TWAS Research Visit fellowship for Scientists of LDC

 

Opportunity Description

TWAS gives young scientists from Least Developed Countries the chance to visit research laboratories in Centres of Excellence in Trieste, Italy, in conjunction with the Lincei Academy and SISSA (please see below and also in the application form). Research proposals must be related to topics that promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and come under the umbrella of sustainability science (SDGs).

Important Details:

🠆Country: Italy
🠆Collaborated With: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
SISSA – Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati
🠆For holders of: Masters Degree in Science MSc
🠆Fellowship type: Fully funded
🠆Deadline: October 27, 2021
🠆Duration: 3 months
🠆Eligible Countries: Least Developed Countries
🠆Age Limit: 40 years old

Purpose of Fellowship:

1. To improve the research capability of bright scientists, particularly those at the start of their research careers
2. To encourage the establishment of research linkages that will lead to future collaboration.

Fellowship Covers:

• 🠆Travel expenses
• 🠆Subsistence costs
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Fields:

🠆Physics

🠆Neuroscience

🠆Mathematics

🠆Oceanography

🠆Sustainable Blue Economy

🠆Geophysics

🠆Seismology 

International School for Advanced Studies – SISSA

Host Institutions:

1. International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology – ICGEB
2. National Institute for Nuclear Physics – INFN (only one host supervisor available: Prof. Andrea Vacchi)
3. National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics – OGS
4. Materials Foundry-National Research Council – IOM-CNR

Benefits:

🠆Visit high-tech laboratories and learn about their research methods.

🠆Getting hands-on experience working on projects with well-known scientists.

🠆Applicants must be 40 years old or younger on December 31st of the application year.

Eligibility Criteria:

🠆Have a master’s degree (or higher degree).

🠆Must be Least Developed Country nationals.

🠆Applicants must work in a Least Developed Country as a researcher.

🠆Research initiatives that fall within the scope of sustainable science will be given special consideration.

🠆Women scientists are urged to apply in particular.

🠆Applicants who have already arrived on the ground in the host country are ineligible.

🠆Applicants must prove that they will return to their home country after their Fellowship is completed.

🠆Application Form and all other required must be in English

🠆Applicants must complete and sign the application form before sending it to the TWAS Secretariat.

🠆Email applications are acceptable as long as pages containing signatures are scanned and provided as scanned documents.

🠆Applications that are incomplete or unsigned will not be accepted.

🠆Only applications in the scientific subjects stated below and on the application form will be taken into consideration.

Required Documents:

🠆Filled application form.

🠆Personal CV

🠆Passport scanned copy, even if it is expired (just the page with personal information is necessary);

🠆A declaration about scientific interests and future plans for sustainability science research in the home nation, specifically mentioning which SDGs are likely to be addressed;

🠆A complete list of personal publications (no reprints of articles)

🠆A certified copy of your MSc (or higher) degree;

🠆A recent invitation letter obtained through one of the above-mentioned suitable host laboratories, which should include the anticipated visit time (3 months) and mention the potential collaboration.

How to apply for TWAS fellowship for Scientists of LDC?

• Review the webpage of the host university to determine potential research areas and host supervisors.
• Contact a potential host supervisor to introduce yourself and discuss a possible visit’s research plan.
• Obtain an acceptance letter from the potential host supervisor if there is an agreement.
• Fill out the form below, attach any relevant documents, and email your application to the address below.
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Application Form

Submission Email: exchanges@twas.org

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