Application Deadline: 05 February 2024
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates to participate in the annual summer course on science diplomacy to be held on 17-21 June 2024 in person in Trieste, Italy.
The workshop
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC, USA, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, are seeking candidates to participate in the annual summer course on science diplomacy to be held on 17-21 June 2024 in person in Trieste, Italy.
The workshop will take place as follows:
- 17 June (Monday): Welcome dinner
- 18-20 June (Tuesday – Thursday): workshop
- 21 June (Friday half day): end of activities & wrapping up
Requirements
The applicants in the ‘participant pair’ should share some common interest in the areas of science, technology and innovation. However, it is not necessary that they work or have been working together in the past.
The ‘participant pair’ will include:
- Participant 1: a Early-Career Scientist (preferably 40 years or below) whose research and wider engagement has international policymaking implications or applications, and
- Participant 2: a Policymaker from the policymaking arena, working on science, technology, and innovation-related matters. This person should belong to one of the following categories:
- A local or national government official.
- A policymaker.
- A diplomat.
- Staff at an academy of sciences at supervisory level.
- Civil servant.
- A representative of a research funding institution.
- Staff or expert working for and/or with an international (e.g. UN) organization.
Application and selection process
- Twin Applications must be submitted online as follows:
- Participant 1 in participant pair (Early-Career Scientist) must apply via the link https://forms.office.com/r/dbNWqg6dfZ
- Participant 2 in participant pair (from the policymaking arena as indicated above) must apply via the link https://forms.office.com/r/1drUmpTnAe
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the AAAS-TWAS 2024 Course on Science Diplomacy
