TWAS-COMSTECH Science in Exile PhD fellowship programme for displaced and refugee scientists

The World Academy of Sciences (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 PhD Fellowship 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 studies in Pakistan, at institutions members of the COMSTECH Consortium of Excellence (CCoE), starting in 2022.

The closing date of this fellowship is 28 January 2022, 11.59 p.m., Rome time.

Programme details

• 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 studies in Pakistan.
• 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).
• Fellowships will be tenable for a duration between 6 and 12 months.
• The language of instruction is English.

N.B. Applicants may apply for only one of the two types of the UNESCO-TWAS – COMSTECH Science in Exile Fellowships Programme:

• PhDs: https://twas.org/node/15254/
• Postdocs: https://twas.org/node/15255/

To learn about the Postdoctoral fellowships, please visit: https://twas.org/opportunity/twas-comstech-postdoctoral-fellowship-programme-displaced-and-refugee-scientists.

For more information check the UNESCO-TWAS website.