TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme (Brazil)

The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)

The TWAS-CNPq Postgraduate Fellowship Programme from The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) provides full time postgraduate fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (other than Brazil) who wish to pursue research towards a PhD at host institutes in Brazil. Applicants must hold a Master’s degree and be a national of a developing country other than Brazil.

Applicants may be studying in the following areas:

  1. Agricultural Sciences
  2. Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology
  3. Biological Systems and Organisms
  4. Medical and Health Sciences incl. Neurosciences
  5. Chemical Sciences
  6. Engineering Sciences
  7. Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
  8. Mathematical Sciences
  9. Physics
  10. Social and Economic Sciences

The award provides a stipend for 4 years.

Applications close January 31, 2025.