AWARD OFFERS TAILORED, TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIPS designed to fast-track the careers of African women scientists and professionals delivering pro-poor agricultural research and development that benefits rural communities, especially women.

Our goal is to help them increase their contributions in the fight against hunger and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa.

AWARD currently has 180 fellows: African women working in agricultural research and development from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia who have completed a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in selected disciplines.

The latest 60 outstanding women agricultural scientists received fellowships from AWARD on 27 July 2010. Click here for the full story behind their fellowships.

Click here for the 2010 AWARD Fellowship Recipients, including their research topics.

Click here to watch speech by Vicki Wilde, Director, CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program and AWARD

Click here to watch speech by Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, Vice President (Policy and Partnerships) for the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa