Least Developed Countries

Through its programmes focused on women scientists, TWAS contributes to activating their full scientific potential

The Sida-backed grants provide developing world scientists with much needed equipment and more

A TWAS-Sida grant gives scientists in Kenya and Bangladesh the means to work together on an environmentally friendly approach to tomato agriculture

Supported by a TWAS-Sida grant, Bangladeshi biochemist Ashrafi Hossain is analysing local maize varieties to find the most nutritious ones

CNPq-TWAS fellowship recipient Afonso Filipe João of Mozambique is fine tuning the 3D printing process to develop low-cost, sustainable uses

A TWAS-Sida maintenance grant restored lab conditions for about 300 students and 10 permanent researchers in Benin

Elsevier Foundation and TWAS award seven teams grants for gender equity and climate action projects in the global South; women are disproportionately affected by climate change, yet only 4% of research in this area incorporates sex and gender considerations

TWAS-Sida grantee Diouma Kobor tests new materials to fine-tune solar cells needed to power domestic and public devices in Senegal

FAPESP and UNESCO-TWAS collaborate on a new programme for fellowships and research grants

SG-NAPI grantee Fatalmoudou Tandina's research aims to help Malian health authorities fight back against infectious diseases that mosquitoes transmit