{"id":5433,"date":"2023-02-02T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/?p=5433"},"modified":"2023-02-02T10:28:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T07:28:22","slug":"twas-abdool-karim-prize-in-biological-sciences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfwt.sua.ac.tz\/ecosystems\/news\/twas-abdool-karim-prize-in-biological-sciences","title":{"rendered":"TWAS-Abdool Karim Prize in Biological Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This award, named after TWAS Fellow Quarraisha Abdool Karim, carries a cash award of USD5,000 generously provided by Professor Abdool Karim. It is designed to honour women scientists in Least Developing African countries for their achievements in Biological Sciences.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Deadline<\/div>\n
18 April 2023<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Partner Organizations<\/div>\n
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Eligible Nominees from<\/div>\n
Angola
\nBenin
\nBurkina Faso
\nBurundi
\nCentral African Rep.
\nChad
\nComoros
\nCongo, Dem. Rep.
\nDjibouti
\nEritrea
\nEthiopia
\nGambia
\nGuinea
\nGuinea-Bissau
\nLesotho
\nLiberia
\nMadagascar
\nMalawi
\nMali
\nMauritania
\nMozambique
\nNiger
\nRwanda
\nS\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Pr\u00edncipe
\nSenegal
\nSierra Leone
\nSomalia
\nSouth Sudan
\nSudan
\nTanzania<\/strong>
\nTogo
\nUganda
\nZambia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Field<\/div>\n
Biological Sciences<\/div>\n
Age limit<\/div>\n
None<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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TWAS is inviting\u00a0nominations\u00a0<\/em>for the 2022 Award from all its members as well as science academies, national research<\/a> councils, universities and scientific institutions in developing and developed countries.<\/p>\n

ELIGIBILITY:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The award recognizes women scientists for their achievements in\u00a0Biological Sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eligible nominees for the 2023 award are\u00a0female scientists<\/strong>\u00a0national of a\u00a0Least Developing<\/strong><\/a> African\u00a0country<\/strong>\u00a0who have been living and working there for at least two years immediately prior to their nomination. (i.e. from 18\/4\/2021);<\/p>\n

Fellows of TWAS are not eligible<\/p>\n

Self nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered.<\/p>\n

The same nominee cannot be nominated for more than one ‘Fellows of TWAS Awards’ in a given year. The secretariat retains the right to bring to the attention of the relevant nominators that the nomination may be suitable for another award, and the final decision whether or not to shift the nomination will be taken by the nominators themselves.<\/p>\n

SELECTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

A pre-screening of the candidates will be done at TWAS, the nomination dossiers of the qualified candidates will then be submitted to jury members for their evaluation. Based on this evaluation Prof. Quarraisha Abdool Karim will select the winner.<\/p>\n

HOW TO NOMINATE A SCIENTIST:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023 nominations can only be submitted electronically through the on-line platform by clicking on the \u201cNEW NOMINATION<\/strong>\u201d button at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n

To resume working on saved nominations, click on the “RESUME<\/strong>” button\u00a0at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n

The deadline for submitting nominations is\u00a018 April<\/strong>,<\/strong>\u00a0however we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the deadline but submit the nomination as early as you can to enable us to process it as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Before starting compiling the nomination, PLEASE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO\u00a0THE MAXIMUM CHARACTERS ALLOWED.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A nomination is considered complete only if includes all of the following information\/material:<\/p>\n