The Science by Women programme will fund a total of 14 six-month visiting senior research fellowships for 14 experienced African women researchers in any of the following international research centres of excellence based in Spain and each centre will host 1 researcher:

  • Institute of Photonic Sciences
  • Centre for Genomic Regulation
  • Vall d´Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
  • Institute for Neuroscience (IN)
  • Kronikgune Research Center
  • Biocruces Bizkaia (BC)
  • DeustoTech
  • Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)
  • Donostia International Physics Center
  • Material Physics Center – Centro de Física de Materiales (MPC-CFM)
  • Repsol
  • Principe Felipe Research Center (CIPF)
Research areas:
  • Health and Bio-medicine
  • Energy, Water and Climate Change
  • Agriculture and Food Safety
  • Mathematics, Information and Communication Technologies
  • Economic Science
  • Physics and Materials Sciences
  • Nanotechnology

Eligibility:

  • Applications are open to woman having nationality of an African country.
  • Applicant must hold PhD with at least 3 years of post-doctoral professional experience
  • Applicant must also have 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
  • Applicant must possess excellent academic record and proven track of relevant research experience
  • Applicant must possess strong working knowledge of English
  • Applicant must have evident experience leading a research group

Duration: research may be split in two stays within two years after the fellowship has been awarded.

Fellowship value:

  • Return flight from their centre of origin to the host institution
  • Living allowance of 2.400 Euros gross per month to cover accommodation, personal
  • expense and health and occupational accident insurance coverage

Applications:

  • Only applications submitted in English via the Science by Women microsite and must include the following documents:
  • Letter of Interest (max. 1 page)
  • Full CV
  • Fully filled form
  • Brief but concise description of the project to be developed in the Spanish host centre (max. 2 pages)
—————–Quick Overview————-
Organization Science by Women | Women for Africa Foundation
Country Spain
Fellowship Level Research awards
Subject areas

Biomedicine, Agriculture, Mathematics, Information and Communication Technologies, Economics, Physics and Materials Sciences, Nanotechnology

Fellowship amount Funded
Eligibility Open to African women researchers
Deadline 30th September 2018
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