AWARD Women in Agriculture Leadership Program Fellowship 2026 for the Africa-Australia Partnership for Climate Responsive Agriculture – YOA

Deadline: April 26, 2026

Applications are open for the AWARD Women in Agriculture Leadership Program Fellowship 2026 for the Africa-Australia Partnership for Climate Responsive Agriculture. The Women in Agriculture Leadership Program Fellowship is a profession growth initiative that seeks to strengthen the functionality, confidence, and affect of African ladies scientists to guide and take part in local weather-resilient agricultural analysis. The Fellowship combines management growth, mentoring partnerships, and technical excellence to boost the Fellows’ capabilities and place them as influential actors in agrifood techniques. 

The Fellowship targets African ladies agricultural scientists working in National Agricultural Research Institutions (NARIs), authorities ministries, universities, and worldwide analysis organizations from throughout six African international locations, together with Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. 

Applicants should exhibit their expertise in agriculture and local weather-resilient analysis and their potential to affect and drive gender–responsive, local weather-resilient, and transformative analysis. Applications can be reviewed towards a set of standards, and ultimate choice choices made by a panel of specialists who will deal with the candidates’ potential to embody the full potential of the Program. 

Benefits

• Successful Fellows will have interaction in a sequence of actions, together with a mentoring program the place they are going to be matched with a mentor and a mentee; and a number of other coaching programs on management and negotiation abilities, gender integration in local weather adaptation, and science communication and publishing programs.

Eligibility

Applicants should: 

• Be African ladies scientists with a minimal of seven years of expertise in agriculture, agrifood techniques, gender, local weather, together with design, growth, dissemination, implementation, and advocacy at nationwide, regional and worldwide ranges. 
• Have at the least a grasp’s diploma in a related self-discipline, which might embody agriculture, agricultural economics, agricultural extension, pure sources, meals science and diet, local weather science, amongst others. 
• Be nationals of goal international locations and residing in Africa. 
• Clearly exhibit their motivation and aspirations to affect gender-responsive, local weather-resilient, and transformative analysis inside their organizations and throughout agrifood techniques. 
• Be proficient in English or French.

Application

Interested candidates are invited to apply by April 26, 2026, at 23:59 East Africa Time (GMT+3). Applications will NOT be accepted after this date.

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For extra data, go to Agriculture Leadership Program Fellowship.