Deadline: 10 May 2024
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has launched the Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science to recognize scientific achievements by young scientists living and working in a developing country.
The subject rotates among various fields of science. The 2020, 2021, 2022, and 20230awards recognized achievements respectively in the physical sciences; astronomy and cosmology; earth sciences; and Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Award Information
- The recipients receive USD10,000 sponsored by Lenovo, global leader in consumer, commercial, and enterprise technology that is the largest PC company in the world.
Eligibility Criteria
- TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2024 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.
- Eligible candidates are young scientists (not older than 45 years of age), national of a developing country, who have been living and working in a developing country for a minimum of two years immediately prior to their nomination.
- In 2024 the award will recognize achievements in life sciences.
- Self-nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered. Fellows of TWAS are not eligible.
- The same nominee cannot be nominated for more than one ‘Fellows of TWAS Awards’ in a given year. The secretariat retains the right to bring to the attention of the relevant nominators that the nomination may be suitable for another award, and the final decision whether or not to shift the nomination will be taken by the nominators themselves.
Selection Criteria
- Selection of the winner is made on scientific merit. A pre-screening of the nominees will be done at TWAS. The nomination dossiers of the qualified candidates will then be submitted to jury members for their evaluation. Based on this evaluation the winner will be selected.
For more information, visit TWAS.
