27 December 2011, the Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP), in collaboration with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World-Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO) organized a public lecture titled Egypt and the Nile Basin: Between Past, Present and Future.
The Lecture was presented by H.E.Dr. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid, President of the Arab Water Council and Former Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation. The Lecture discussed the relations between Egypt and the Nile Basin countries and the current conventions and initiatives; it also reviewed the current Egyptian water situation, the Egyptian plan to face it, and future requirements. Around 100 participants attended the Lecture.
For more information on the Lecture and to view the Lecture webcast please visit:
