Dr. Benard Omogo, a distinguished scholar at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), has been awarded the prestigious Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship (CADF) for the summer 2024 Application Cycle. This honor recognizes Dr. Omogo’s exceptional contribution to academia and his potential to foster meaningful collaboration between African institutions and scholars in the diaspora.
The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program is designed to support academic exchanges that enhance educational capacity and development across the African continent. Dr. Omogo’s selection for this highly competitive fellowship highlights not only his academic excellence but also his role in advancing research and innovation. The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) is a scholar fellowship program for African-born scholars based in the US, to undertake educational projects at African higher education institutions. Offered by the Institute of International Education (IIE), the program is funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) and targets three thematic areas including:
Innovations in curriculum co-development. Requests outlining activities in curriculum co-development should focus on innovative and collaborative approaches to designing and implementing new courses and curriculum(s). Fellowships that assist host institutions in developing and strengthening online instructional capacities are highly encouraged.
New approaches and methods to graduate mentoring and training. This includes mentoring and training graduate students should identify new approaches and methods that will enhance graduate students’ technical and research skills.
Impactful research collaboration and capacity strengthening. Research collaborations proposed by potential hosts and fellows should demonstrate long-term impact and strengthen the host faculty's technical and research skills.
Dr. Omogo is from the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry and is currently serving as a visiting scholar at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas. His fellowship will enable him to collaborate with renowned scholars and institutions in the United States and Canada. Dr. Omogo and his host fellow Dr. Wesley Omwoyo from Maasai Mara University (MMU) will be training Postgraduate Students and early career faculties in nanotechnology in mid-2025. The project title is Collaborative Research on Noble Nanomaterials Synthesis, Characterization and Application, Training and Mentorship of Both New Faculties and Postgraduate Students in Nanotechnology.
Dr. Omogo’s selection for this award emphasizes the growing recognition of MMUST as a leading institution of higher learning in Africa.
By Linet Owuor
