TWAS Prize
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| Awarded by The World Academy of Sciences | |||||
| Type | Science award | ||||
| Category | International | ||||
| Description | |||||
| Description | A bronze rectangular plaque embedded on a red base | ||||
| Medal | Citation Plaque |
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| First awarded | 1985 | ||||
| Last awarded | 2016 | ||||
| Total awarded | 242 | ||||
| Cash award | US$ 15000 | ||||
| Previous name(s) | TWAS Awards in Basic Sciences (till 2003) | ||||
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TWAS Prize is an annual award instituted in 1985 by The World Academy of Sciences to recognize excellence in scientific research in the South. At inception, the award was titled TWAS Awards in Basic Sciences and was awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics categories but was merged with the TWNSO (Third World Network of Scientific Organizations) Prizes in Applied Sciences in 2003 to form the present-day TWAS Prize, which is awarded in nine categories viz. Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, Physics and Social Sciences. The award carries a plaque and a cash prize of US$ 15000 and is open to scientists living and working in a developing country.
The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a global science academy headquartered at the premises of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy. The academy, founded in 1983, promotes science and engineering for sustainable prosperity in the developing world. It was originally named TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world at inception but was renamed as The World Academy of Sciences in 2004.
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