The GREAT program (Gender-Responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation) is accepting applications an upcoming course focused on gender-responsive plant breeding. Researchers are encouraged to apply in interdisciplinary teams of two or three, combining biophysical and social scientists.
The team may focus on any crop, so long as the work involves applied crop breeding research for development projects in sub-Saharan Africa. No previous gender training is necessary, and 
limited scholarship funding is available.
GREAT courses are intensive, cohort-based trainings for small interdisciplinary teams of researchers from leading agricultural research institutions across sub-Saharan Africa. Through applied training in gender-responsive research theory and methods, participants will be able to elevate the impact of your research, while building their professional networks.
The GREAT Gender-Responsive Plant Breeding Course will be held in Kampala, Uganda in two parts: Week 1: July 22-31, 2019; and Week 2: January 13-17, 2020. Participants will attend both parts of the training, and actively participate in the field-work phase of the course. The cost is $5,500 for a two-person team or $8,000 for a three-person team, not counting travel to Uganda.
Applications are due by February 15, 2019. Learn more about how GREAT can help you be a more effective researcher, and apply, at: www.greatagriculture.org/content/courses/upcoming-courses
GREAT is managed through a partnership between Makerere University (Uganda) and Cornell University (United States); various aspects of the project are supported by a team of experts from around the world.