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TWAS Fellowships: 2010 call for applications postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholar and advanced research fellowships available to scientists from developing countries

TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world, is now accepting applications for its postgraduate, postdoctoral, visiting scholars and advanced research fellowship programmes.

The fellowships are offered to scientists from developing countries and are tenable at centres of excellence in various countries in the South, including Brazil, China, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan and Thailand.

Eligible fields include: agricultural and biological sciences, medical and health sciences, chemistry, engineering, astronomy, space and earth sciences, mathematics and physics.
Please see www.twas.org > Programmes > Exchange for the latest information regarding all these programmes, including eligibility criteria, deadlines, etc, and to download the application forms and guidelines.

Upcoming deadlines: IACS, India - CEMB, Pakistan - ICCBS, Pakistan: 30 June. CSIR, India - CONACYT, Mexico: 1 July. Women scientists are especially encouraged to apply.

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South-South Entrepreneurial Collaboration in Health Biotech

The McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health has published an article, ‘South-South Entrepreneurial Collaboration in Health Biotech’ in the journal Nature Biotechnology. The article is based on a survey of entrepreneurial collaborations among health biotech firms in developing countries. The research was lead by the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health and was carried out in collaboration with researchers in five developing countries.

• Brazil - Maria Carlota de Souza Paula and Tirso Sáenz (Center for Sustainable Development, University of Brasilia)

• China - Wen Ke (Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Egypt - Magdy Madkour (Library of Alexandria)

• India - Sachin Chaturvedi (Research and Information System for the Developing Countries)

• South Africa - Victor Konde (University of Zambia)

CLICK HERE for the article
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Dr. Rajendra K. Pauchauri Public Lecture “Copenhagen and Beyond”

Dr. Rajendra K. Pauchauri, Chairman of Nobel Prizing Winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered the Public Lecture “Copenhagen and Beyond” at National Energy University Malaysia (UNITEN) on 6th January 2010. Dr. Pachauri holds the Chair of Energy Economics at UNITEN. He is also a member of the Governing Board of ISTIC. The Public Lecture was moderated by Academician Dato Ir. Lee Yee Cheong in his capacity as chairman of the governing council for the Chair of Energy Economics of UNITEN.

Click HERE for Dr. R. K. Pachauri - Public Lecture “Copenhagen and Beyond”

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US President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jia Bao on Science, Technology and Innovation.

- Click HERE for President Obama speech
- Click HERE for Chinese Premier Wen Jia Bao speech

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