Deadline: 15 June 2015
The Women for Africa Foundation is currently accepting research proposals from women researchers around Africa for its “Science By Women” programme that aims 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, agriculture and food security, water, energy and climate change, which can be transferred into products and technologies having impact on people´s lives.
The Science by Women programme will fund a total of nine six-month visiting senior research fellowships for nine experienced African women researchers in any of the specified Spanish research centers of excellence.
Each centre will host 2 senior women researchers for six-months: 2 for each centre, except the ICMAT which will host 1 researcher. 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.
Research Centers
- Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO): ultimate goal is to foster translation of scientific breakthroughs into novel and more effective ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.
- Spanish National Biotechnology Centre (CNB): focuses on the application of contemporary biotechnology to major societal challenges in health, environment and agriculture.
- Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO): specialized in the science and technology of harnessing light as a pervasive and universal tool that benefit health, energy, information as well as safety, security and environment.
- Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII): a prestigious biomedical research institute focused on communicable and non-communicable diseases.
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT): Its goal is to generate knowledge in practically all the areas of mathematics, particularly in Algebraic Geometry and Mathematical Physics, Differential Geometry, Symplectic Geometry and Geometric Mechanics, Mathematical Analysis, Differential Equations and Applications, Number Theory, and Group theory.
Research Areas
The preferred areas of research include:
- Health
- Energy, Water and Climate Change
- Agriculture and Food Safety
Duration & Benefits
- The duration of the research stays is six months.
- Successful candidates will have access to the following benefits:
- Flight from their centre of origin to the host institution and back
- Living allowance of 2400 Euros per month to cover accommodation, personal expense and health and occupational accident insurance coverage.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicant must be a women and
- Be a national of an African country
- Hold a PhD degree
- Have 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
- Have excellent academic record and proven track of relevant research experience
- Working knowledge of English
- Have at least 5 years experience leading a research group.
Application Procedure
- Only applications submitted in English via the ‘Science by Women’ website will be accepted.
- They must include the following documents:
- Letter of Interest (max. 1 page)
- Full curriculum vitae
- Fully filled form
- Brief but concise description of the project to be developed in the Spanish host centre (max. 2 pages)
- Successful applicants will present innovative research projects that respond to the needs of African populations.
For more information, please visit Africa fellowships.
