TWAS-Atta-ur-Rahman Award in Chemistry 2026 (up to $5,000)

Deadline: June 30, 2026

Applications are open for the TWAS-Atta-ur-Rahman Award in Chemistry 2026. The 2026 award, sponsored by Searle Company Ltd, will be given to a chemist not older than 45, national of a science-and-technology lagging country (STLC), who has been living and working there for a minimum of two years immediately prior to his/her nomination.

TWAS has long recognized that awards provide an incentive for scientists to do their best work, while winning them global acknowledgment. Honours awarded by TWAS and its partners are among the most prestigious given for research in the developing world. They range from the TWAS-Awards, honoring established scientists in the South, to awards given to early-career scientists already making impressive contributions to their field.

Award

The award is worth $5,000.

Eligibility

Eligible candidates for the 2026 Award are young chemists (not older than 45), national of a Scientifically and Technologically Lagging (STL) country, who have been living and working in an eligible country for a minimum of two years immediately prior to their nomination. All fields of Chemistry are eligible.
Individuals who have previously won a TWAS-named Award are not eligible to be nominated for Awards named after a different TWAS Fellow.
Self nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered. Fellows of TWAS are not eligible.
The same nominee cannot be nominated for more than one ‘Fellows of TWAS Awards’ in a given year. The secretariat retains the right to bring to the attention of the relevant nominators that the nomination may be suitable for another award, and the final decision whether or not to shift the nomination will be taken by the nominators themselves

Nomination

A nomination is considered complete only if includes all of the following information/material:

Nominator contact details;
Nominee contact details (self nominations and nominations from jury members will not be considered) and general information on the nominee, including the country where he/she has been working and living in the past 2 years;
Authorization from the nominee (i.e. the candidate) to process his/her personal data for the purposes of his/her nomination, in conformity to Art. 13 of the Italian Legislative Decree 196/2003. This authorization can only be submitted through the online platform. The privacy authorization form is available for download in the section ‘nominee’s personal data’. The form must be filled in and signed by the candidate and then uploaded onto the on-line platform;
Suggested citation (15-20 words highlighting the nominee’s scientific achievements in Chemistry);
Supporting statement regarding the nominee’s contribution in Chemistry. Supporting statements should explain in detail the work performed by the candidate and its significance in the relevant scientific context. Clear reference should be made to the scientific impact of the nominee’s work. Vague supporting statements will not be considered and will negatively affect the evaluation (max 10,000 characters);
Forward-looking project outlining the candidate planned future activities (max 10,000 characters);
Clear and detailed account of any time spent abroad by the nominee in the past two years;
PhD: information on subject area, year and awarding institution;
Brief information on membership in academies and societies;
Brief information on awards and honours received;
List of 10 most significant publications listed in an internationally acceptable format;
The nominee’s brief CV;
The nominee’s complete list of publications are also to be uploaded, separately, onto the online platform;
The nominee’s h-index in Google Scholar, and its associated number of citations.