UNESCO-TWAS has partnered with the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMSTECH) for the UNESCO-TWAS – COMSTECH Science in Exile Fellowship Programme for displaced and refugee scholars and scientists. The Programme aims to provide displaced and refugee scholars and scientists who have not yet found a safe and long-term host country to pursue doctoral studies in Pakistan. More information on

• PhD fellowships can be found here. 
• Postdoctoral fellowships can be found here. 

According to the initiators, priority is given to Afghan applicants (as well as people from Syria and Yemen).