The Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA), in line with its mission of contributing to the development of Africa through the drive of its women, is launching the 9th Edition of SCIENCE BY WOMEN program, with the aim to promote African women’s leadership in scientific research and technology transfer and to foster the capacity of the research centers in their home countries. The main goal is to enable African women researchers and scientists to tackle the great challenges faced by Africa through research in health and biomedicine, sustainable agriculture and food security, water, energy and climate change.
Women’s lives are significantly affected by the repercussions of uncontrolled development; however, social, structural and economic barriers limit their capacity to tackle the great challenges faced by the continent. The gender disparities in science and technology in both the public and private spheres affect Africa’s population as a whole. Narrowing this gap, which has severe consequences on the balanced and sustainable development of African countries, is vital to achieve long-term progress and equal growth.
The program’s ultimate goal is to enable African women researchers to play a leading role in the transition of Africa to a knowledge-based and innovation-led economy through research that can be transferred into products, processes, services and technologies having impact on people’s lives.
To achieve this ambitious goal, FMxA collaborates with the Spanish Centers of Excellence, whose prestige is unanimously recognized throughout Spain and internationally, thereby ensuring excellence in scientific research in various fields.
WORTH
Successful candidates will have access to the following benefits:
- Return flight from their center of origin to the host institution
- Living allowance of 2.400 Euros (before 24% taxes)per month to cover accommodation, personal expenses and health and occupational accident insurance coverage
- Beneficiaries must devote themselves entirely to research at the assigned research center and may not be beneficiaries of any other fellowship, grant, stipend or regular income during their research stay.
- Beneficiaries might be asked to formalize their relationship with the research center in writing. In compliance with local laws, the Woman for Africa Foundation or the research center (as the case may be) will, if so required in each particular circumstance by the tax and/or social security regime, retain or withhold the compulsory amounts from the living allowances.
- Women for Africa Foundation, in collaboration with the research center, will help beneficiaries with the compulsory formalities in order to obtain the visa with Spanish Embassies and Consulates.
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must meets the following requirements:
- Being a woman
- Having the nationality of an African country
- Holding a PhD. Post-doctoral experience is preferred
- Current contractual relationship with a university or a public or private non-profit organization based in Africa dedicated to significant scientific research in the areas indicated above
- Excellent academic record and proven track of relevant research experience
- Solid working knowledge of English
- Beneficiaries of previous editions of this program are not eligible.
- When applying, candidates must have already identified research groups in the host centres to confirm that their proposed research can be carried out in collaboration with those research groups and, when needed, in their laboratories.
DEADLINE; September 30, 2023
To apply and for more information visit here
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