Stories: OWSD Early Career Fellows

Winning this award opened many doors for me. It has led to success in acquiring local funding.

OWSD has provided tremendous support in shaping my career as a researcher, science ambassador, role model for women scientists and a "think high" human being.

OWSD's guidance and support allowed me to uncover hidden courage and realize aspects of myself that I never thought I possessed.

I have to think of something that can help us, that we can use based on resources that we have. The lack of things is the biggest inspiration in my life. I want to help my country.

“Am very proud to say that I am encouraging other Cameroonian female scientists to apply for the OWSD fellowship programme and some of them have obtained the grant."

The OWSD award helped me not only to become the researcher I am today, but also to become a leader in research.

“Ten to fifteen years from now, people, not only in Kenya but in the African continent, will switch to magnetic refrigeration”

" I can boldly declare that OWSD rewarded my brilliance thus giving me recognition and confidence in my professional arena and placed me in national and international scientific communities.”

All this has broadened my knowledge for this domain of science, gave me an open mind and also allowed me to learn many things.

I wanted to show women that it was possible that when you do agricultural sciences, you can go on and do more for your career development.

I intend to disperse my achieved knowledge as one of the leading researchers in my country in the domain of microbial biotechnology, to support sustainable and prosperous agriculture.

What has surprised me is the way technology is emerging and affecting the current state of research. We are encountering a fourth industrial revolution that entails advances in computing power, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, which has already been shown to alter the way we conduct research.

The main problem in radiotherapy is that most cancer cells are resistant to radiation.

After my postdoc, I will return to Syria and work to achieve my big dream, which is to establish a research center.

I desire to see my country, Nigeria, become a leading destination for impactful clinical studies.

OWSD fellowship represents a real empowering difference in my life and career