| Grant |
| Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) |
| Purpose |
| With financial support from the OPEC Fund for Inter-national Development, the Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO) has established a competitive Research Grants scheme designed to encourage and sup-port joint research projects involving 2-3 competent re-search and training institutions from different countries in the South. The aim of the scheme is to encourage and foster cooperation between the best research centres in the South in areas of science and technology of critical importance to Third World development and to facilitate permanent links between the institutions concerned. |
| Nature |
- The programme awards grants to joint research projects with well-defined objectives to be undertaken jointly by two to three research institutions from developing countries. To ensure maximum benefit to the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), it is required that at least one of the cooperating institutions in any proposed project should be in the LDCs. Only joint projects involving institutions with well-established expertise and adequate basic equipment will be considered for the grants. The selection of projects for the grants will be based on scientific merit and on the benefits of the project to the industrial and socio-economic development of the countries concerned.
- A Research Grant will amount to a maximum of US$ 30,000 and will be provided for up to 2 years. Re-quests for an additional grant to allow for an extension of a successful project will be considered.
- The Research Grant can be utilized for purchasing scientific apparatus, consumable materials, specialized literature and any other items needed for the joint project by any of the cooperating institutions, especially those from the LDCs. Part of the grant can be allocated for exchange visits of personnel and for organizing small research and training workshops at any of the institutes involved. Local expenses, such as staff salaries and routine expenses, will not be covered by the grant.
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| Research Fields |
The programme will provide support for research projects in both basic and applied fields. These include:
1. Biotechnology
2. New Materials
3. Microelectronics
4. Information Technology
5. Space Technology
6. New and Renewable Energies
7. Soil Erosion and Desertification
8. Floods and Earthquakes
9. Biodiversity
10. Atmospheric Pollution
11. Toxic and Chemical Waste
12. Fresh Water Resources
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| Application |
- Joint research proposals submitted to TWNSO by two or three institutions in the South will be sent for peer review to international experts. A panel of advisors will then meet to examine the peer reviews and decide on the awards. Selection of joint research proposals shall be made on the basis of their innovative value and their potential to stimulate permanent cooperative linkages between the institutions involved. Cooperating institutions must all give their approval to the joint project and must undertake to administer the grant awarded in accordance with the terms of a formal agreement between them and TWNSO.
- Upon completion of the joint project any equipment, expendables or literature will remain the property of the institution for which these are purchased. These can then be used by the scientists of the institution in further research carried out locally.
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| Budget |
| maximum of US$ 30,000 and will be provided for up to 2 years. |
| Deadline |
| 1 December of each year |
| Contact |
TWNSO Secretariat
c/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
I-34014 Trieste, Italy
Phone : (+39 040) 2240-386 Fax : (+39 040) 224559 E-mail : twnso@ictp.trieste.it
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