The Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) is a fellowship program that selects outstanding professors, researchers, and public intellectuals and arranges visiting academic positions with partnering institutions of higher learning and research. Fellowships support temporary academic positions at institutions anywhere in the world where the scholars can continue their academic work in safety.
Successful applicants to IIE-SRF typically:
- Hold a Ph.D. or other highest degree in their field
- Have teaching and/or research experience at a university or other institution of higher learning
- Have an established record of published research
- Are facing or have recently fled from direct and immediate threats to their lives and/or careers in their home countries
TWAS-SISSA-Lincei Research Cooperation Visits Programme
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Young scientists from least developed countries who hold an MSc (or higher degree) can visit research laboratories in the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region of Italy for three months to carry out collaborative research projects and/or training internships in the fields that fall under the umbrella of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A number of TWAS Fellows and TWAS Young Affiliates/Alumni will be offered appointments as TWAS Research Professors for one year, during which he/she will visit the host institution in a LDC for a period of two to four weeks. TWAS provides travel support while living expenses are covered by the host centre. NB: Only TWAS Fellows and TWAS Young Affiliates/Alumni are eligible for appointment. Requests need to be submitted by research groups/scientific institutions in LDCs.
This programme provides institutions and research groups in developing countries, especially the Least Developed Countries and those with limited outside contacts, with opportunities to establish long-term links with world leaders in areas of science other than mathematics and physics, and help develop capacity-building in their country.
TWAS-FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme for Developing Countries
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The Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP) in Brazil and TWAS offer postdoctoral fellowships to researchers from Developing Countries, in all areas of natural, applied and social sciences.
