Lifecycle: { "status": "2026 nominations closed", "edition": "2026 (second edition)", "cadence": "annual", "launched": 2024, "duration": "1 year", "renewable": false, "dates": { "deadline": "2026-03-31" } } Funding and benefits: { "cash": { "amount": 25000, "currency": "USD", "scope": "per fellow" }, "total_pool": { "amount": 50000, "currency": "USD", "derivation": "2 awards × USD 25,000" }, "benefits": { "salary_or_stipend": "USD 23,000 at start and USD 2,000 after final report", "tuition": null, "travel": null, "housing": null, "insurance": null, "research_budget": "USD 25,000 research award", "in_kind": [] } } Eligibility and filters: { "citizenship": "national of an African country", "residence": null, "countries": "African Union member states", "destination": "research at a recognized African laboratory", "age": "under 45", "experience": null, "education": "PhD in life sciences", "career_stage": "woman scientist", "fields": "life sciences", "route": "government/National Commission nomination", "nomination": true, "institution": "recognized African laboratory", "language": "English or French", "location": "Africa", "remote": null, "exclusions": [ "self-nominations", "direct individual submissions" ] } Application: { "opens": null, "deadline": "2026-03-31", "decision": null, "start": null, "end": null, "url": "https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/2026-call-applications-unesco-equatorial-guinea-fellowship-programme-young-women-scientists-africa?hub=180364", "materials": [ "proposal", "work plan", "USD 25,000 budget", "research summary", "CV", "two recommendation letters" ], "selection_stages": [ "national nomination", "eligibility review", "international selection" ] } Past editions and people: { "people": { "leaders": [], "latest_recipients": [], "latest_edition": 2025, "past_recipients": [], "coverage": "official call links to 2025 laureates, but names were not replicated without a completed source extraction" }, "history": { "editions": [ { "year": 2025, "selected": 2 }, { "year": 2026, "planned_selected": 2 } ], "statistics": [] } } Known evidence gaps: [ "2026 decision date", "2026 start date", "verified extraction of 2025 laureate names" ] Source conflicts: []