TWAS-Mohammad A. Hamdan Award 2026 ($5,000 prize) – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2026

Nominations are open for the TWAS-Mohammad A. Hamdan Award 2026. Established in 2020, this award is called after TWAS’s late Vice-President for the Arab Region, Prof. Hamdan. As a Member of the Academy since 1988, Prof. Hamdan was deeply dedicated to the trigger and targets of TWAS and for a few years he actively supported the Academy and held the place of TWAS Vice-President for the Arab nations on the TWAS Council.

His true dedication to the trigger and mission of TWAS in sustaining scientific capability-constructing within the growing world was so sturdy that he endowed a big sum to TWAS to ascertain an award in his identify.

Award

• The award is given each two yr and consists of $5,000 and a certificates.

Eligibility

• The award acknowledges excellent mathematical work (pure, utilized, likelihood, statistics) by scientist working and residing in Africa or the Arab area.
• Eligible candidates are nationals of an African or Arab nation, who’ve been residing and dealing there for at least two years instantly previous to their nomination.
• TWAS Fellows aren’t eligible. Individuals who’ve beforehand received a TWAS-named Award aren’t eligible to be nominated for Awards named after a distinct TWAS Fellow.
• Self-nominations and nominations from jury members won’t be thought-about.

Nomination

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

• Nominator contact particulars;
• Nominee (the candidate) contact particulars and common data on the nominee, together with the nation the place he/she has been working and residing within the earlier two years;
• Authorization from the nominee to course of his/her private information for the needs of his/her nomination, in conformity to Art. 13 of the Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003. This authorization can solely be submitted by way of the web platform. The privateness authorization type is offered for obtain within the part “Nominee’s Personal Data”. The type have to be duly crammed and signed by the candidate after which uploaded onto the web platform;
• Suggested quotation (15-20 phrases highlighting the nominee’s scientific achievements in mathematical sciences);
• Supporting assertion concerning the nominee’s contribution. Supporting statements ought to clarify intimately the work carried out by the candidate and its significance within the related scientific context. Clear reference needs to be made to the scientific affect of the nominee’s work. Vague supporting statements won’t be thought-about and can negatively have an effect on the analysis  (max 10,000 characters);
• Forward-looking mission outlining the candidate deliberate future actions (max 10,000 characters);
• Clear and detailed account of any time spent overseas by the nominee within the earlier two years;
• Information on the PhD topic space, yr and awarding establishment;
• Brief data on membership in academies and societies;
• Brief data on awards and honours acquired;
• List of 10 most important publications listed in an internationally acceptable format;
• Nominee’s temporary CV and her/his full record of publications are additionally to be uploaded, individually, onto the web platform.

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