The TWAS Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Partner (TWAS-SAREP) invites you to nominate suitable candidates for the 2025 TWAS Young Affiliateship. We would also like kindly request that you assist us to widely disseminate the opportunity to your databases and networks.

Background information:

Every year the five TWAS Regional Partners each select up to five scientists to be Young Affiliates for a period of five years. During their tenure, Affiliates are invited to participate in TWAS general meetings and conferences as well as provide feedback to TWAS on how the Academy can respond to the needs of young scientists in developing countries. They are encouraged to provide information about TWAS programmes to their students and colleagues; are encouraged to seek out and nominate excellent scientists from developing countries, especially science-and technology-lagging countries, for TWAS awards and seek out excellent scientists from science-and technology-lagging countries and recommend their nomination for TWAS membership (via a full member of the Academy).  The idea of the Young Affiliateship is to give opportunities to young scientists who currently do not have them because they are based in Africa or elsewhere in the developing world.

To be eligible, the nominated scientists must be aged 40 or less on 1st January of the year in which they are selected, living and working in a developing country for at least the past three years and have an excellent track record of at least 10 international publications in peer reviewed journals. 

Nominations are invited from TWAS and AAS fellows, Members of National Academies and fellows, Members of Young Academies of Science in the region, Research Institutions, Research Councils and Universities in the region. Nomination of female scientists and researchers from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and from Science & Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs) is highly encouraged.

Selection of the candidates will be based on the recommendations of a Selection Committee comprising TWAS fellows in sub-Saharan Africa.

Apply here: TWAS Young Affiliates Nomination Form. ((you will be required to login to your Gmail account to be able to open the form and upload all the supporting documents). This electronic application form is only limited to candidates from sub-Saharan Africa region and the closing date is 15 May 2025.

This form together with the below supporting documents must be submitted on the above link (last process before submitting the nomination/application). The following supporting documents must be uploaded immediately together with this signed form. Please name your files accordingly, e.g. SMITH_D. Application; SMITH_D Publication; SMITH_D Signature form; and SMITH_D Nomination Letter. The required supporting documents are:

• Full Curriculum vitae (maximum of 3 pages)
• List of the candidate’s 10 most significant publications
• Signed nomination letter/Reference letter
• Fully completed nominator-nominee form (pdf) 

For any queries, please contact the secretariat, Kholani Mbhiza at kholani@assaf.org.za

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to receiving your nominations/applications.