Seed Grant for New African Principal Investigators (SG-NAPI)
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With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), UNESCO-TWAS launched a new programme to strengthen the capacity of African countries lagging in science and technology. The programme is aimed at early career researchers who have obtained their PhD abroad and have recently returned or will shortly return to an academic position in their home country. Grants are awarded to promising high-level research projects in Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Engineering, Information Computer Technology, Mathematics, Medical Sciences and Physics and/or Germany’s High-Tech Agenda carried out in African countries lagging in science and technology identified by TWAS.
Open Call for Inputs – United Nations Global Sustainable Development Report 2027 (GSDR)
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Opportunity to contribute to the flagship scientific assessment that informs United Nations deliberations on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This open call for stakeholder inputs seeks to strengthen the science–policy–society interface and ensure that the GSDR 2027 provides actionable, evidence-based guidance to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the crucial years leading to 2030 and beyond.
Grants for Transformative and Collaborative Research in the Middle East and North Africa (GTCR-MENA) Region
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With the support of the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR), UNESCO-TWAS is launching a new programme to strengthen the research capacity of selected countries in the MENA region. The programme is aimed at young scientists from a number of selected Middle Eastern and North African countries (see “Eligibility criteria” below), as well as for diaspora from these countries. It focuses on capacity building in science and education in the target countries, with particular emphasis on research and academic training, as well as interdisciplinary collaborations with German laboratories. Grants are awarded to promising and competitive research projects in key areas relevant to the ‘High-Tech Agenda Germany (HTAD)’: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Quantum Technologies, Microelectronics, Biotechnology, Fusion and Climate-Neutral Energy Transition, Technology for Climate-Neutral Mobility, Aerospace, Health Research, Marine, Climate and Sustainability Research, Humanities and Social Sciences.
To recognize impactful breakthroughs in science, technology, and engineering, the VinFuture Foundation is calling for nominations for the 2026 VinFuture Grand Prize, awarding US$3 million for an already proven impact, and three Special Prizes of US$500,000 each for a potential impact manifesting within a few years.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India and UNESCO-TWAS have established a number of fellowships for foreign scholars from developing countries, who wish to pursue research toward a PhD in emerging areas of science and technology, for which facilities are available in CSIR laboratories and institutes.
