With funds provided by Microsoft Research Ltd, TWAS and AAS encourage the organization of scientific activities related to computer science in Africa by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in Africa.

With funds provided by Microsoft Research Ltd, TWAS and AAS encourage the organization of scientific activities related to computer science in Africa by offering financial assistance to the organizers of conferences, workshops, symposia and special meetings held in Africa.

The support is normally provided in the form of travel grants for principal speakers from abroad and/or participants from developing countries other than the country where the meeting is held. Supported speakers should be from not-for-profit research organizations. The amount provided does not exceed Euro 4,000.

Subject Areas
Grants are offered for meetings in the field of Computer Science.

How to apply

• Download the application form (See Downloads below) and complete it on your computer.
• Complete the electronic application form using any word-processing programme.
• The first page of the application must be signed.
• Incomplete and/or unsigned applications cannot be considered.
• The application form should be completed in all its parts and sent by email to mahdavi@twas.org

TWAS will acknowledge receipt of an application within two weeks. If you do not receive an acknowledgment within this period please contact:

Mrs M.T. Mahdavi
TWAS, ICTP Campus
Strada Costiera 11
34151 Trieste, Italy
Phone: +39-040-2240325; Fax: +39-040-224559; E-mail: mahdavi@twas.org

When to apply
Deadline for receiving applications is: 1st December 2011 for meetings to be held between July and December 2012.

Click here to visit website for eligibility details 

Downloads

TWAS-AAS-Microsoft Ltd Grants: doc(254KB), pdf(56KB)