The OWSD Fellowship is offered to women scientists from science- and technology-lagging countries (STLCs) for PhD research in Engineering, IT, and natural sciences at a host institute in another developing country.
The program is run with generous funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and is delivered in collaboration with host institutes around the world.
The fellowship program's overall goal is to support the development of a new generation of female leaders in science and technology, as well as their effective participation in their nations' scientific and technological growth.
The specific aims of the fellowship program are:
The OWSD PhD Fellowship is offered only to women candidates.
The list of eligible countries is also available here.
The OWSD PhD Fellowships are granted for PhD studies in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Applications for PhD studies in the Social sciences, Humanities, Arts, or others are NOT eligible.
The minimum qualification is an MSc degree in one of the above-listed study fields.
An applicant, at the time of application, must NOT have an active research grant or fellowship with The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) or have already submitted an application for a TWAS program within the same given year. Only one application per year is possible across all TWAS and OWSD programs. An exception is made only for the head of an institution who invites an external scholar to share his/her expertise under the TWAS Visiting Professor programs; she may still apply for another program.