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Washington Wire
March 2008
Issue I
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Janet Bandows Koster
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In This Issue
Education
Government
Science and Health
International
Careers
National and Chapter Announcements
Opportunities
Featured Jobs
Education

Boosting Undergraduate Majors in Computer Science
The numbers of newly declared undergraduate majors at doctoral granting computer science departments have, for the first time since 2000, gone up. The increase, however, is a small one, and the numbers are still almost half of the levels reached in 2000. Educators hope that the new data on declared majors will soon be reflected in degrees awarded.

CS Major Rebounds

Recruiting More Women and Minorities in Engineering 
The first female dean of engineering at Yale, Kyle Vanderlick, established an introductory level engineering course to attract more college students into the field of engineering when she served as the first female chair of any science department at Princeton. Vanderlick hopes to balance the female-to-male ratio in the Engineering Program by serving as a role model to interested women as well as target other historically underrepresented minorities in engineering in the coming terms.

Cracking the Glass Ceiling

Women's History Month
March is Women's History Month. Begin celebrating by getting to know some of the historical women scientists in our country: http://www.women-scientists-in-history.com/historia.html.

Reducing the Stereotype Threat
A new website on reducing stereotype threat, a topic of particular importance to women in academic environments, has been launched. Visit the website to find out more on the topic: www.reducingstereotypethreat.org.

Government

Increasing Scientific Research Funding
On March 4th, Representatives Rush Holt (NJ) and Judy Biggert (IL), co-chairs of the Congressional Research and Development Caucus, and approximately 250 scientists, engineers and students met during the annual "Congressional Visits Day," sponsored by the Science, Engineering, and Technology (SET) Working Group, on Capitol Hill to discuss the need for increased federal funding for scientific research. Read more to see how Reps. Holt and Biggert are working to boost scientific funding.

A Call from the Congressional R&D Caucus 

Just How Low was Federal Funding for R&D in 2007?
Click here to find out.

Science and Health

Risks for Cancer Slightly Increased Among Women Who Stopped Taking Hormones
Researchers from the Women's Health Initiative published a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that compared the health of women who took hormones with that of participants who took placebos and looked for changes in health risks after three years of having stopped treatment. While the findings show that a slightly higher risk for breast and other cancers persist in women who stopped taking the drugs for at least three years, the study's investigators caution that a woman's individual risk remains small. Future papers will analyze cancer trends in the study.

Health Risks after Ending Hormone Treatment

Cheaper Drugs = Less Effective?
Your in pain, you need fast relief now! You head to the pharmacy and find a painkiller that costs $2.50 and one that costs 10 cents, which would you choose? In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers found that people given pills that supposedly cost $2.50reported greater pain relief compared to those who took one that supposedly cost 10 cents. The catch is both pills were identical dummy medications.

The Power of Price

Gender Differences in Coronary Heart Disease
According to a recent study published in the American Heart Journal, women with chest pain and normal-appearing heart arteries seem to fare worse than men with similar symptoms. The findings suggest that coronary artery disease is different in women than it is in men and may require sex-specific tests to be diagnosed.

Heart Health

International

Web-tutoring Service in Scientific Writing for International Scientists
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has established the Collaborative Virtual Space web tutoring service to provide individuals and organizations, particularly those with limited experience, such as those from Latin America and the Caribbean, with scientific writing tips to improve their abstracts, papers and posters.

Improving Science Writing around the World 

Gender Equity Index Launched!
The 2008 Gender Equity Index (GEI) has recently ranked 157 countries on a scale measuring gender equality in education, participation in the economy, and empowerment. Click here to read where certain countries, including the U.S., sit in terms of gender equality in these areas.

Programs in EU to Help Women Scientists Reach the Top
Women in Europe earn about 43% of doctoral degrees in science, but hold only 15% of senior academic positions, according to the European Commission's She Figures 2006. To help alleviate this problem, funding agencies in countries such as Austria and Sweden have recently launched programs to support research by excellent junior level female scientists to make it more likely that they'll reach senior level positions.

Advancing Women in Science in Europe

Careers

ATTN: New HHMI Program for Early Career Scientists
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) recently launched a national competition for research funding to as many as 70 early career faculty from a wide range of scientific disciplines relevant to biological and medical inquiry. The new program is aimed at researchers who have run their own labs for two to six years and are now at a critical point in establishing their own research programs. Read more for eligibility requirements and application details. Don't miss this important opportunity!

Need funding??

Gender Gaps in Economic Security
According to a recent report released by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR), the majority of women aged 65 and older live alone (57%) and are also the most financially insecure group.

On Economic Security

National and Chapter Announcements

AWIS San Diego Chapter 
Event: "Exploring the Final Frontier," A presentation of new technological resources by Elaine Jones, VicePresident and COO of the Allen Institute for Brain Science
Date: March 19, 2008
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Martin House, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
8440 Biological Grade,
La Jolla, CA 92037
Register for free today. All are welcome. Click here for more information and to RSVP. 

Event: "Make that Move: How to successfully implement a career transition"
Date: April 7, 2008
Time: 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Trustees Room, Salk Institute
10010 N. Torrey
Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
This session is for AWIS members only. Please register here.

Event: 2008 Scholarship Gala featuring keynote speaker
Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies, UCSD

Date: April 19, 2008
Time: 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Location:Coronado Boathouse
1701 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118
For more information and to register: www.awissd.org
Contact:
  [email protected]

AWIS East Bay Chapter 
  
Event: Careers in Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs Panel Discussion with Peih F. Chiang, Gladys Ingle, and Miki Yamamoto
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
(Light supper* and networking
6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
Location: Novartis, 5300 Chiron Way, Emeryville, CA
(Building 4, Room 104); check-in at the guard station on
53rd St. at Chiron Way prior to parking.
RSVP: [email protected]
Scientists, non-scientists, men, women, are all welcome!
*A contribution of $5 (members) to $10 (non-members) to cover cost of food is encouraged.

