CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) is an organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science and Technology, dedicated to the promotion of scientific and technological research. TWAS and CNPq are partnering in offering researchers in developing countries the opportunity of travelling to Brazil under the TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme or the TWAS-CNPq Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme.