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’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.

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

By creating links between food research and industry, she hopes to enhance food security both in Ghana and in Africa as a whole.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

OWSD has provided tremendous support in shaping my career as a researcher, science ambassador, role model for women scientists and a "think high" human being.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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

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

We’re waiting to get new opportunities for our future…We stay in our country, we try our best.

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

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