Foster the production and dissemination of current research on West Africa and the diaspora
Promote scholarly exchange among West African scholars and institutions and their counterparts in the US and beyond
Provide US audiences with accurate information on events and developments in West Africa and increase awareness of the critical place of West Africa in the global community
“My field of research is very difficult. It takes on average 7 years to train native English speakers (US) to become insect taxonomist. I lost nearly 3 years of my doctoral research because of lack of funding to conduct research on West African Coccinellidae. But thanks to the WARC travel grant in 2013/2014, I was […]
This Spring we received a pool of very strong candidates for each of the WARA Fellowships. We are continually inspired by the work of all of our applicants and look forward to seeing even more impressive candidates next year! In the meantime, please join us in congratulating the recipients of this year’s fellowship competition. WARA […]
Thank you to everyone who submitted applications for the WARC Travel Grant this summer. We received an abundance of excellent proposals and regret that we are unable to fund more of them. Please join us in congratulating the following awardees! We are excited about the work you are doing and look forward to your success! Afoussatou […]