Women Advance: Research Security 

Fellowship to Advance the Leadership of Women in Research Security 

Competition Opens: May 3, 2024
Application Deadline: June 18, 2024

CRDF Global, on behalf of the U.S. Department of State, is pleased to announce the launch of Women Advance: Research Security. This remote fellowship will promote the leadership of women in research security to bolster nonproliferation by enhancing selected fellows’ research security knowledge, skills, and professional networks, as well as establish or solidify the selected candidates as research security leaders. This fellowship will include access to online training courses, discussion sessions with leading experts and counterparts, and will pair fellows with experienced mentors. The fellowship will also include support for professional development opportunities, including travel to relevant conferences or meetings. Over the course of this fellowship, selected mentors will work with fellows to create and pursue individual development plans that will establish or further solidify the fellows as research security leaders. 

The fellowship is open to Argentinian and South African women nationals including mid-career or senior administrators, compliance managers, department heads, or research directors at a science and technology research institution. The candidates should be able to demonstrate existing knowledge and understanding of research security concepts. Applicants are required to submit an official institutional letter of support, on official letterhead, signed and dated by their supervisor confirming their approval of the applicant’s participation in the program. 

The professional development support will include up to $3,000 per fellow. This may be used to support travel to relevant conferences, trainings, or meetings as well as activities to enable the fellows to implement or enhance research security policies, practices, and procedures within their institutions, sectors, and the wider region to secure sensitive research, knowledge, technology, while taking initial steps to build a multi-national consortium of women leaders in this field.

To download the full announcement, please use this link: WomenAdvance Fellowship Announcement May 2024

To apply, please download this form (WomenAdvance Application Form 2024) and submit it as instructed in the section on the right. 

For additional questions regarding the fellowship please contact: womenadvance@crdfglobal.org.