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 IAP/TWAS/AAAS Workshop on Science Education, Vancouver 2012 Announcing Institution
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IAMP tackles a void in medical education: leadership The inaugural InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP) Young Physician Leaders (YPL) programme held during the third World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany, attempted to address the deficit in leadership in medical education. Announcing Institution
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 Regional Capacity Building Workshop 2012 A regional workshop for science academies in Central and Eastern Europe will be hosted by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk, 11 - 12 June 2012 Announcing Institution
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 If you want to win the game, you must join in An IAP Young Scientist gives a personal view on why governments ignore scientific advice, in an article in Nature. Announcing Institution
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Establishing national young academies IAP supports the recent trend to create national young academies (NYAs) and the Global Young Academy (GYA), which are dedicated to advancing issues critical to young scientists. Announcing Institution
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Affiliated networks IAP has helped to create affiliated networks of science academies at the regional level. Announcing Institution
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Mathematics Initiative Agreement The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the seismic company PGS have entered into a million kroner agreement to support mathematics initiatives in Norway and Africa. Announcing Institution
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IANAS-OWSD Research Prize - call for nominations IANAS announces new IANAS-OWSD Prize for female graduate students in the sciences, mathematics or engineering. Deadline for IANAS Member Academies to submit nominations is 31 January 2012. Announcing Institution
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NASAC-IAP-OWSD Women for Science Follow-up Workshop
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 NASAC-IAP-OWSD Women for Science Follow-up Workshop Reporting of the Wfs working-group on the progress made in implementing the recommendations in their respective academies Announcing Institution
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 The Network of Academies of Science in the Islamic Countries (NASIC) Newsletter Read recent news on workshops, and fellowship programmes implemented by the Network of Academies of Science in the Islamic Countries (NASIC) Announcing Institution
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Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation The Institut de France has issued the call for nominations 2012 ... Announcing Institution
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Gateway to other organizations of academies ... IAC, IAMP, CAETS Follow the link to the InterAcademies Gateway ... Announcing Institution
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 IAP Flyer 2011 Download the flyer on IAP ... Announcing Institution
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New Projects to be implemented in 2012 by IAP Member Academies The IAP Executive Committee has awarded funding to 8 new projects to run in 2012 Announcing Institution
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In Person: At Summer Davos Written by Madhur Anand, Associate Professor - Global Ecological Change (GEC) Laboratory, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, for www.sciencemag.org. Announcing Institution
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 4th IAP Young Scientists Conference, 2011 Follow the link to reports, video interviews and the photo gallery to learn more about the outcomes of this year's events, and the impact on the participating IAP Young Scientists ... Announcing Institution
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IAC Co-chairs Comment on IPCC Plenary Announcing Institution
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A Community of Young Scientists takes on global challenges at the “Summer Davos” in Asia at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions Forty-two Young Scientists from 23 countries have been invited to Dalian. They will spend the three days of the meeting addressing issues such as resource scarcity, effective decision making, and the development of new materials for emerging technologies. Announcing Institution
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Young Scientists Dalian 2011 IAP Young Scientists converge in Dalian at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2011. Announcing Institution
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Autonomy of Turkey's Academy of Science under threat Co-Chairs issue statement ... Announcing Institution
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 Science as a Public Enterprise Call for evidence for a project coordinated by The Royal Society on "Science as a Public Enterprise" via an online questionnaire ... The deadline has been extended until 15 October 2011 for IAP Member Academies to participate ... Announcing Institution
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InterAcademy Council Report Recommends Fundamental Reform of IPCC Management Structure The process used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to produce its periodic assessment reports has been successful overall, but IPCC needs to fundamentally reform its management structure and strengthen its procedures Announcing Institution
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 GYA - call for new members The Global Young Academy (GYA) has opened its 2011 call for new members ... Announcing Institution
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Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize 2011 TWAS and Illycaffè s.p.a. award the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize to honour outstanding scientific achievements made by individual scientists from the developing countries ... Announcing Institution
