Science by Women programme for African women: 14 fellowships 873 views

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)