Investing in Individuals

Overview

AWARD Fellowships are awarded based on intellectual merit, leadership capacity, and the potential impact of the scientist’s research on improving the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. AWARD Fellows benefit from a program that fosters mentoring partnerships, builds science skills, and develops leadership capacity. They remain in their institutions, continue their research, and travel to participate in AWARD training courses in various African locations.

Since 2008, our fellowships have benefitted 1,872 individual scientists from more than 450 institutions in 26 countries. Currently, we implement the Programs under the One Planet Fellowship and the Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship.

The Flagship AWARD Fellowship

The Flagship AWARD Fellowship is a career development program that invests in leading women agricultural scientists to ensure a growing cohort of capable, confident, and influential women scientists available to lead critical advances and innovations for the agricultural sector.

Through the Flagship AWARD Fellowship, AWARD is cultivating a growing pool of women to be (a) effective within agriculturalresearch institutions; (b) effective across a range of research disciplines serving the agricultural sector; (c) responsive to gender issues in the service of women, without excluding men; and (d) technically competent to generate innovations needed by rural smallholders, most of whom are women.

The One Planet Fellowship

The One Planet Fellowship (OPF) seeks to build a vibrant, highly connected, and intergenerational network of African and European scientist leaders equipped to lead next generation research in climate adaptation.

It is a 3-year career-development initiative that will enhance the capacity of high potential agricultural researchers focused on climate change adaptation by building their leadership, mentoring, scientific and networking skills.

OPF will build climate scientists’ skill in deploying a gender lens to analyze the potential of their research to bridge the gender gap especially when it comes to access to new technology.

Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship

The Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship is a career development program that targets mid-career African women in the policy field to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies across Africa.

The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science

The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science is a customized learning experience for young African women in science under 35. The program will equip participants with the skills and confidence to lead and innovate in the scientific world.

Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action

The Accelerating African Women’s Leadership in Climate Action Fellowship seeks to achieve a twin goal of increasing the number of African women leading climate change action and catalyze production of climate solutions that work for women smallholders.

African Women In Data Science

The African Women in Data Science Fellowship seeks to cultivate and empower a growing pipeline of African women working at the intersection of data science, agrifood systems, and climate resilience. Fellows will be equipped to apply data- driven approaches to solve challenges in agrifood systems and climate resilience, develop innovative solutions, and lead initiatives that foster sustainable, gender responsive outcomes at different levels

The Young Impact Associates in Agrifood Systems Fellowship

The Young Impact Associates (YIA) Agriculture Impact Fellowship aims to strengthen data-driven leadership and amplify the role of young African professionals in evidence-based decision-making across agrifood systems. Targeting professionals under 35 years of age, the Fellowship offers immersive training focused on leadership, impact measurement, and using evidence to inform programming and policies. The program is implemented in three countries: Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda and participants are competitively selected through an open Call for Applications.

She Leads African Food Futures

The She Leads African Food Futures (SHEAF) Fellowship seeks to build a vibrant, highly connected network of African women professionals from diverse disciplines to drive policy and programmatic change for equitable agri-food systems in sub-Saharan Africa

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