My position is that we should acknowledge what we are lacking of, so that we can keep working.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

“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."

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

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

" 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.”

You must first be safe to be able to think about the environment.

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.

What fascinated me is that only 5% of microorganisms are harmful, and the rest are beneficiary.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.