The AWARD Leadership Program 2027 for Emerging African Women in Science (Cohort 2)

Application Deadline: November 06, 2026, at 23:59 East Africa Time (GMT+3). 

Applications at the moment are open for the 2027 AWARD Leadership Program. The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science is a personalized studying expertise for younger African ladies in science underneath 35. The program will equip members with the talents and confidence to steer and innovate in the scientific world.

The underrepresentation of girls in management roles in the end impacts progress towards sustainable growth and attaining international sustainable growth objectives. To guarantee ladies’s efficient participation in management, ladies should entry studying Opportunities to realize expertise that can equip them to steer successfully. The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science is tailor-made to handle some challenges that impede younger ladies’s development into management in science.

The two-year non-residential Fellowship seeks to strengthen the potential, confidence, and affect of African ladies scientists to steer and contribute to climate-responsive agricultural analysis and agrifood methods.

The Fellowship targets mid-career African ladies agricultural scientists working in nationwide agricultural analysis establishments, authorities ministries, universities, and worldwide analysis organizations in Egypt, Morocco, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Senegal.

Program construction

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

Requirements

• The program is obtainable to high-potential feminine candidates underneath 35 years previous who work in science and agriculture and have a minimum of 5 years of full-time sector expertise.
• Education qualification: 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 exhibit their dedication to development, clearly articulate their profession objectives, and exhibit their potential to tackle management accountability.
• Applicants should reside in Africa and be at present actively engaged in agriculture-related skilled work
• Applicants should not be a Fellow or Laureate of some other Fellowships supplied by AWARD

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the AWARD Leadership Program