Back
ICTP believes that talent is found everywhere; we all gain from the diversity of perspectives created by ensuring that scientists are empowered and can contribute to scientific discourse independently of possibly constraining factors such as geography, gender, class, or ethnicity. The Centre works to transcend such barriers both to individual achievement and to building the science base in developing countries, through our training and education programmes.
From the Centre’s Postgraduate Diploma Programme, an intense, year-long course of study that gives young scientists from developing countries the boost they need for acceptance into doctoral programmes anywhere in the world, to the Centre’s Associates Scheme, which supports sabbatical visits of established scientists, ICTP provides a lifeline for a lifetime of learning.
ICTP strives to boost science in developing countries to an international level by encouraging North-South collaboration, and to stimulate networking of scientists in disadvantaged regions to reach a critical mass of researchers through South-Sout
Why are there still fewer women than men in science? In a world where just 30% of researchers are women, the reasons are many, ranging from the challenge of balancing family life and career to a lack of childcare support and role models.
