TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme 2026 for young scientists from developing countries (Funded) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 15 June 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme. The TWAS-CUI Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Research gives fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (aside from Pakistan) who want to pursue postdoctoral analysis in pure or social sciences. Duration: a most of six months (no price extensions could also be offered for a further six months).

Programme Details

• TWAS-CUI Postdoctoral Fellowships are tenable within the departments and laboratories of the campuses of the COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) for a most interval of six (6) months. An extension of  a further six (06) months could also be granted for the Postdoctoral fellowship, topic to the approval of each CUI and TWAS. However, no stipend or monetary assist might be offered throughout the prolonged interval.
• CUI-TWAS Fellowships are provided within the following areas of the pure and associated utilized sciences: Computer Science
  Computer Engineering
  Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM)
  Mathematics
  Environmental Sciences
  Biotechnology
  Chemistry
  Pharmacy
• CUI-TWAS Fellowships are additionally provided within the following social and financial sciences: Management Science, Development Studies
• CUI will present a month-to-month stipend which must be used to cowl residing prices akin to meals, lodging and medical health insurance. The month-to-month stipend is not going to be convertible into international foreign money.
• The language of instruction is English.

Eligibility

Applicants for these fellowships should meet the next standards:

• be nationals of a developing nation (aside from Pakistan);
• should not be on website in Pakistan;
• should not maintain any visa for short-term or everlasting residency in Pakistan or any developed nation;
• maintain a PhD diploma in a discipline of pure sciences;
• IF making use of in a discipline of eligible social sciences, maintain a PhD diploma in a discipline of social sciences;
• apply for the fellowship inside 5 years of getting obtained a PhD diploma;
• be often employed in a developing nation (aside from Pakistan) and maintain a analysis task there;

Contact particulars

• TWAS Fellowships Office
ICTP campus, Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste, Italy
Tel: +39 040 2240-3555
E-mail: [email protected]

• COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI)
Mr. Kashif Masood
Deputy Registrar (International)
Park Road, Tarlai Kalan
Islamabad 45550. Pakistan
Tel: (+9251) 9049 5272
Fax: (+9251) 924 7010
E-mail: [email protected]

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the TWAS-CUI Postgraduate Fellowship Programme