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PhD Fellowships support 22 women scientists in the developing world
The new fellows, who come from 16 developing countries across Africa, the Arab States, and Asia, will be supported to pursue their PhDs in STEM subjects at institutions in another country in the Global South. They intend to focus their PhD research on subjects ranging from monitoring the effects of climate change on river flow in Tanzania, to using deep learning to better track developmental disabilities in developing countries, to researching associations between particular genotypes and severity of COVID-19 disease in Palestinian populations. The Fellowship is offered to women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries (STLCs).
2022 OWSD PhD Fellows
Fatima Hussein Mohammed Taha Al-Futini
Yemen
Julieth Joseph Balilemwa
Tanzania
Muna Mohammed Abdulqader Bazuhair
Yemen
Ornela Claire Feulefack
Cameroon
Juliette Gasana
Rwanda
Kelly Joelle Gatore Sinigirira
Burundi
Stellamaris Kembabazi
Uganda
Fatana Lameh
Afghanistan
Hnin Aye Lin
Myanmar
Georgina Wande Koki Luti
Kenya
Sidoine Malla Dari
Cameroon
Charlotte Sabine Milong Melong
Cameroon
Kelly Garina Mugisha
Burundi
Sidratul Muntaha
Bangladesh
Shamsun Nahar
Bangladesh
Marwa Omer Mohammed Omer
Sudan
Bissilimou Rachidatou Orounla
Benin
Nokuphila Winifred Nompumelelo Simelane
Eswatini
Sadia Sultana
Bangladesh
Helen Abeje Tegenu
Ethiopia
Sara Abrao Tembe
Mozambique
Eman K.A. Zaqout
Palestine
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from OWSD
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
was founded in 1987 and is the first international forum to unite eminent women scientists from the developing and developed worlds with the objective of strengthening their role in the development process and promoting their representation in scientific and technological leadership. OWSD provides research training, career development and networking opportunities for women scientists throughout the developing world at different stages in their careers. OWSD is hosted by The World Academy of Sciences for the advancement of science in developing countries (TWAS), a UNESCO Programme based in Trieste, Italy.
