TWAS-COMSTECH Joint Research Grants

The OIC Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH) - TWAS Joint Research Grants Programme complements the TWAS Research Grants Programme in Basic Sciences and the Research Grants Programme of the International Foundation for Science (IFS).

The programme aims at encouraging the pursuit of scientific excellence in OIC countries by identifying and supporting the best young scientists in these countries; reinforcing and promoting scientific research and strengthening the endogenous capacity in science and technology; and counteracting the brain drain and reducing the exodus of scientific talent from the OIC countries

• COMSTECH-TWAS Joint Research Grants are awarded to high-level and promising research projects carried out by young individual scientists in OIC countries.
• A Research Grant amounts to a maximum of US$15,000
• A grant is normally provided for a period of 18 months and is renewable once.
• A grant may be used to purchase scientific equipment, consumables and specialized literature (textbooks and proceedings only). The grant does not cover salaries of researchers and/or students, field expenses, travel expenses and/or participation in international conferences.

Donor Agency URL: http://twas.ictp.it/prog/grants/twas-comstech-joint-research-grants/