African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Geospatial Leaders Fellowship 2027 – YOA

Deadline: December 14, 2026

Applications are open for the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) Geospatial Leaders Fellowship 2027. The AWF Geospatial Leaders Fellowship is a ten-month Pan-African programme that brings collectively mid-stage conservation GIS professionals from NGOs, authorities companies, analysis establishments and group-based mostly organisations who’re enthusiastic about utilizing spatial knowledge to guard Africa’s wildlife and wild lands.

AWF is an Africa-based world conservation group defending wildlife and their habitats as important elements of a contemporary and affluent Africa. They articulate a singular imaginative and prescient of African-led conservation, specializing in options that create OPPORTUNITY for folks — not on the expense of wildlife and their habitats, however due to them.

Eligibility

• Be a nationwide of, and at the moment working in, one of many following eleven nations: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia or Uganda
• Have at the least two years of fingers-on GIS expertise in conservation, pure useful resource administration or a associated subject.
• Be at the moment employed or connected to an organisation (NGO, authorities company, analysis establishment, non-public sector or group-based mostly organisation) that can host your capstone undertaking, and supply a letter of help out of your employer confirming your full participation.
• Be capable of commit to 10 months of constant engagement, together with digital periods, self-paced studying, mentorship check-ins and a capstone undertaking.
• Be obtainable to journey to Nairobi, Kenya for the in-individual workshop on thirteenth-twentieth June 2027.

Application

Application deadline is Monday, December 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM.

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For extra data, go to AWF Geospatial Leaders Fellowship.