2026 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences for women scientists in Low-Income African Countries (USD5,000 cash award)

Application Deadline: 30 June 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences. This award, named after the TWAS President Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim, is designed to honour women scientists in Least Developed African international locations for their achievements in Biological Sciences. It carries a cash award of USD5,000 generously supplied by Professor Abdool Karim.

TWAS is inviting nominations for the 2026 Award from all its members in addition to science academies, nationwide analysis councils, universities and scientific establishments in creating and developed international locations.

ELIGIBILITY:

• The award acknowledges women scientists for their achievements in Biological Sciences.
• Eligible nominees for the 2026 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 not less than two years instantly previous to their nomination.
• Fellows of TWAS usually are not eligible
• Individuals who’ve beforehand gained a TWAS-named Award usually are not eligible to be nominated for Awards named after a unique TWAS Fellow. 

SELECTION:

A pre-screening of the candidates will likely be performed at TWAS, the nomination dossiers of the certified candidates will then be submitted to jury members for their analysis. Based on this analysis Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim will choose the winner.

HOW TO NOMINATE A SCIENTIST:

Nominations can solely be submitted electronically via the on-line platform by clicking on the “NEW NOMINATION” button on the backside of this web page.

To resume engaged on saved nominations, click on on the « RESUME » button on the backside of this web page.

The deadline for submitting nominations is 30 June 2026, nevertheless we strongly suggest that you don’t wait till the deadline however submit the nomination as early as you may to allow us to course of it as shortly as doable.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the TWAS-Abdool Karim Award in Biological Sciences