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For the first time in the history of BioVisionAlexandria, the Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP) is organizing, in collaboration with The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), the interactive event “TWAS/BioVisionAlexandria.Nxt”.

The event is schedule to run concurrently with the BioVisionAlexandria 2008 conference in April 2008 under the title “Funding Research in the Developing World”.

The event will be held 11-12 April 2008 and applicants will be entitled to participate in the BioVisionAlexandria 2008 Conference as well.

The CSSP is envisaging to invite 100 young scientists from developing countries to share their ideas and experience, in addition to meeting mentors and eminent scientists who would enlighten their knowledge into the fields of research and development.

Each young researcher will have the opportunity to demonstrate his/her project/research in the poster session and share his/her ideas.

The event will also include various discussions focusing on difficulties encountered in their respective countries. These discussions aim at finding ways and means of overcoming some of these difficulties.

TWAS/BioVisionAlexandria.NXT is currently accepting applications from young scientists who meet the following criteria.

The applicant must:

- be under 35 years of age on 1 January 2008.
- be a native of a developing country
- be either a post-graduate diploma, or a masters, or Ph. D. student, or a recent postdoctoral fellow (maximum 2 years) working in the field of life sciences.
- have available scientific achievements/research material that would be presented at the poster session.