Deadline: 15 July 2024
Registration is now open for the CIFAR Symposium on Women's Leadership Development in Research 2024 . CIFAR's Women in Research Leadership Development Symposium brings together exceptional early-career researchers from across sub-Saharan Africa, in any academic discipline, to strengthen their leadership skills through facilitated training; broaden their professional networks; develop their capacity for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and collaboration; and receive mentorship from among Africa's top women research leaders. This event will take place from 28 to 30 January 2025 in Kigali, Rwanda.
The CIFAR Women in Research Leadership Development Symposium aims to address the unique needs of young African academics (especially women) to break down barriers to academic careers and make high-impact contributions as research leaders.
Participants will:
- Take part in facilitated leadership training. Examples of topics might include: effective practices for building and sustaining a research group; scientific communication; negotiation.
- Network with peers from different disciplines and countries in sub-Saharan Africa, with the opportunity to explore potential research collaborations.
- Receive guidance from established female research leaders in Africa.
Cost
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- Travel and accommodation for all successful candidates will be paid for by CIFAR.
Eligibility
- Interested candidates should hold a position focused primarily on research (typically as a senior graduate student, postdoctoral fellow or early career faculty member) at an academic or research institution in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Be 35 years old or younger on 27 January 2025.
- All academic disciplines and research areas are welcome.
- Candidates of any gender can apply; at least 70% of the selected participants will be women.
Application
Applicants should send a CV and articulate how participation in this symposium would further their career goals and vision of impact.
