Women In Agriculture & Rural Livelihoods
Women, Coffee and Climate
Modern Day Slavery
P/CVE Project
Migrating out of Poverty - Ethiopia
ELLA Project
These are annual competitions for young scholars working in various research and higher education institutions based in the Eastern and Southern African Region.
Major Objectives
- Providing support to social science and gender-focused research particularly by young scholars of the region
- Publishing and disseminating the grant winners’ research outputs that are deemed to be original
- Providing forum for dialogue and interaction between young social scientists in the region
- Building the research capacity of research and academic institutions in the region by providing a rigorous research experience to their younger members.
For senior scholars of the region; to retain this capacity within each institution and, over time, stem the tide of brain drain from each country; and to contribute to the establishment and thriving of an African research tradition.