2007 AAAS Mentor Awards
Deadline for nominations: July 31, 2009
URL: http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/mentor/index.shtml The two categories of the AAAS Mentor Awards (Lifetime Mentor Award and Mentor Award) both honor individuals who during their careers demonstrate extraordinary leadership to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in science and engineering fields and careers.
These groups include: women of all racial or ethnic groups; African American, Native American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities.
Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program
Deadlines: January 15, 2009
URL: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20481 The Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program is an advanced leadership program for nurses in senior executive roles who are aspiring to lead and shape the U.S. health care system of the future.
Research on Gender in Science and Education (National Science Foundation)
Deadlines: February 2, 2009 (letter of intent); February 24 thru August 25 (full proposals)
URL: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09511&org=NSF
The program seeks to broaden the participation of girls and women in all fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education by supporting research, dissemination of research, and extension services in education that will lead to a larger and more diverse domestic science and engineering workforce.
National Science Foundation / Association for Women in Mathematics
Title: Mentoring Travel Grants for Women
Deadline: February 1 each year
URL: http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html
The sponsor seeks to assist junior women to develop a long term working and mentoring relationship with a senior mathematician.
Other travel grants are also available. Deadlines are February 1, May 1 and October 1 annually.
National Science Foundation / Association for Women in Mathematics
Title: Travel Grants for Women Researchers
Deadline: February 1, May 1, and October 1 each year
URL: http://www.awm-math.org/travelgrants.html
The objective of the NSF-AWM Travel Grants program is to enable women to attend research conferences in their fields, thereby providing a valuable opportunity to advance their research activities and their visibility in the research community.
American Society for Microbiology
Title: Women's Career Development Grant
Deadline: March 1 annually
URL: http://www.asm.org/?option=com_content&view=article&id=37857
The sponsor provides career development grants to encourage the
careers of women with outstanding accomplishments and potential to
carry out research in the area of microbiology.
Jeannette Rankin Foundation Women's Education Fund
Deadline: March 1, 2009
URL: http://www.rankinfoundation.org/
The sponsor awards scholarships to women thirty-five years
of age and older who, through undergraduate or vocational
education, are seeking to better themselves, their families,
and their communities. Awards are not given to pursue or
complete graduate study or a second undergraduate degree.
Critical financial need is a major selection factor.
Business and Professional Women - Career Advancement
Scholarship Program
Deadline: April 15, 2009
URL: http://www.bpwusa.org/
The Business and Professional Women's Foundation provides
scholarship support to assist women who are twenty-five
years of age or older with critical financial need to seek
the education necessary to enter, re-enter, or advance within
the work force.
HORIZONS Scholarship
Deadlines: July 1 for Fall Semester; November 1
for Spring Semester
URL: http://wid.ndia.org/horizon/scholar.htm
The sponsor provides support to encourage women to pursue
careers related to the national security interests of the
United States and to provide development opportunities to
women already working in national security fields. The scholarship
program is intended to provide financial assistance to further
educational objectives of women either employed or planning
careers in defense or national security areas.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
(FASEB)
Deadline: March 1, 2010
URL: http://www.faseb.org/excellenceinscience/
"Recognizing the Research Accomplishments of Women Scientists" - Sponsored by Eli Lilly and Company to recognize outstanding
achievement by women in biological science. All women who
are members of one or more of the societies of FASEB will
be eligible for nomination.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE) scholarships
Deadlines: February 1 (Freshman and Reentry applicants);
May 15 (Sophomore through Graduate)
URL: http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/; select "Scholarships"
As part of its national educational activities, SWE administers
over 70 individual scholarship awards annually, varying
in amount from $1000 to over $10,000 per year and totaling
more than $250,000.
Association for Women in Science Educational Foundation
(AWIS)
Deadline: January 23, 2010
URL: http://www.awis.org/ (click on Awards and Funding)
AWIS Educational Foundation provides support for female
students enrolled in a behavioral, life, physical, or social
science or engineering program leading to a PhD degree.
Five to ten awards are available.
AT&T Labs Fellowship Program
Deadline: January 31
URL: http://www.research.att.com/index.cfm?portal=20
Grants offer support to students in computer and communications-related
fields. Each recipient of a grant is placed in a summer
research internship the first summer. During these summers,
the students work as a part of research teams on various
ongoing projects within AT&T Labs, specifically with
a mentor who is a staff member at AT&T Labs. The program
emphasizes personal interaction with each mentor.
Sigma Delta Epsilon/Graduate Women in Science, Inc.
Deadline: January 15
URL: http://www.gwis.org/
Fellowships are for research in all the natural sciences,
including physical, environmental, mathematical, computer,
life sciences, anthropology, psychology, and statistics.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
L'oreal-USA Fellowships for Women in Science
Deadline: December 15, 2009
URL: http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/loreal.shtml
The sponsor provides award funding to annually recognize, reward and support five women postdoctoral researchers in the U.S. who are pursuing careers in the life and physical/material sciences, as well as mathematics, engineering and computer science.
American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational
Foundation Fellowships and Grants
URL: http://www.aauw.org/3000/fdnfelgra.html
As one of the largest sources of funding in the world exclusively
for graduate women, the American Association of University Women
Educational Foundation in 2002-03 distributed more than $4 million
in fellowships, grants, and awards.
