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

Due to the war in Yemen, I had stopped studying for two years. This opportunity gave me the chance to complete my postgraduate studies.

" 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.”

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

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

“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 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.

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

When I am seeing an impact, that’s what makes me as a scientist feel an achievement

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.