TWAS Visiting Expert Programme 2026/2027 – YOA

Deadline: November 23, 2026

Applications are open for the TWAS Visiting Expert Programme 2026/2027. The programme helps visits of internationally famend scientists to establishments positioned in creating international locations, particularly these positioned within the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

The goal of the programme is to offer establishments and analysis teams in creating international locations, particularly these with restricted exterior contacts, with the OPPORTUNITY to ascertain lengthy-time period hyperlinks with world leaders in science and so assist develop capability-constructing of their nation.

Under the programme, potential host establishments can invite internationally famend specialists in areas of science apart from arithmetic and physics to collaborate in analysis and coaching. The visiting skilled will likely be anticipated to work together carefully with school and college students of the host establishment with the purpose of strengthening its present actions and/or helping within the institution of latest traces of analysis. The visiting skilled may additionally ship lectures and seminars to analysis college students, supervise college students, conduct analysis and talk about future collaborative partnerships.

On completion of the go to, the visiting skilled and the host establishment ought to present complete studies outlining the impression the go to has had on the tutorial and analysis programmes of the host establishment.

Costs

• TWAS will present the Visiting Expert with essentially the most direct financial system class journey (spherical-journey) whereas the host establishment is predicted to cowl native bills.

Eligibility

• As the programme is striving in the direction of offering equal alternatives, nominations of ladies will likely be notably welcomed.
• Only individuals who’ve attained worldwide recognition of their fields of science will likely be thought-about for assist underneath this programme.

Application

Institutions wishing to be thought-about for this programme should full the web application type. While filling within the on-line application, the next documentation must be uploaded:

•  temporary CV of the Visiting Expert (most 10 pages) and record of publications;
• letter from the Visiting Expert detailing the analysis and educating programme with which he/she may help on the host institute (template out there within the on-line type);
• supporting assertion from the pinnacle of the host establishment (template out there within the on-line type).

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to TWAS Visiting Expert Programme.