Young Talents Caribbean Region L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Program

The Young Talents Caribbean Region L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science aims to promote and encourage the participation of Caribbean women in science. This program identifies and rewards young talented researchers in the formal sciences, life and environmental sciences, material sciences, engineering sciences and technological sciences.

Funding Information

• This budget must not exceed $15,000 USD for the candidate (in the form of a table with projected expenses).

Eligibility Criteria

• For doctoral students
  • Having the nationality of one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • being enrolled in a doctoral study and carrying out their doctorate in a research laboratory in one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • Conducting research in one of the scientific fields
• For post-doctorates
  • Having the nationality of one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • Being enrolled in post-doctorate in a laboratory, a research institute, or a higher education institution in one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • Having obtained a doctorate in one of the scientific fields
  • Conducting research in one of the scientific fields
• For young researchers in a fixed position in a Caribbean scientific institution
  • Having the nationality of one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • Being staff of a laboratory, a research institute, or a higher education institution in one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • Having obtained a doctorate in one of the scientific fields
  • Having been for less than 3 years a staff of a laboratory, a research institute, or a higher education institution in one of the 24 countries and territories in the Caribbean region
  • Conducting research in one of the scientific fields

Ineligibility Criteria

• Students in their first year PhD are not eligible
• Candidates who have already been supported by one of the national or regional Young Talents Caribbean Region L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science are not eligible

Selection Criteria

• The quality of the Application
• Scientific Excellence in Research
• The candidate’s ability to communicate and promote science to young people
• Fluency in the English language is mandatory

Application Requirements

• A detailed CV of 1 to 2 pages maximum, including trainings, dissemination actions, commitments of the candidate, etc.
• A motivation letter.
• Copies of diplomas or certificates obtained from the master’s degree in their original language.
• A summary of research work in 200 words maximum (intended for a panel of scientific experts),
• A detailed description of the research work of 2 pages maximum, including the references
• (Text justified, Times New Roman font, size 12 with single spacing)
  • An application will be considered complete if it contains a detailed description of the research project and its methodology. If animal experiments are carried out as part of the submitted research project, these experiments must be described in detail. The necessity of the animal experiments or the lack of alternatives must be justified.

For more information, visit Fondation l’Oreal.