TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences 2025 (up to $5,000) – YOA

Deadline: March 14, 2025

Nominations are invited for the TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences 2025. This award, named after TWAS President Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, is designed to honour girls scientists in Least Developed African international locations for his or her achievements in Biological Sciences.

TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2025 Award from all its members in addition to science academies, nationwide analysis councils, universities and scientific establishments in growing and developed international locations.

Award

• A money award of USD $5,000 is generously offered by Professor Abdool Karim.

Eligibility

• The award acknowledges girls scientists for his or her achievements in Biological Sciences.
• Eligible nominees for the 2025 award are feminine scientists not older than 45 years of age nationals of a Least Developed African nation who’ve been dwelling and dealing there for a minimum of two years instantly prior to their nomination.
• Fellows of TWAS will not be eligible
• Self nominations and nominations from jury members is not going to be thought of.
• The similar nominee can’t be nominated for a couple of ‘Fellows of TWAS Awards’ in a given yr. The secretariat retains the proper to deliver to the eye of the related nominators that the nomination could also be appropriate for an additional award, and the ultimate choice whether or not or not to shift the nomination might be taken by the nominators themselves.

Nomination

A nomination is taken into account full provided that consists of the entire following info/materials:

• Nominator contact particulars;
• Nominee contact particulars (self-nominations and nominations from jury members are not accepted) and basic info on the nominee, together with the nation the place she has been working and dwelling in the previous 2 years;
• Authorization from the nominee (i.e. the candidate) to course of her private information for the needs of her nomination, in conformity to Art. 13 of the Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003. This authorization can solely be submitted by way of the net platform. The privateness authorization type is accessible for obtain in the part ‘nominee’s private information’. The type should be stuffed in and signed by the candidate after which uploaded onto the on-line platform;
• Suggested quotation (15-20 phrases highlighting the nominee’s scientific achievements in Biological Sciences);
• Supporting assertion concerning the nominee’s contribution in Biological Sciences. Supporting statements ought to clarify in element the work carried out by the candidate and its significance in the related scientific context. Clear reference ought to be made to the scientific impression of the nominee’s work. Vague supporting statements is not going to be thought of and can negatively have an effect on the analysis;
• Clear and detailed account of any time spent overseas by the nominee in the previous two years;
• PhD: info on topic space, yr and awarding establishment;
• Brief info on membership in academies and societies;
• Brief info on awards and honours obtained;
• List of 10 most important publications listed in an internationally acceptable format;
• The nominee’s transient CV and her full record of publications are additionally to be uploaded, individually, onto the net platform.
• The nominee’s h-index in Google Scholar and the related variety of citations.

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