The L'Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents of the Maghreb Program "For Women in Science" is committed to supporting young women's involvement in scientific research. This program identifies and recognizes outstanding young female researchers in the life and environmental sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, computer science and information sciences, and engineering and technology. To date, more than 60 grants have been awarded to young female doctoral and postdoctoral students from the Maghreb—in recognition of their academic excellence, the originality of their scientific projects, and their desire to share their passion with younger generations.
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The L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents of the Maghreb Program “For Women in Science” aims to promote and support the involvement of young women in scientific research. This program identifies and recognizes talented young female researchers in the life and environmental sciences, materials sciences, mathematics, computer science and information sciences, and engineering and technology.
Since its inception, more than 60 awards have been presented to young female researchers for the quality of their research.
For this 17th edition, five grants will be awarded to encourage young female researchers currently pursuing doctoral or postdoctoral studies to continue on a brilliant scientific career path.
• The winning doctoral students will each receive a grant of €10,000. Doctoral candidates must be enrolled in a doctoral school and in a research laboratory in one of the following countries: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, or Libya, and must have begun their doctoral studies no later than December 2021 (i.e., they must be enrolled in at least their second year of the doctoral program) and must not have defended their thesis as of the opening date of the call for applications,
in February 2023.
• The selected postdoctoral researchers will each receive a grant of €10,000 as well. They must be working in a laboratory or research institute in one of the countries listed above, have defended their dissertation after January 2018, and have begun their postdoctoral research before the opening date of the call for applications in February 2023.
The grants from the L’Oréal-UNESCO Young Talents of the Maghreb for Women in Science program will be awarded by the L’Oréal Foundation as part of a partnership with UNESCO.
UNESCO
10,000 euros each
5 prizes in total
10 000 euros