European Space Agency(ESA) 2023 Africa Research Fellowship Program

Published: 10 Feb 2023

The African Research Fellowship (ARF) program, jointly carried by ESA with the African Union Commission, was successfully initiated in 2021 with two African fellows selected to carry out their research in ESA in 2022. It aims at empowering African Researchers (PhD or Master degree with extensive research experience) to carry out Earth Observation (EO) R&D activities relevant for the EO AFRICA Initiative. The African Research Fellows shall maximise the use of EO data in synergy with in-situ and state-of-the-art modelling approaches, in a cloud environment, to respond to the challenges the African continent is facing with respect to: water resources management and food security.

With this call, ESA offers 1-year fellowships to four African Researchers to work at the ESA-ESRIN premises in Frascati (Rome, Italy) in collaboration with ESA’s scientists .

ESA Africa Research Fellowship Program

Application Deadline	March 31, 2023
Funding Type	Partially Funded
Type	Research Grant
Sponsor	European Space Agency (ESA)
Gender	Men and Women

Benefits of ESA Africa Research Fellowship Program

The African Research Fellowship aims to achieve this objective by:

• R&D activities undertaken by the young African researchers with focus on major African challenges and knowledge gaps, which may support Africa and global environmental and development agendas.
• Exploiting ICT capabilities that help to maximise the use of Earth Observation data available over the continent, and promoting an open science approach where sharing data, results and knowledge is at the core of the value chain.

Requirements for ESA Africa Research Fellowship Program

• PhD or Master degree with extensive research experience in a relevant technical or scientific
discipline.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment, both independently and as part of a team
• Demonstrated experience in using Python and developing Jupyter Notebooks.
• Fluency in English and/or French, the working languages of the Agency.
• Ability to produce scientific papers to a high standard in English and to interact effectively with the international scientific community in English.

Selection Process

Open call                                                  1 February 2023
Submission of Proposals                       31 March 2023
Communication of Results (tentative) Mid May 2023
Beginning of Activities (tentative)         4th quarter 2023

Application Documents

• Research Proposal (see template)
• CV with most recent publication list. Such document containing both the CV and publication list shall not be longer than 3 pages max
• Copy of ID
• Scan of PhD or Master Diploma
• 2 Reference letters

Application Deadline

March 31, 2023

How to Apply