Application Deadline: September 30, 2019
Following the success of 1st four editions, the Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA), in line with its mission of contributing to the development of Africa through its women, is launching the 5th Edition of SCIENCE BY WOMEN programme, with the aim to promote African women’s leadership in scientific research and technology transfer and to foster the capacity of the research centres 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, agriculture and food security, water, energy and climate change, as well as mathematics and economic science.
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 growing.
The programme´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
Centres of Excellence, whose prestige is unanimously recognized
throughout Spain and internationally, thereby ensuring excellence in
scientific research in various fields. In this 5th edition our
associated research centres are:
Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Vall d´Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
Institute for Neuroscience (IN)
Kronikgune Research Center
Biocruces Bizkaia
DeustoTech
Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)
Donostia International Physics Center
Material Physics Center – (MPC-CFM)
Principe Felipe Research Center (CIPF)
Spanish National Center of Biotechnology (CNB)
Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (IAS)
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT)
Campus of International Excellence in Agrifood
Each of these centres will host 1 senior woman researcher with at
least 3 years of post-doctoral experience for a six-month fellowship.
Applications will be subjected to a rigorous selection process,
evaluating the academic merits and leadership of the applicants as well
as the scientific quality and expected impact of their research
projects. Selected candidates will receive training and integration in a
dynamic, multidisciplinary and highly competitive working team, where
they will be able to develop their research projects and acquire
complementary skills, empowering them to transfer their research results
into tangible economic and social benefits.
For More Information:
Visit the Official Webpage of the Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA) Science by Women programme 2019