ICTA-UAB joins the Science by Women program
ICTA-UAB will join the Science by Women program, launched for the eighth consecutive year by the Women for Africa Foundation 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 researchers who win the scholarship will spend six months in the requested center.
This edition of the Foundation’s long-running project will involve 21 research centers distributed throughout Spain, which will receive 22 senior women scientists.
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.
The researchers who win the scholarship will spend six months in the requested center. They will also join the more than 100 women scientists who have been part of the program over the last seven years and who are currently an active part of the NOW IS AFRICA Network.
Among the main novelties of this edition is the incorporation of new centers such as the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) or the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB). In addition, for the second consecutive year, the Carlos III Health Institute will offer two scholarships.
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.
You can find the guidelines and rules for the application process on our website. The deadline for submitting applications will remain open until September 30.
For more information: Mujeres por África 8th Edition – Science by woman – Mujeres por África (mujeresporafrica.es)