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 21- 24 July 2025 in person in Trieste, Italy.
The AAAS-TWAS Science Diplomacy training program was established in 2014 to expose scientists, decisionmakers, diplomats and other interested stakeholders and institutions to science diplomacy concepts, explore key contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and health, and build a skillset to allow for careers at the intersection of science and diplomacy.
Eligibility Criteria
The 'participant peer' will include:
- Participant 1 : an Early-Career Scientist (ECS) who should be preferably 40 years or below, must have earned a PhD degree and whose research and wider engagement has international policymaking implications or applications, and
- Participant 2 : a Decisionmaker (DM) from the policymaking arena, working on science, technology, and innovation-related matters. There is no age limit for the co-applicant decisionmaker nor the requirement of a PhD degree . On the other hand, this person should belong to one of the following policy-related categories:- A local or national government official;
– A policymaker;
– A diplomat;
– Civil servant;
– A representative of a research funding institution;
– Staff or expert working for an international (eg UN) organization.
Offered Benefits
Organizers will cover the expenses of selected peers, including transportation, accommodation, visa processing fees, meals and incidentals.
Additionally, there will be opportunities for a small number of self-supported participant peers (including from high-income countries) to attend the course if selected. Those participants will be responsible for paying their costs in connection with their attendance at the course, except for meals and transportation within Trieste, which is offered by organizers.
