Stories: OWSD Early Career Fellows

If we do research, in addition to establishing connections with other researchers, we must also communicate and do a lot of outreach in order to share our science with the community.

" 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.”

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 really want to do something for my country. Being part of the Sudan national chapter has given me that chance.

“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."

When I got my OWSD fellowship, it was an amazing feeling. Before getting the letter, my academic career was a dream, the letter made it possible.

Dr. Shammi's research will help to fill a crucial gap in the the global understanding of carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions by providing data on one of the world’s largest river systems.

I found my niche, and I have not looked back.

When you are following your passion, people will always see what you are doing. People will see that you are doing something different, and they will help you.

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

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

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.

I owe ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘where’ I am in my career and professional practice today to OWSD because without the PHD Fellowship, all my achievements today would have been nothing but bleak.

In today’s scientific environment, in which most PhD scientists concentrate on a single specific discipline, I might shift toward a more systemic view to approach the challenge in infectious diseases.

The fellowship has really impacted my career. I was working in a university as an Assistant Lecturer, but with the OWSD fellowship I am undertaking a PhD that will allow me to reach the grade of Senior Lecturer.

In the challenging socio-economic context of developing countries, knowledge should serve to solve the varied problems faced by our societies.

My dear girls in science: be strong, inquisitive, curious, assertive, resilient, and focused. Go for gold!

I’ve been working on reptile and amphibian biodiversity for 10 years, and I know that there are still new species that need to be described.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.