TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award 2026 for Female scientists (USD4,000 cash award) – Opportunities For Africans

Application Deadline: 30 June 2026

Applications at the moment are open for the 2026 TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award. This annual award, sponsored by the TWAS Fellow Samira Omar, acknowledges the numerous impression on the atmosphere and biodiversity of scientists from least developed nations, with a financial award of $4,000. 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 growing and developed nations.

ELIGIBILITY:

The 2026 award will likely be awarded to a lady scientist nationwide of a Least Developing Country (LDC), dwelling and dealing in a LDC over the past two years instantly previous to his/her nomination, based mostly on scientific achievements in any of the thematic areas beneath:

• Clean and renewable power
• Green chemistry
• Sustainable agriculture and agrobiodiversity
• Plastic: degradation, air pollution and microplastics
• Water purification and sanitation
• Climate change: environmental results, methane contribution, carbon seize
• Transportation applied sciences: effectivity for sensible cities
• Waste administration
• Biodiversity: the sixth mass extinction, ecosystem providers, habitat restoration and restoration
• Ecological economics and planetary well being

Every two years the award is aimed completely at girls scientists.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Award