Latin America & Caribbean

Research initiatives/academic groups

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Brazilian Academy of Sciences

Covering a broad range of fields, The Brazilian Academy of Sciences stimulates scientific research and promotes science as a tool for economic development. Recent funding from the Federal Government has allowed the academy to develop a programme of events, make resources available to projects, and establish links and interact with the international scientific community. The official journal of the Academy is the quarterly Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, which publishes original research findings in the fields covered by the Academy.

National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia (ANCB)

The National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia is a public, autonomous institution,dedicated to the promotion of science through research. And fostering science, technology and innovation through its different institutes and affiliated organizations.

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

The principal aim of TWAS is to promote scientific capacity and sustainable development in the South through research as well as South–South and North–South collaborations. It was founded in 1983 by a group of Southern scientists, under the leadership of Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam, as an autonomous international organisation. Fellows are citizens of the South; associate fellows are citizens of the North who were born in the South or have made significant contributions to science in the South.

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