6th EDITION OF SCIENCE BY WOMEN PROGRAM
REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS FOR VISITING SENIOR RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIPS IN SPANISH CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
Deadline for proposals submission September 30, 2020
The Women for Africa Foundation (FMxA), in line with its mission of
contributing to the development of Africa through the drive of its
women, is launching the 6th Edition of SCIENCE BY WOMEN programme,
with the aim to promote African women’s leadership in
scientific
research and technology transfer and to foster the capacity
of the research centres in their home countries. The main goal is to
enable African women researchers and scientists to tackle the great
challenges faced by Africa through research in health and
biomedicine,
sustainable agriculture and food security,
water, energy and climate change.
Considering the exceptional challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic, some
of the fellowships are focused on the research and innovation
carried out by African women scientists from the diverse and
interdisciplinary approaches.
Women’s lives are significantly affected by the repercussions of
uncontrolled development; however, social, structural and economic
barriers limit their capacity to tackle the great challenges faced
by the continent. The gender disparities in science and technology
in both the public and private spheres affect Africa’s population as
a whole. Narrowing this gap, which has severe consequences on the
balanced and sustainable development of African countries, is vital
to achieve long-term progress and equal growing.
The programme´s ultimate goal is to enable African women researchers
to play a leading role in the transition of Africa to a
knowledge-based and innovation-led economy through research that can
be transferred into products, processes, services and technologies
having impact on people´s lives.
To achieve this ambitious goal, FMxA collaborates with the Spanish
Centres of Excellence, whose prestige is unanimously recognized
throughout Spain and internationally, thereby ensuring excellence in
scientific research in various fields. In this 6th edition our
associated research centres are:
Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO)
Vall d´Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR)
Institute for Neuroscience (IN)
Kronikgune Research Center
Biocruces Bizkaia
DeustoTech
Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)
Institute of Health Carlos III (ISCIII)
Donostia International Physics Center
Spanish National Center of Biotechnology (CNB)
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (ICMAT)
Centre for Genomics Regulation (CGR)
Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
Biomedical and Health Research Institute at the University of
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)
The Basque Center for Applied Mathematics – BCAM
Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering POLYMAT
Fundazioa
Materials Physics Center (MPC-CFM)
Each of these centres will host 1 senior woman researcher with at
least 3 years of post-doctoral experience for a six-month
fellowship. Applications will be subjected to a rigorous selection
process, evaluating the academic merits and leadership of the
applicants as well as the scientific quality and expected impact
of their research projects. Selected candidates will receive
training and integration in a dynamic, multidisciplinary and
highly competitive working team, where they will be able to
develop their research projects and acquire complementary skills,
empowering them to transfer their research results into tangible
economic and social benefits.
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