AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science 2026 – YOA

Deadline: September 20, 2026

Applications for the AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science 2026 at the moment are open. The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science is a personalized studying expertise for younger African girls in science below 35. The program will equip contributors with the talents and confidence to guide and innovate in the scientific world.

The underrepresentation of ladies in management roles in the end impacts progress towards sustainable growth and reaching international sustainable growth objectives. To guarantee girls’s efficient participation in management, girls should entry studying alternatives to achieve expertise that may equip them to guide successfully.

The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science is tailor-made to handle some challenges that impede younger girls’s development into management in science.

Programme Structure

The Program contains extremely interactive coaching periods on management, mentoring, proposal writing, communication expertise, and one-on-one teaching periods. Participants will get a deeper understanding of:

• Effective management kinds and growing their management potential
• How to outline their profession path and leverage networks to advance their careers
• How to develop private manufacturers to construct confidence in pitching their analysis concepts to potential funding companies and collaborators
• The crucial instruments and expertise to efficiently handle groups, navigate organizational dynamics, construct alliances, and take dangers

Costs

• The program doesn’t supply stipends, sitting allowances, or subsidies. However, all coaching supplies and mentorship supplied can be for free of charge.

Eligibility

• The program is accessible to excessive-potential feminine candidates below 35 years outdated who work in science and agriculture and have a minimum of 5 years of full-time sector expertise.
• Applicants will need to have a minimal of a B.Sc. diploma or equal in any agricultural science self-discipline from a acknowledged college.
• Applicants should reveal their dedication to development, clearly articulate their profession objectives, and reveal their means to tackle management duty.
• Applicants should reside in Africa and be at the moment actively engaged in agriculture-associated skilled work.
• Applicants should not be a Fellow or Laureate of another Fellowships provided by AWARD.

Application

Click to Apply in English or French

For extra info, go to AWARD Leadership Program.