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TWAS Nominate-Candidates

Invitations are invited to nominate qualified candidates for each of the following prizes:-

- TWAS-Abdool Karim Prize
- TWAS-Fayzah M. Al-Kharafi Prize
- TWAS-Samira Omar Innovation for Sustainability Prize

Please find below the main features of these 2017 prizes:

NAS 40th Anniversary & AMASA

The Nigerian Academy of Science will be hosting its 40th Anniversary & AMASA-13 with details as below:-
DATE: 13th - 16th November 2017
THEME: Science, Technology & Innovation: Education & Manpower development in Africa
VENUE: Abuja-Nigeria

Science Media Award 2016 The NAS Science Media Award 2016 CALL FOR ENTRIES The Nigerian Academy of Science

(NAS) Science Media Award was established by the Nigerian Academy of Science in 2010 for outstanding science reporting. The yearly award, now in its 7th edition seeks to promote excellence in science and science-related journalism.

Networking project launched to empower girls in science

[ACCRA] Africa needs to nurture girls in science to generate more empowered women in various scientific fields such as drug regulation for accelerated sustainable socioeconomic development, experts say. The experts made this call during the launch of an initiative that facilitates networking and mentee-mentor relationships to ignite female students

TWAS-C.N.R. Rao Prize for Scientific Research TWAS-Atta-ur-Rahman Prize in Chemistry

You are invited to nominate qualified candidates for each of these two prizes.Please find below the main features of these 2017 prizes