Deadline:15th October 2025, at 23:59hrs EAT.
The program funded by The Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and implemented by African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) seeks to build a pool of capable, confident, influential young women scientists equipped to excel in agricultural sciences, thrive in leadership roles, and champion gender integration in agriculture.
The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Agricultural
Sciences seeks to build a pool of capable, confident, influential young women
scientists equipped to excel in agricultural sciences, thrive in leadership roles, and
champion gender integration in agriculture. The program offered exclusively via virtual
platforms is a non-residential career transformative program spanning nine-months.
Benefits
The initiative seeks to invest in up to 40 competitively selected African women under 35 years of age and their mentors. Selected candidates will participate in an intensive, non-residential career transformative program spanning nine months. They will be equipped in a range of areas, including:
- Effective leadership styles
- How to define their career path and leverage networks to advance their careers
- How to develop personal brands to build confidence in pitching their research ideas to potential funding agencies and collaborators
- The necessary tools and skills to successfully manage teams, navigate organizational dynamics, build alliances, and take risks
- How to navigate gender dynamics and apply proven strategies to be effective negotiators and problem solvers.
Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon successful completion of the program.
Eligibility
- Aged 35 years or younger at the time of application
- Have at least a bachelors degree or equivalent in any agricultural science discipline from a recognized university
- Have at least five years agricultural sector experience
- Be a citizen of the following countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia
- Reside in Africa and be currently actively engaged in agriculture-related professional work
- Not a Fellow or Laureate of any other Fellowships offered by AWARD
For more information and application.