Last fiscal year, MMEG launched a pilot grant program: the France Program. Through this program, MMEG awards grants to French-speaking women from developing countries studying in accredited universities and other tertiary education institutions in France.
Following a rigorous screening process that maintained MMEG’s standards for excellence, two exceptional women, one studying functional ecology and agricultural science and the other, environmental policy with a focus on gender, were selected and awarded this year’s grants. Congratulations to MMEG’s 2024 France Program grantees!
The selections were made possible through the dedicated work of the France Program Selection Committee, an eight-member team of hard-working volunteers from seven different countries. Committee members brought to the selection their diverse professional backgrounds—including international development and management, pharmacology, linguistics, economics, and teaching—their collective commitment to advancing women’s education, and their individual life experiences and skills. Their diversity of perspectives enriched the process.
We sincerely thank the France Program Selection Committee for brilliantly completing the second selection cycle of MMEG’s newest grant program, and for furthering MMEG’s mission to improve the lives of women and children by supporting the higher education of exceptional women from developing countries.
