Name of the Event: 2025 TechWomen Emerging Leader Program

Date: September – October 2025

Place: United States

Mode: In-person

Working language: English

Last Date of Application: 7 January 2025

Link to Apply:

TechWomen empowers, connects, and supports the next generation of women leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from Africa, Central and South Asia, and the Middle East by providing them the access and opportunity needed to advance their careers, pursue their dreams, and inspire women and girls in their communities.

Through mentorship and exchange, TechWomen strengthens participants’ professional capacity, increases mutual understanding between key networks of professionals, and expands girls’ interest in STEM careers by exposing them to female role models.

Selection Process:

TechWomen participants are selected based on the eligibility requirements below. Applications are reviewed by independent selection committees composed of industry leaders and regional experts. Semifinalists may be interviewed by United States Embassy personnel in their country of permanent residence.

TechWomen Eligibility Requirements:

Applicants must-

• Have at minimum, two years full-time professional experience in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields at the time of application.

• Have, at minimum, a bachelor’s degree/four-year university degree or equivalent. Please note that internships and other unpaid work experience does not count toward the two-year professional experience requirement.

• Be proficient in written and spoken English.

• Be citizens and permanent residents of Albania, Algeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Palestinian Territories, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan or Zimbabwe.

• Be eligible to obtain a U.S. J-1 exchange visitor visa.

• Not have applied for an immigrant visa to the United States (other than the Diversity Immigrant Visa, also known as the “visa lottery”) in the past five years.

• Not hold U.S. citizenship or be a U.S. legal permanent resident.

Award Details:

The following costs are covered by the TechWomen program-

• Roundtrip international airfare from participant home country to the United States

• Domestic airfare from San Francisco or Chicago to Washington, D.C.

• Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, California or Chicago, Illinois during the mentorship period

• Meals and incidentals

• Hotel stay in Washington, D.C.

• Public transportation to the participant’s host company

• Local transportation to group program events in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.

• Participants are responsible for the cost of any non program activities such as independent sightseeing and cultural events, as well as any non program-related domestic or international travel.

Housing-

TechWomen participants will be housed in the San Francisco Bay Area, California or Chicago, Illinois depending on the location of the participant’s host company. Participants will share an apartment with a fellow Emerging Leader. Each participant will have her own private bedroom, while the living room and kitchen will be shared.

The TechWomen program is unable to accommodate participants’ spouses, children, or other dependents.

Selection Timeline:

Applicants will be notified of the status of their application (non-select or semi-finalist) no later than April 2025. Final decisions will be made no later than May 31, 2025. All applicants will be notified of the results of their application.

We are not the official organisers of the program. If you have any queries regarding it, kindly contact the organisers.