Special Programs

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Carnegie Corporation of New York

The AWARD Leadership Program for Emerging African Women in Science is offered under the umbrella of the Global Forum on Women in Scientific Research (GoFoWiSeR) initiative. GoFoWiSeR is an AWARD initiative which focuses on bridging the gender gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) by spotlighting the strategies and approaches that improve the numbers and experiences of women in STEM. The Carnegie Corporation of New York contributed $200,000 for this initiative.

Other Donors

AWARD has received additional modest grants for a variety of interventions, enabling it to make a meaningful impact in its mission to promote inclusive, agriculture-driven prosperity in Africa. These grants include the following:

Donor

Intervention

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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

The Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) provided additional contribution of $902,921 to reinforce the participation of women scientists from francophone West Africa in the One Planet Fellowship. This is in recognizance of the missing links and bottlenecks in building and enhancing research and leadership skills and increasing networking opportunities among African researchers, particularly women scientists. 

Individuals

AWARD invests in building a pool of capable, confident, and influential African scientists to lead critical advances and innovations in the agricultural research and development sector (ARD).

Through career development programs and other customized interventions, we equip African researchers with various skills including leadership, mentoring, science, grant writing, negotiation, gender in agri-food systems networking and communication skills.

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