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TWAS GTCR-MENA research grants: 2026 call closed

ProviderUNESCO-TWAS
Deadline18 June 2026 (11:59 PM Central European Summer Time, CEST)
EligibilityPhD; eligible-country academic/research appointment; German collaboration letter. Men up to age 40; women may add two years per child, up to age 46. No active TWAS/OWSD ECWS award. Location: Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, State of Palestine, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen; collaboration with Germany.

The programme supports research capacity and German-laboratory collaborations in selected Middle Eastern and North African countries, including biotechnology, AI and health research. PhD investigators need an eligible-country appointment and German collaboration letter; age and concurrent-grant restrictions apply. The extended deadline was June 18, 2026, at 23:59 CEST.

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