The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSDW) [Formerly the Third World Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS)] is an international autonomous organization based in Trieste, Italy.
OWSDW is accepting applications for its postgraduate fellowship programme. The OWSDW Fellowship supports female students from Sub-Saharan Africa and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) who wish to pursue postgraduate training leading to a PhD at centres of excellence in developing countries.
The fellowship supports research projects in the natural sciences. The minimum qualification of applicants is an MSc degree (or equivalent) or an outstanding BSc honours degree in a field of the natural sciences.
Both sandwich and full-time fellowships are available.
See www.owsdw.org under "Activities" for more information on the application procedure, eligibility criteria and to download the application form, or contact [email protected]
Deadline to apply is 31 July 2011.
