Call for nominations: Prize for Physics or Astronomy

The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of science in developing countries  has instituted a Science Prize in partnership with Lenovo, the Chinese multinational computer hardware and electronics company. The TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize carries a cash reward of 100,000 US dollars, a medal and a certificate. The 2013 prize will recognise one researcher from a developing country who has achieved breakthrough results in the field of physics or astronomy.

Romain Murenzi, executive director of TWAS, says that the TWAS-Lenovo Prize will recognise work that yields great advances in scientific knowledge, bringing important global attention to the excellent scientific research being done in the developing world.

The 2013 winner will be selected by an international jury that includes a Nobel laureate and will be announced in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 1 October 2013, during TWAS' 24th General Meeting (1-4 October 2013).

Nominations for the 2013 prize are invited from TWAS members, selected individuals, as well as from science academies, national research councils, universities and scientific institutions.

To be eligible, candidates must be nationals of a developing country and must have lived and worked in a developing country for the last 10 years. The prizes will only be awarded to individuals for scientific research of outstanding international merit carried out at institutions in developing countries.

Nomination forms and details for the 2013 TWAS-Lenovo Science Prize in physics and astronomy are available on the TWAS website; the nomination deadline is 10 June 2013.

TWAS was created in 1983 by ICTP founder Abdus Salam.