Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries.

Postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries. Deadlines vary; the next is 15 September 2011.

ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya

TWAS is accepting applications for its postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholars and advanced research fellowship programmes. The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various countries in the South, including Brazil, China, Kenya, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Thailand. Eligible fields include: agricultural and biological sciences, medical and health sciences, chemistry, engineering, astronomy, space and earth sciences, mathematics and physics.

Please see www.twas.org > Programmes > Exchange for the latest information regarding all these programmes, including eligibility criteria, deadlines, etc, and to download the application forms. Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.

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For the following programmes, the deadline for applications is 15 September:

• Kenya: TWAS-icipe Fellowship Programmes
  
  
  
  • for young scientists from developing countries (other than Kenya) who wish to pursue research in the natural sciences (especially with focus the  on integrated control methodologies for crop and livestock insect pests, related arthropods, or insect vectors of tropical diseases):
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    • research leading towards a PhD at icipe;
    
    
    • postdoctoral research at icipe.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • for Visiting Scholars from developing countries (other than Kenya) who wish to pursue advanced research in the natural sciences at icipe.
  
  
  
  


• Malaysia: TWAS-USM Fellowship Programmes 
  
  
  
  • for young scientists from developing countries (other than Malaysia) who wish to pursue:
    
    
    
    • studies leading to a PhD degree in the natural sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.
    
    
    • postdoctoral advanced research in the natural sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • for Visiting Researchers from developing countries (other than Malaysia) who wish to pursue advanced research in natural sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia.
  
  
  
  


• Thailand: TWAS-BIOTEC Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research for young scientists from developing countries (other than Thailand) who wish to pursue postdoctoral research in molecular biology, molecular genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, bioinformatics or related disciplines at BIOTEC in Thailand.