Ms. Salma Essawi has a long experience in managing scientific projects with national and international funds , she used to work in Doha and Dubai , she is now settled in Egypt and works as program manager for an Egyptian national fund program (JESOR -Development) at the Academy of scientific research and technology ,the main objective of this program is to build solid ties with the Egyptian scientists around the world .

She is also the project officer of many EU projects such as ERANETMED, ARIMNET2 and WATERWROKS the aim of these projects is to tackle the common problems that the Mediterranean area faces within a collaborative research , Tha main topics of these projects are water,  agriculture and energy.

She is also the secretariat of the regional documentation and information center for Bioethics and ethics of science and technology (RDIC-BEST) in Cairo. 

Ms. Salma  has been appointed to be the focal point of the UNESCO in the Academy .