{"id":721,"date":"2022-06-19T22:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T22:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/twas-lenovo-science-prize-in-agricultural-sciences-for-scientists-from-developing-countries\/"},"modified":"2022-06-19T22:03:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T22:03:52","slug":"twas-lenovo-science-prize-in-agricultural-sciences-for-scientists-from-developing-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/twas-lenovo-science-prize-in-agricultural-sciences-for-scientists-from-developing-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize in Agricultural Sciences for Scientists from Developing Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The World Academic of Sciences (TWAS) in Italy invites applications for the TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize (2020) open to candidates who must be nationals of a developing country and must have lived and worked in a developing country for the last 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Lenovo is a US$50 billion Fortune Global 500 company, with 57,000 employees and operating in 180 markets around the world. \u00a0Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo is developing world-changing technologies that create a more inclusive, trustworthy and sustainable digital society. By designing, engineering and building the world\u2019s most complete portfolio of smart devices and infrastructure, Lenovo is also leading an Intelligent Transformation \u2013 to create better experiences and opportunities for millions of customers around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The rapid growth Lenovo has recently experienced in emerging markets has prompted the company to partner with TWAS to launch a high-level prize to give international recognition and visibility to individual scientists in the developing world for their outstanding scientific achievements. During the second cycle the award subjects will be: Geological Sciences (2017), Engineering Sciences (2018),\u00a0<strong>Agricultural Sciences (2020)<\/strong>, Social Sciences (2022).<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worth_of_Award\"\/><strong>Worth of Award<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize will carry a monetary award of USD100,000 provided by Lenovo, as well as a medal and a certificate highlighting the recipient\u2019s major contributions to science.<\/li>\n<li>The prize will be presented to the recipient at a special ceremony arranged by TWAS.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eligibility\"\/><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Candidates must be nationals of a developing country and must have lived and worked in a developing country for the last 10 years.<\/li>\n<li>The prize will only be awarded to individuals for scientific research of outstanding international merit carried out at institutions in developing countries.<\/li>\n<li>Jury members and previous winners of the Trieste Science Prize (also administered by TWAS) are not eligible for the TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nominations.\u00a0<\/strong>Nominations are invited from TWAS members, selected individuals, as well as from science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions. Nominations of women scientists are particularly encouraged. Self-nominations and nominations from jury members will not be accepted.<\/li>\n<li>For the\u00a0<strong>2020\u00a0<\/strong>edition of the award, TWAS will consider candidates with\u00a0<em>world-class achievements<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Agricultural Sciences<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Apply\"\/><strong>How<\/strong><strong>\u00a0to Apply<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>The deadline to submit online nominations is<strong>\u00a0March 10, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Click_here_for_more_details_and_to_apply\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/twas.org\/opportunity\/twas-lenovo-science-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><strong>Click here for more details and to apply<\/strong><\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"\/><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Academic of Sciences (TWAS) in Italy invites applications for the TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize (2020) open to candidates who must be nationals of a developing country and must have lived and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uptymes.com\/edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}