Agropolis Fondation

In its mission to promote and support high-level agricultural research for sustainable development, in 2009, Agropolis Fondation entered into a partnership with AWARD to build the science skills of African women scientists though the AWARD Fellowship.

The focus is on Advanced Science Training (AST) placements for African scientists in some of the leading French research labs. AST placements are designed to strengthen and expand the women scientists’ technical expertise in their selected area of research, research collaborations, and to broaden their professional networks. To date Agropolis Fondation has contributed $1,137,625 to support the Flagship and Pan-African Fellowships.