Tahmina Faiz, associate professor and head of pharmacy department at United International University was awarded the Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World Fellowship for her outstanding achievements in international research recently.
The OWSD awards Early Career Fellowships annually to support emerging women researchers from developing countries to enhance their research skills, connect with international networks, and develop scientific leadership, according to a press release.
The OWSD fellowship programme aims to strengthen research capacity in the Global South and to strengthen international research collaboration and knowledge exchange, and is sponsored by Canada鈥檚 International Development Research Centre.
Tahmina Faiz is one of 15 scientists from Bangladesh selected worldwide for the 2024 Early Career Fellowship. She earned her PhD from the renowned Nagoya University in Japan.
She participated in the four-day 鈥極WSD Early Career Fellowship鈥� orientation workshop recently held in Trieste, Italy. In this workshop, selected women scientists from different countries of the world came together to exchange views on research planning, leadership, international collaboration and strategies for bringing about social change through science.