Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) 2024 Research Grant for African Researchers

  •  Grant
  •  03-May-2024
  •   Africa
  • $$  $150,000

The JWO Research Grant was founded in honour of Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer. The grant aims to continue her contribution to and passion for Africa, the environment, and pioneering science. The purpose of the grant is to support early-career scientists that are conducting impactful research that will provide solutions to some of Africa’s most pressing problems.

Over the past five years, early-career scholars and scientists specializing in various environmental disciplines such as biodiversity, microplastics, and disease vectors have eagerly sought this grant to explore innovative research topics aimed at addressing the unique challenges confronting Africa’s natural environment.

Eligibility Criteria

The lead applicant should be:

a.      An early career scientist

Applicant must already hold a PhD degree and should have no more than seven years of work and/or research experience post-degree (excluding time taken for family responsibilities).

b.    Have strong links to a credible African institution

The institution should have a proven ability to manage to fund and subscribes to good financial grant practice and can be any of the following: academic institution, research institution, government institution, NGO, for-profit organisation

Offered Benefits

A grant of $150,000 will be awarded to one successful applicant. The grant will support a research project or programme for up to three years (previously funded research not eligible).

Application Process

Go to Jennifer Ward Oppenheimer (JWO) on forms.office.com to apply

All data collected in this application will only be used during the review process by the expert panel. The information collected builds a profile of each applicant and provides additional information which is used during the review process. No identifying information will be shared and any information used will be aggregated, for example, the gender split of applicants or the total number of applicants with the same nationality. The data will only be kept till 7 October 2024. It will be encrypted and kept on a secure server.

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