Application Deadline: 31 July 2021 The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India and TWAS have established a number of fellowships for foreign scholars from developing countries who wish to pursue research toward a PhD in emerging areas of science and technology for which facilities are available in the laboratories and institutes of the CSIR. CSIR and TWAS will keep about 20% of 2021 awards for COVID-19 related research topics. These could be in the area of : I. Digital and Molecular Surveillance; II. Rapid and Economical Diagnostics; III. Repurposing of Drugs, Vaccine and Convalescent Plasma Therapy; IV. Hospital Assistive Devices and PPEs.