The AWARD Leadership Program 2025 for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences

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Application Deadline: February 12, 2025, at 2359hrs EAT.

Applications are actually open for the 2025 AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural Sciences. This Call targets younger girls in science beneath 35 years of age from Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, and Malawi.

The program, funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and applied by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), seeks to construct a pool of succesful, assured, influential younger girls scientists outfitted to excel in agricultural sciences, thrive in management roles, and champion gender integration in agriculture.

Launched in 2020, the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science attracts individuals from numerous biophysical and social science agriculture disciplines and organizations, together with authorities companies, non-governmental organizations, academia, analysis organizations, the non-public sector, and extra. To date, this system has reached 75 young women in science from 21 African international locations.

Eligibility Criteria To be eligible for this Fellowship, candidates should meet all of the eligibility standards outlined under:

• Aged 35 years or youthful on the time of software
• Have at the very least a bachelor’s diploma or equal in any agricultural science self-discipline from a acknowledged college
• Have at the very least 5 years of agricultural sector expertise
• Be a citizen of the next international locations: Ethiopia, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Malawi
• Reside in Africa and be presently actively engaged in agriculture-related skilled work
• Not a Fellow or Laureate of every other Fellowships provided by AWARD

Application Timeline:

• Call for Applications open- December 12, 2024
• Call for Applications close- February 12, 2025
• Selected Participants notified- April 2025
• Inaugural Cohort begins- May 2025

Any queries? Please ship an electronic mail to [email protected] or [email protected].

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AWARD Leadership Program