AWIS DC Chapter 
Event: Managing Your Career in Science at
Capital Science 2008
Date:Saturday March 29, 2008
Time:2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Conference Center, National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA
Register at the Washington Academy of Sciences website
Click here for more information on Capital Science 2008.

AWIS CT Chapter
Event:
Panel discussion on Careers in Industry
Date: April 3, 2008
Time: (Tentatively) 6 p.m. Details will be available soon.
Location: Yale University

AWIS Undergraduate Multicultural Summer Internship Program
AWIS is now accepting applications for a summer internship program that has developed into one of the premiere opportunities in Washington DC for young women in STEM.  For more than 20 years, AWIS has hosted women from around the world with a particular emphasis on under-graduate students.  In recent years, the program has focused on attracting outstanding female undergraduate students who are members of groups currently under-represented in the STEM disciplines:  individuals of African American, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent. Click here for more information on our program.

AWIS is an Early Supporter of Sciencedebate 2008
Wonder why the
U.S. Presidential debates have not been devoted to policy surrounding science and technology? We all know that science and technology lie at the center of a very large number of the policy issues facing our nation and the world. In early January, AWIS became one of the first organizations to sign on as a supporter of Sciencedebate 2008, which has issued a call for a public debate in which the U.S. presidential candidates share their views on the issues of The Environment, Medicine and Health, and Science and Technology Policy. Click here to support Sciencedebate 2008.

 
Opportunities

MentorNet is Seeking Mentors!
MentorNet, the E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science, is seeking new mentors, particularly faculty e-mentors. At the present time, MentorNet has more than 100 proteges waiting for faculty mentors.  Please encourage your faculty colleagues to sign up as a mentor.  Being an e-mentor with MentorNet is convenient and can take as little time as 15 minutes per week! Since March 1st AWIS has had 14 new proteges and 10 mentors joined the program.  
Contact [email protected], if you have any questions. Please visit the website to learn how you can become a mentor for an aspiring new scientist: www.MentorNet.net

Visiting Scholar's Program at UC Berkeley
BBRG Affiliated Scholars Program
Two to three short term scholars are selected for the program at any one time, on a rotating basis, throughout the academic year. The Affiliated Scholars Program is open to faculty (tenured and untenured), visiting scholars, postdoctoral scholars and independent scholars, from any country, whose research is centrally on gender and women. Applicants must have received their Ph.D. at least one year prior to the projected beginning of their residency at BBRG. The BBRG is non-stipendiary. Scholars are responsible for Berkeley affiliation fees. International scholars are also responsible for any related visa fees. Affiliated Scholars remain in residence for periods ranging from two weeks to one semester and have access to many University of California at Berkeley and BBRG resources.
Click here for more information.
Questions regarding these programs can be directed to Sara Perryman at [email protected].

2008 Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award
This award will recognize an individual who has worked to increase the participation and advancement of girls and/or women in science and mathematics. To be considered for the Maria Mitchell Women in Science Award an individual must:
* Demonstrate consistent leadership and support for the advancement of girls and women in the fields of natural and physical sciences, mathematics, engineering, computer science or technology or
* Be someone who served as a mentor, role model or key player in a program designed specifically to encourage and advance girls and women in the fields of science, mathematics and technology
* Be a United States citizen
Nomination forms must be postmarked by March 15, 2008. For more information, visit the website.

Association for Women in Computing Plan for Success: Gain Actionable Steps for Achieving Career Goals
Join the Association for Women in Computing as author Lisa Quast comes to speak on a methodology she devised that teaches women how to create a personal strategic plan to take control of their careers and achieve their professional aspirations.

Bio: Lisa Quast
Compelling speaker and new author, Lisa Quast has spent the last two decades working to become one of few female executives in the high-tech healthcare industry. She has been responsible for completing projects around the globe in areas such as strategic planning, marketing, sales, service, product management, business development, and coaching/talent development. Lisa's success has garnered much praise including being the youngest winner of the President's Award at Toshiba America Medical Systems and an honoree of the Puget Sound Business Journal as one of the "Top 40 Under 40" business leaders in the greater Seattle area in 2005.
Throughout her career, Lisa has dedicated a significant portion of her time to mentoring other women and helping them realize their career potential, which led her to write her first book, Your Career, Your Way!, published in 2007. Lisa is a sought after certified executive coach and motivational speaker, and the founder of Career Woman, Inc., a Seattle-based international career development consulting company dedicated to providing women with personal strategies to improve, change or advance their careers - and ultimately achieve their career goals.

Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. registration, networking and            appetizers; 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. program
Location: Montlake Community Center
1618 E Calhoun St. Seattle, WA 98112
Price: Free for all! Please visit www.awcps.org/meetings for         specifics.
Register: www.awcps.org/meetings/registration.php.

Women: Leading the Future of Technology Forum
MDWIT and the Technology Council of Maryland are excited to host this year's women and technology conference: "Women: Leading the Future of Technology."  Ms. Sandra Evers-Manly, VP of Corporate Responsibility for Northrop Grumman Corporation and President of the Northrop Grumman Foundation will be the keynote speaker.  This one-day conference will begin with breakfast and networking.  The breakfast speaker, Ms. