Brief Description:
The World Academy of
Science-CUI Fellowship Programme for Postgraduate Research offers
fellowships to young scientists from developing countries (except Pakistan) who
would like to earn all or part of their Ph.D. in natural or social sciences. If
you are interested in pursuing your doctoral education in Pakistan,
take this opportunity.
Scholarship Details:
Opportunity Type: Fully
Funded
Language Requirement: TOEFL,
IELTS
Language of Instruction: English
Application period: 1 June
2021- 31 August 2021 (applications will open on 1st June)
Host country: Islamabad, Pakistan
Awarding institution: TWAS
Partner organization: Comsats University Islamabad
(CUI)
Duration: min. 6 months to max. 3 years (up to 18
months for a sandwich program).
Level of study/work: PhD
Start time: Spring semester 2022
Level of
study:
·
PhD Degree
Fellowship areas:
The PG fellowships will be on
offer in the following areas:
Natural and relevant applied sciences:
Mathematics, Biosciences,
Metrology, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Chemical
Engineering and Management Sciences.
Social and economic sciences:
Development Studies, Economics,
Economics, and International Relations.
Benefits:
The fellowship provides monthly
stipends to help cover living costs e.g., food, housing and medical insurance.
Eligibility:
Candidates for these fellowships
must satisfy the criteria below:
·
Be citizens of a developing country in
the south (excluding Pakistan);
·
Must not be working in
Pakistan;
·
Candidates must not
possess any visa for temporary or permanent citizenship in Pakistan or any
developed country;
·
Have obtained an MSc
degree in the field of natural sciences;
·
Hold an MSc degree in a
field of social sciences IF applying in a field of eligible social sciences;
·
Applicants can be either
registered for a Ph.D. program in their home countries or not.
·
be 35 years old or below
by 31 December in the current year;
For candidates who apply for a CUI-TWAS Full-time PG Fellowship:
·
candidates applying for a
full-time Ph.D. program at CUI must have completed 18 years of education up to
MS/MPhil degree with a minimum CGPA of 3.0 out of 4.0 and departmental test
within the first semester of studies, or have a valid GAT (subject) /GRE
(subject) score as explained on the CUI website.
For SANDWICH Fellowships: be registered Ph.D.
students in a developing state and provide the “Registration and No Objection
Certificate” from the HOME university (see sample in guidelines);
For FULL-TIME Fellowships: Be willing to
register at CUI, Pakistan;
·
Provide a certificate showing
good health condition- including results of a COVID-19 test (not older than 48
hours) – from a registered physician;
·
Submit evidence of
proficiency in English, if the previous medium of teaching was not English;
·
Commit that h/she will
return to her/his home country upon completion of the fellowship;
·
Do not receive other
assignments during the course of her/his fellowship;
·
Assume financial
responsibility for any accompanying family members and for any deferral incurred
in completing the fellowship.
How to Apply?
Applicants can only apply through
the online application portal using the “apply now” bottom at the bottom
of the main TWAS-CUI page.
Note: “apply now” will appear as soon as the application opens.
Note2: Firstly, applicants should apply for preliminary acceptance
letter as early as possible, even before the opening date of the call.
Applications without an acceptance letter from CUI will not be accepted.
Contact Mr. Kashif Masood, Deputy Registrar (International) (by cuitwasfellowships@comsats.edu.pk) who will
facilitate the finding of a host supervisor and process your acceptance letter
request.
Required documents for application
·
Acceptance letter
·
Application form
·
Proof of language
competency and return to home country
Reminder: submit the acceptance letter in the
proper format while applying or by the deadline at the latest.
And,
Applicants to the TWAS-CUI
Postdoctoral Programme have to send a copy of their application (by e-mail) to
CUI.
For further details, please refer to the official link of the
fellowship
Contact details of the hosts
TWAS Fellowships
Office
ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39 040 2240-314
Fax: +39 040 2240-689
E-mail: fellowships@twas.org
COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI)
Mr. Kashif Masood
Deputy Registrar (International)
Park Road, Chak Shahzad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Tel: (+9251) 9049 5272
Fax: (+9251) 924 7010
E-mail: cuitwasfellowships@comsats.edu.pk
Deadline: 31
August 2021 (applications will open on 1st June)
