TWAS Visiting Expert Programme
UNESCO-TWAS
Lets universities and research groups in developing countries host a leading international scientist for 2-4 weeks of teaching, supervision and research, with TWAS paying the expert's airfare.
Free to start · no account needed
Get your CV and research proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.
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About
Also: expert's round-trip airfare covered; long-term research links.
Who can apply: Applicants are host institutions/research groups in developing countries; maths and physics go to ICTP instead.
Annual call; deadline Nov 23, 2026. Next deadline: 2026-11-23.
How to apply: through twas online forms (you need an account there).
What to prepare: expert cv, proposal, host statement.
From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “provides institutions and research groups in developing countries”
Who can apply
- Open to researchers
- Applicants are host institutions/research groups in developing countries; maths and physics go to ICTP instead.
What you will need
- Academic CVUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Research proposalUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
- Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
How to apply
Applications go through the official page (twas online forms), which needs an account in your name. The deadline is 23 November 2026.
How Onward Scout helps
This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.
Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.
Let Onward Scout prepare this application
Get your CV and research proposal for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to UNESCO-TWAS without your tap.
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