Planting Gnetum (okok), Cameroon. Photo by Ollivier Girard

The Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research recognizes and honors outstanding achievement in the fields of gender and women’s and girls’ empowerment. This award will be presented to a young female researcher who is a citizen of a country in sub-Saharan Africa and is conducting research in sub-Saharan Africa, contributing to the evidence base supporting policies and programs that build gender equity.

Info on eligibility & submissions can be found here:

http://www.icrw.org/sites/default/files/images/Paula%20Kantor%20Eligibility%202016.pdf

Nominations close in October 14.