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The six-month programme began with an orientation workshop on 7 September and is aimed at Nigerian postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers whose terminal degrees were completed within the previous seven years.","The Academy said mentors would be matched to participants by research interest, career goals and specialisation. It plans individual mentoring and group sessions on research careers, grant writing, scientific communication and professional networks. The source describes the programme design but reports no later outcomes, research publications or career gains."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-07T00:54:02+03:00","language":"en","text":"German and Portuguese editions and translations of the data and correction explanations have been added to this article."}],"country":"NG","data":{"blocks":[{"columns":[{"key":"participant_group","label":{"ar":"فئة المشاركين","de":"Teilnehmendengruppe","en":"Participant group","es":"Grupo participante","fr":"Groupe de participants","pt":"Grupo de participantes","tr":"Katılımcı grubu"},"language":"en","type":"text"},{"key":"count","label":{"ar":"العدد","de":"Anzahl","en":"Count","es":"Cantidad","fr":"Nombre","pt":"Quantidade","tr":"Kişi sayısı"},"type":"number","unit":"people"},{"key":"programme_detail","label":{"ar":"تفصيل البرنامج","de":"Programmdetail","en":"Programme detail","es":"Detalle del programa","fr":"Détail du programme","pt":"Detalhe do programa","tr":"Program ayrıntısı"},"language":"en","type":"text"}],"description":{"ar":"نطاق برنامج الإرشاد والتوأمة الذي يمتد ستة أشهر.","de":"Umfang des sechsmonatigen Vermittlungsprogramms der Akademie für Forschende.","en":"Scope of the Academy’s six-month researcher pairing programme.","es":"Alcance del programa de acompañamiento de investigadores de seis meses.","fr":"Portée du programme d’accompagnement de six mois de l’Académie.","pt":"Escopo do programa de seis meses da Academia que aproxima pesquisadores e mentores.","tr":"Akademinin altı ay sürecek eşleştirme programının kapsamı."},"id":"nigeria-nas-research-leaders-mentorship","methodology":{"ar":"الأعداد مأخوذة من تقرير VON في 5 أكتوبر عن بيان الأكاديمية. بدأ البرنامج بورشة توجيه في 7 سبتمبر؛ ولا يورد التقرير نتائج أو مخرجات بحثية.","de":"Die Zahlen stammen aus dem Bericht von VON vom 5. 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