Deadline: 1 December 2015
The World Academy of Sciences TWAS is going to organize Scientific Meetings in Developing countries during July-December 2016.
TWAS encourages the organization of high level international and regional scientific activities in developing countries by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in these countries. Grants are offered for meetings in the following fields of natural sciences: agricultural, biological, chemical, engineering, geological and medical sciences.
Benefits
- Support is normally provided in the form of travel grants for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from developing countries other than the country where the meeting is held. The amount provided normally does not exceed USD5,000.
- Special consideration will be given to those meetings that are likely to benefit the scientific communitiy in developing countries and promote regional and international cooperation in science, technology and innovation and their applications to real-world problems.
- The grant is intended only for air tickets.
- TWAS must be acknowledged as a co-sponsor in all material and websites related to the supported activity.
- Funds can only be released after the meeting and upon receipt of the original used ticket stubs and boarding passes of the participants benefiting from the grant.
- Immediately after the meeting, organizers should send TWAS a final narrative and financial report, the final scientific programme and the list of participants and lecturers.
- All documentary evidence needed to release funds from TWAS must be submitted by the organizers within six months from the end of the meeting.
Eligibility Criteria
- TWAS only considers applications made by organizers of international and regional scientific meetings in developing countries.
- TWAS does not provide support to individual scientists wishing to attend a scientific event, even if the event is taking place in a developing country.
Application Process
- Complete the electronic application form available on the website using Microsoft Word or any other word-processing programme.
- The application must be signed by both the applicant and the head of the institution.
- Incomplete and/or unsigned applications cannot be considered.
- The application form should be completed in all its parts and sent by email.
For More information, please visit TWAS Grants.
