Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship Application Form Portal is now open, interested applicants are to apply via online through application form portal, get started below
Are you interested about the ongoing 2022 Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship? An initiative of African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Brief about the GRASP Fellowship
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The Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship is a career development program that targets mid-career African women in the policy field to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies across Africa.
The GRASP Fellowship will offer targeted leadership and mentoring training, catalytic funding, and access to networks to enable beneficiaries to lead policy-making processes for agricultural transformation in Africa. The non-residential Fellowship includes virtual and in-person activities spread over two years for each cohort.
Selection Process for 2022 GRASP Fellowship
- The AWARD Policy Fellows will be competitively identified through a rigorous selection process that will include assessing their experience and leadership potential in gender, agriculture, and food systems policy development.
- Potential AWARD Policy Fellows will respond to an open call for application that will require them to demonstrate their suitability for the Fellowship.
- A selection panel of global experts in the policy field, food systems, and related fields will review the applications and select the successful applicants.
Requirements Eligibility for Gender Responsive Agriculture Systems Policy (GRASP) Fellowship
- The Fellowship targets participants from Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda. Application is through this online form
- Applicants must have at least a master’s degree and 10 years of experience in gender, agriculture, and food systems, working on policy issues at national, regional, or continental levels
- Applicants must be affiliated with either government organizations, non-government, private sector, development, civil society, regional and sub-regional communities, or academia
How to apply/register for 2022 GRASP Fellowship Application Form
Apply here – awardfellowships.org/grasp
Successful shortlisted applicants will be contacted after selection process has been concluded.