This Call for applications closed in February 2022. Read about the programme in the news page.
A list of programmes and opportunities for at-risk, displaced and refugee scientists is published at https://scienceinexile.org/other-resources
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The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (UNESCO-TWAS) has partnered with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH) for the UNESCO-TWAS – COMSTECH Science in Exile Fellowship Programme for displaced and refugee scholars and scientists.
The Programme aims to provide displaced and refugee scholars and scientists who have not yet found a safe and long-term host country to pursue doctoral and postdoctoral studies in Pakistan, at institutions members of the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence (CCoE), starting in 2022.
Applicants should be displaced or refugee scholars and scientists:
- currently living in Pakistan and holding the right to live and study in the country.
OR
- able to travel to Pakistan. Please note that the Programme is not suitable for scholars at risk who need specific assistance to leave their home country. Awardees are responsible for arranging the logistics and safety of their own relocation. Please note there is only a very small number of competitive travel bursaries available.
The Programme includes two types of fellowships:
- PhD fellowships.
- Postdoctoral fellowships.
Fellowships will be full-time and tenable in Pakistan at one of the academic and science, technology and engineering research institutions members of the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence (CCoE).
The fellowships cover the following fields of study:
- Agricultural Sciences
- Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
- Biological Systems and Organisms
- Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences
- Chemical Sciences
- Engineering Sciences
- Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
- Mathematical Sciences
- Physics
- Computing and Information Technology
The Programme will award up to 10 PhD positions and 7 Postdoctoral positions.
The deadline to apply is 4 February 2022.
All information on the programme and how to apply can be accessed at:
PhD fellowships: https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-comstech-science-exile-phd-fellowship-programme-displaced-and-refugee-scientists
Postdoctoral fellowships: https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-comstech-science-exile-postdoctoral-fellowship-programme-displaced-and-refugee
The Science in Exile fellowships programme is financially supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida).