Past Initiatives
Before the Biocamp, FAS trained a generation of African scientists through the Research Academy, the Mentorship Fellowship, and the Bioscience Market Analysis Fellowship. These programs are concluded, but they are the foundation everything is built on, and the community they created is still growing.
From a single idea in 2020 to a pan-African network, our earliest programs proved that world-class science could be taught, and built, on the continent. They live on here, and across our story through time.
The African Science Research Academy
A year-long virtual academy that moved early-career scientists from classroom theory to real-world discovery, foundational research, a mentor-led capstone, and a first taste of entrepreneurship. Its first in-person bootcamp ran at Gulu University in Uganda in 2022.
Africa Science Research Bootcamp
An intensive introduction to scientific research, foundational techniques, methods, data analysis, and the soft skills that turn curiosity into rigour.
Africa Science Project Hub
Real-world projects guided by experienced scientists, tackling under-researched problems with hands-on mentorship.
Africa Science Entrepreneurship Leadership
Turning research into impact, building sustainable innovations, managing projects, and sharpening business acumen.
Africa Science Opportunity Network
A standing network connecting members to organisations, collaborators, and career opportunities across the continent and beyond.
The African Scientist Mentorship Fellowship
A six-month fellowship that paired exceptional students with PhD candidates from Washington University in St. Louis and working scientists for personalised, career-shaping guidance, matched by an AI-assisted process, and grounded in regular virtual sessions and in-person meetups.
- Application & Selection1 month
- AI-Assisted Matching2 weeks
- Virtual Mentorship Sessions6 months
- Meetups & Group Projects6 months
The Bioscience Market Analysis Fellowship
A 12-week virtual fellowship run with WinWin Scientific and professionals from Washington University in St. Louis. Fellows mapped the bioscience landscape across East, West, and Central Africa, assessing demand and unmet supply for locally manufactured research-grade consumables.
With gratitude to Thi Nguyen and Esse Evbuomwan of WinWin Scientific for leading it.
80
Fellows
12
African countries
7
Teams
35
Research deliverables
Course Events
The lectures and masterclasses that shaped our scientists, headlined by Prof. Harvey Lodish's course on the science and business of biotechnology.
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What These Programs Built
The numbers behind the foundation, the trained scientists, partnerships, and community that the Biocamp now builds on.
500+
Scientists trained
30+
Universities
16
African countries
100,000+
Community reached
Moments From the Journey
Scenes from the programs, courses, and community that built FAS.
From Our Early Cohorts
What participants said about the programs that started it all.
Gulu University, Uganda
ASRB 2022ASRB is a great platform for rising African scientists. It gives guidance on how to plan your research journey, takes you through writing a proposal, and equips you to give a good research talk, all crucial to building a competent, distinctive researcher.
University of The Gambia
ASRB 2022It was knowledge coupled with experience. The synchronous courses taught me that research could be made easy for anyone interested. Thanks to ASRB, I lead my team with an array of ideas and the confidence to get our first research project.
University of Nairobi, Kenya
ASRB 2022Joining this program proved vital to my research journey. I was a novice, but after the training sessions and the capstone project, I can confidently carry out a project now, from inception to publishing.
In Their Words
Stories from participants in our earliest cohorts.
Research Academy, a participant's story
Mentorship Fellowship, a participant's story
Hajer's journey with FAS
From these foundations, the Biocamp
Everything these programs taught us now powers our flagship, an intensive where Africa's scientists become biotech founders.