Fully Funded Women for Africa Foundation Research Fellowships in Spain, 2024

The women for Africa foundation applications are ongoing. The opportunity is for African Women to apply for its six months Visiting Science by Women program Fellowship at various Centers in Spain.

This program, promoted by the Women for Africa Foundation, aims to promote the transfer of knowledge, exchange, and training of African women undergraduate and graduate students through scholarships in Spanish universities that collaborate in this initiative.

Thanks to these scholarships, the selected students can complement their university education in our country and then invest what has been learned to benefit their communities, thus contributing to the progress of African societies.

The Women for Africa Foundation is a private entity founded in 2012 by former vice president of the Government of Spain, María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, to contribute to the development of Africa through its women. Since then, the Foundation has launched a dozen education, economic development, health, knowledge, and women empowerment projects.

In order to be eligible Individual must have a solid working knowledge of English.

What You Need To Know About The Women for Africa Foundation Fellowship in Spain

The scholarships are funded by the universities participating in the program – all members of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE).

LEVEL / FIELD OF STUDY:

This is a six-month visiting senior research fellowship for 14 experienced African women researchers.

Study Subject: The preferred areas of research include:

1. Health and Bio-medicine
2.  Energy, Water, and Climate Change
3.  Agriculture and Food Safety
4.  Mathematics, Information, and Communication Technologies
5.  Economic Science
6.  Physics and Materials Sciences
7.  Nanotechnology

HOST NATIONALITY

Scholarship can be taken in Scholarship can be taken at the following centers in Spain. Each center will host one researcher.

Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (GSE), Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Vall d´Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Institute for Neuroscience (IN), Kronikgune Research Center, Biocruces Bizkaia (BC), DeustoTech, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII), Donostia International Physics Center, Material Physics Center – Centro de Física de Materiales (MPC-CFM), Repsol, as well as Principe Felipe Research Center (CIPF).

ELIGIBLE NATIONALITY:

These fellowships are available for African Women:

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS:

•  In general, the research stays will be six continuous months. Nevertheless, depending on personal and professional needs, and with the approval of the host research center, the planned research may be split into two stays within two years after the fellowship has been awarded. Successful candidates will have access to the following benefits:
•  Return flight from their center of origin to the host institution.
•  A monthly living allowance of 2.400 Euros gross covers accommodation, personal expenses, and health and occupational accident insurance coverage.

Beneficiaries must devote themselves entirely to research at the assigned research center and may not be beneficiaries of any other fellowship, grant, stipend, or regular income during their research stay. Beneficiaries might be asked to formalize their relationship with the research center in writing. In compliance with local laws, the Woman for Africa Foundation or the research center (as the case may be) will, if required in each particular circumstance by the tax and/or social security regime, retain or withhold the compulsory amounts from the living allowances.

In collaboration with the research center, the Women for Africa Foundation will help beneficiaries with the compulsory formalities to obtain a visa with Spanish Embassies and Consulates.

The Women for Africa Foundation also strongly discourages final beneficiaries from taking along their families since we cannot assure any financial, logistic, or administrative support for families.

Women for Africa Foundation Fellowship in Spain Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Being a woman
•  Nationality of an African country.
•  Ph.D. with at least three years of post-doctoral professional experience
•  A 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
•  Excellent academic record and a proven track of relevant research experience
•  Solid working knowledge of English
•  Proven experience leading a research group

Beneficiaries of the first, second, and third editions are not eligible. Candidates must have identified research groups in the host centers to confirm that their proposed research can be carried out in collaboration with those research groups and, when needed, in their laboratories.

How To Apply For The Women for Africa Foundation Fellowship in Spain:

Only applications submitted in English via the Science by Women microsite at www.mujeresporafrica.es will be accepted. They must include the following documents:

• Letter of Interest (max. 1 page)
• Full curriculum vitae
• Fully filled form
• A brief but concise description of the project to be developed in the Spanish host center (max. two pages)

Scholarship Link

FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE: September, annually.

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