African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) Fellowships

JULY 2008

THE GENDER & DIVERSITY program invites applications for the first round of fellowships under the AWARD Program. The G&D is implementing a comprehensive yet flexible program designed to build up the talent pool of promising African women in agricultural science..

The Fellowship will support African agricultural women scientists from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia with PhD degrees, including those in post-doctoral positions, and women scientists with MA/MSc/MPhil/BA/BSc degrees

The Disciplines
Crop sciences (including horticulture), soil sciences, animal and livestock sciences, plant and animal animal virology, agroforestry, agricultural economics, aquatic resources and fisheries, food sciences and nutrition, natural resource management and ecology, biodiversity conservation, entomology, agricultural extension education, molecular biology (applied to plant/animal breeding), and water and irrigation management.

Application Forms

The application forms have been divided into three categories:

* Post-PhD/Post-doctoral to be completed and submitted by women scientists with a minimum qualification of PhD degree.
http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/resource/AWARD_Post_PhdFellowship.doc

* Post-MA/MSc/MPhil to be completed and submitted by women scientists with a minimum qualification of MA/MSc/MPhil degree.
http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/resource/AWARD_Post_MA-MSc-MPhilFellowship.doc

* Post-BA/BSc to be completed and submitted by women scientists with a minimum qualification of BA/BSc degree.
http://www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org/resource/AWARD_Post_BA-BScFellowship.doc

Duly completed application packages should be submitted via email to:

Vicki Wilde, Leader
AWARD and CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program
ICRAF, United Nations Avenue
P.O. Box 30677, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Email: AWARDFellows@cgiar.org
Website: www.genderdiversity.cgiar.org
Tel: 254-20-7224240
Fax: 254-20-7224001

Hard copies of the completed application packages can be mailed to:

Vicki Wilde, Leader
AWARD and CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program
ICRAF, United Nations Avenue, P.O. Box 30677
00100 Nairobi, Kenya

Round One Fellowship Announcement: Application Deadline: July 18 2008