Multiple Weatherhead Affiliates Chosen for Motsepe Presidential Research Fund Award

Seven projects have been selected as the 2024 awardees for the Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa, distributed by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs, in collaboration with the Harvard University Center for African Studies. Many of the awardees are Weatherhead Center affiliates, including Faculty Associates Daniel Agbiboa (for “Towards a Cocoa Producer-Focused Climate Policy in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana”), Kevin Croke (for “Service Delivery Redesign for Maternal and Newborn Health in Kakamega County, Kenya”), Gareth Doherty (for “Holy Places and Shaded Spaces: Imagining a Role for Religious Spaces in Climate Change Adaptation across Four African Cities”), Doris Sommer and former Graduate Student Associate Tom Osborn (for “Expanding Mental Health Interventions for Kenyan Youth: Scaling Up the Pre-Texts Arts-Literacy Intervention”), and Lucie White (for “A University of Ghana/Harvard Law School Agricultural Justice Clinic: Challenge and Opportunity”).