Research Attachments
New Advanced Science Training Placements for 2010 AWARD Fellows Announced
AWARD is pleased to announce the winners of its annual competition for advanced science training. This year, 19 of the 32 proposals submitted were successful in this highly competitive process. Of the 19, 11 won a research attachment, four will attend a world-class course on gender mainstreaming in programs and projects, two were invited to the Service Learning Program for Women at New Mexico State University, and the hosts for two fellows will be determined within the next few weeks.
Current AWARD Fellows with post-master’s and post-doctoral degrees are eligible to compete for a research attachment or other advanced science training. Fellows are attached to centers of excellence for four-to nine months in order to conduct research under the supervision of highly experienced and seasoned scientists. The chief objective of the research attachments is to help fellows build solid skills for producing the technological innovations and advances required for positive, sustainable impacts in agricultural R&D in Africa. Some fellows’ goals for advanced science training are better served with a specific course. These are selected very carefully and in close collaboration with the successful fellows.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development provide much of the funding for the research attachments, but we also have corporate and foundation sponsors, such as Novus International, Dow AgroSciences, Agropolis Fondation, and a private philanthropist, who generously cover costs to make these opportunities available to AWARD Fellows.
Our warm congratulations to the winners of AWARD’s advanced science training.
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Meaza Melkamu Abawari, Msc |
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Ruth Amata, PhD Kenya Research Area: Fungal pathogen detection Home Institution: Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) Host Institution: Agropolis Fondation/Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), France |
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Mercy Anjorin, MSc Nigeria Research Area: Reduction of postharvest losses Home Institution: Food Basket Foundation International, Nigeria Host Institution: Gender course at Management for Development Foundation (MDF) Training and Consultancy, Netherlands |
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Matilda Ayim-Akonor, Msc |
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Vettes Kalema, PhD Tanzania Research Area: Climate change: woodlands Home Institution: Kyambogo University, Uganda Host Institution: William L. Brown Center, Missouri Botanical Garden, U.S.A., funded by Novus International |
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Esther Kanduma, MSc Kenya Research Area: Development and validation of a rapid lateral flow test for Theileria parva infection in cattle Home Institution: University of Nairobi, Kenya Host Institution: Biosciences eastern and central Africa (BecA), Kenya |
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Lilian Kirimi, PhD Kenya Research Area: Gender analysis, gender tools Home Institution: Tegemeo Institute, Kenya Host Institution: MDF gender course |
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Bosede Lawal, PhD Nigeria Research Area: Gender/impact assessment Home Institution: Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, Nigeria Host Institution: MDF gender course |
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Florence Lubwama Kiyimba, MSc Uganda Research Area: Gender-senstitive technology development/empowerment Home Institution: Makerere University, Uganda Host Institution: MDF gender course |
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Margaret Lukuyu, MSc Kenya Research Area: Sustainable production options for the Masai Mau Forest ecosystem Home Institution: National Agricultural Research Laboratories/KARI, Kenya Host Institution: The World Agroforestry Centre/United Nations Environmental Programme |
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Anabela da Piedade Manhiça, MSc Mozambique Research Area: Technology transfer models/other food security programs Home Institution: IIAM Host Institution: Service Learning for Women, NMSU, U.S.A. |
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Kehinde Moyib, MSc Nigeria Research Area: Cassava moleclular marker breeding Home Institution: Tai Solarin University of Education, Nigeria Host Institution: TBD |
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Bridgit Muasa, MSc Kenya Research Area: Cryopreservation of cattle embryos Home Institution: Department of Veterinary Services, Kenya Host Institution: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA), Brazil/International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya |
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Christine Mukantwali, MSc Rwanda Research Area: Food sample preparation and analysis Home Institution: National University of Rwanda Host Institution: Agropolis Fondation/CIRAD |
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Shelmith Munyiri, MSc Kenya Research Area: Genetic mapping of maize Home Institution: Chuka University College, Kenya Host Institution: Agropolis Fondation/CIRAD, France |
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Damaris Odeny, PhD Kenya Research Area: Bioinformatics, genome-wide association studies/marker-assisted selection/linkage disequilibrium breeding Home Institution: Agricultural Research Council, Biotechnology Platform, South Africa Host Institution: Dow AgroSciences, U.S.A. |
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Olapeju Onadipe, MSc Nigeria Research Area: Biofortification of cassava to produce nutritious gari (Nigerian porridge) Home Institution: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria Host Institution: Danforth Center, U.S.A. |
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Folake Samuel, PhD Nigeria Research Area: Gender Mainstreaming in Projects and Programs Home Institution: University of Ibadan, Nigeria Host Institution: TBD |
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Alda Tomo, MSc Mozambique Research Area: Climate change preparedness/mitigation, gender Home Institution: Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique (IIAM) Host Institution: Agropolis Fondation/CIRAD |