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Report on Fukushima 2011 by the Science Council of Japan (SCJ) On 11 March, the north-east of Japan was hit by a massive eathquake and the subsequent major tsunami and accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant resulted in a discharge of radioactive materials. SCJ releases an overview addressed to the science academies of the world ... Announcing Institution
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 "Neuroscience: implications for education and lifelong learning" Report The Royal Society, UK, published a report in February on "Neuroscience: implications for education and lifelong learning". Announcing Institution
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 Inquiry-Based Science Education: increasing participation of girls in science in sub-Saharan Africa - launch of a booklet for policy makers The booklet is a product of the workshop on Inquiry-Based Science Education (IBSE) organized by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in partnership with NASAC, the Organisation of Women Scientists for the Developing World (OWSDW) and the Gender Advisory Board of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) in Pretoria, in May 2010. Announcing Institution
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 The Young Academy Movement Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science, illustrates in the Editorial (vol 332, 15 April 2011) the “Global Young Academy” initiatives which are helping to forge new organizations of young scientists in many more nations, based on the original model of “Die Junge Akademie” in Germany. Announcing Institution
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 Knowledge, Networks and Nations, a new report from The Royal Society ... A survey of the global scientific landscape in 2011 Announcing Institution
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Abel Prize 2011 The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awards the Abel Prize for 2011 to John Milnor for pioneering discoveries in topology, geometry and algebra ... Announcing Institution
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The Global Young Academy to hold the first international conference of young scientists and inaugural general assembly meeting in Berlin The Global Young Academy (GYA) will hold its inaugural General Assembly meeting from the March 20th to 22nd at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin. Announcing Institution
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ASSAf President heads NASAC ASSAf President will now lead NASAC - the Network of African Science Academies. Announcing Institution
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 EASAC and Synthetic Biology The advent of synthetic biology, with its aim of creating living systems out of non-living materials, is as exciting as any biological advance of recent decades, and has much to offer, socially as well as scientifically... Announcing Institution
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 Challenges and Opportunities for Education on Dual Use Issues in the Life Sciences The report is an outcome of the Workshop on Promoting Dual Use Education in the Life Sciences organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in November 2009 ... Announcing Institution
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 Innovations in Science and Technology in Developing Countries Announcing Institution
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 Research Integrity IAP's recent initiative - striving to develop, publicise and uphold standards for dealing with misconduct in science... Announcing Institution
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 Women for Science Working Group Visit the new OWSDW website - Announcing Institution
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Vacancy Announcement UNESCO/TWAS announces the vacancy for the position of IAP/IAMP Coordinator, duty station Trieste, Italy ... Announcing Institution
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IAP Bulletin issue no. 37 Follow the link above to download the latest issue of the IAP Bulletin ...
Printed copies are available from iap@twas.org Announcing Institution
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 Science education for children through information and communication technology Project initiated by the National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka Announcing Institution
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 Climate Change: Questions and Answers Announcing Institution
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 Interviews with scientists ... A selection of links to interviews with national scientists by IAP Member Academies Announcing Institution
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 R&D as a basis for innovation Announcing Institution
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IYC International Year of Chemistry 2011: join up and publicize Academy events at: http://www.chemistry2011.org Announcing Institution
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 BioVision-Lilly Award BioVision, in partnership with TWAS and with the support of the Lilly MDR-TB Partnership, has established the BioVision-Lilly Award for young scientists from developing countries researching in the field of infectious diseases ... Announcing Institution
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 Lefoulon-Delalande Foundation Institut de France, home to the Academie des Sciences, calls for nominations for the scientific "Grand Prix 2011" in the fields of biology, medicine, physiology ... Announcing Institution
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 Science education and call for volunteers The Global Young Academy (GYA) and COMSTECH have recently launched a distance learning science education programme ... Announcing Institution
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 IAMP Statement 2010 Certain actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions and thus reduce climate change can also directly improve human health, according to a statement from IAMP, a global network of the world's medical academies, and partner organization of IAP ... Announcing Institution
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