UNODA Young Women for Biosecurity Fellowship 2025 for female scientists. – Opportunities For Africans

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Application Deadline: Sunday 21 September at 23:59 (CET).

Applications are actually open for the 2025 UNODA Young Women for Biosecurity Fellowship. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Biological Weapons Convention, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva will maintain a particular iteration of the Youth for Biosecurity Fellowship Programme for 10 competitively chosen younger female scientists from the Global South.

Participants will be a part of a sequence of on-line interactive webinars previous to a discipline go to through the Seventh assembly of the BWC Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention in Geneva. The Fellowship goals to help younger ladies from the Global South energetic within the biosecurity discipline, offering a chance to be taught, community and share views on subjects associated to the BWC.

Requirements

To be eligible to apply, potential fellows should:

• Identify as female,
• Be underneath 35 years outdated on the time of making use of,  
• Be residents of a BWC State Party listed as least developed nation, low- or decrease/higher middle-income nation (Check in case your nation is within the Development Assistance Committee List of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
• At a minimal, awarded a grasp’s diploma within the life sciences or a associated self-discipline from a acknowledged college or establishment.
• Have no less than three years of working expertise,
• Currently work in a associated discipline, similar to laboratories, analysis into biosecurity or disarmament, life sciences, rising applied sciences and so on.  
• Proficiency in English, with proof of mastery.  

Regional steadiness will likely be thought-about within the choice of the cohort.

Applicants might want to present a reference letter, copy of their passport, and affirmation of their availability to take part within the programme in its entirety as part of their submission.

Benefits

The Fellowship runs over a three-month interval and requires a minimal time dedication to accommodate fellows’ work or tutorial schedules. Activities embrace:  

• A sequence of on-line Biosecurity Workshops all through October and November, with no less than three substantive periods,
• Dedicated Opportunities for mentorship and networking,
• A five-day discipline go to in Geneva from 8 to 12 December 2025 through the Seventh Meeting of the BWC Working Group on the Strengthening of the Convention.

Expectations for members:

Attendance and energetic participation in all on-line periods and within the discipline go to [the fellows are responsible for obtaining the relevant authorizations from their employer or universities, as well as any required visa documents for travel to Switzerland].

Make time in your schedule to adequately put together for all periods and discussions – the course will likely be intensive, and prior preparation will likely be key to the fellows’ energetic participation.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the UNODA Young Women for Biosecurity Fellowship