IsDB-TWAS 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship for Women Researchers

Applications are invited from early-career female researchers from least developed member countries of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) for the IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2021.

The fellowship will support research related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, providing recipients with high-level training in areas relevant to sustainability science. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply before the deadline.

• Table of Content
• About The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
• IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Requirements for IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

TWAS was founded in 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world, under the leadership of Abdus Salam, the Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate. They shared a belief that developing nations, by building strength in science and engineering, could build the knowledge and skill to address such challenges as hunger, disease and poverty. From the start, the Academy had essential support from Italian scientists and political leaders. The Third World Academy of Sciences, as it was first known, was inaugurated officially in 1985 during a ceremony attended by UN Secretary-... continue reading

IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship

Application Deadline	19 Jun 2021
Type	Postgraduate
Sponsor	The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Gender	Women

Aim and Benefits of IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship

• Monthly allowance to cover for accommodation, food and health insurance.
• Allowance for bench fee costs up to USD2,565
• Upto USD1,000 cost of a round-trip air ticket

Requirements for IsDB-TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship Qualification

To be eligible for the IsDB-TWAS 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must be female-researchers in their early-career possessing a doctoral degree in an area of science relevant to the research area of the fellowship programme.
• Has preferably 5 years of experience in the field of research after the PhD.
• Host Institute must be in a developing country from the list.
• Provide an official acceptance letter from the Host Institute.
• Must be a national of and resident in an IsDB LDMC.
• Must be employed at an institution in her home country.

Application Deadline

June 19, 2021

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) on onlineforms.twas.org to apply

Please note that a researcher may only submit one application at a time and for only one kind of grant or fellowship.

For more detais, visit TWAS website.