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Uma Lele Special Purpose Fund

 

Call for Applications

You can learn more about submitting an application for the Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award in the call for applications. Applications are due in early October for the following year's scholarships.

The Uma Lele Special Purpose Fund provides fellowships for early career scholars who are citizens of and reside in a developing country to work with distinguished mentors on cutting edge, policy-relevant research.

At least one fellowship of up to $5,000 will be awarded annually for use over a two year period. The funding is designed to cover the costs of travel and expenses for an Uma Lele Scholar and mentor to work together on a specific project. The fund's ultimate goal is to create vibrant, long-lasting networks of scholars working on current and newly emerging challenges to economic development in these regions.

You can donate to the Uma Lele Special Purpose Fund using the Trust donation form.

Uma Lele

Dr. Uma Lele is a recognized international leader, thinker, and policy analyst with extensive research and operational experience. Her areas of work include food, agriculture, health, environment, global public goods, science and technology, and external assistance and partnerships. Dr. Lele is a fellow of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association, she has been recognized as an Outstanding Alumna by Cornell University, and is the recipient of India's two prestigious B. P. Pal Award in 2015-16 and the M.S. Swaminathan Award in 2017.

Lele Mentor Fellowship Recipients

Past Winners

  • 2023: Robina Kousar, National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
  • 2022: Nusrat Akber, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University
  • 2021: P. Venkatesh, ICAR
  • 2020: Varun Miglani, Symbiosis International
  • 2019: Sendhil Ramadas, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research
  • 2018: Ismat Ara Begum, Bangladesh Agricultural University
  • 2017: Iddisah Sulemana, GIMPA Business School
  • 2016: Ope Ayinde, University of Ilorin
  • 2015: Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Bangladesh Agricultural University
  • 2015: Rajib Sutradhar, Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • 2014: Eugenie Maiga, African Center for Economic Transformation, Accra, Ghana