This independent evaluation of the 2017-2022 AWARD strategy was commissioned by AWARD through the International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry Centre (CIFOR-ICRAF). SRI Executive and ALINE Impact Limited carried out a developmental evaluation to highlight key lessons focused on the effectiveness, impact, coherence, and quality of the current strategy highlighting its key achievements, gaps, and challenges. The sustainability of the strategy was assessed in relation to short-, medium- and long-term priorities of the AWARD mission including the AWARD Fellowships, engagement with agricultural research for development (AR4D) institutions and the enabling environment. The key lessons and insights are drawn from the strategy period to help inform the AWARD team and the next strategic phase of AWARD’s development. Non-exhaustive landscape analysis, donor trends and comparative organizations complemented the output. The key findings relate to AWARD’s 2017-2022 Strategy, in its program areas, and its operating goals.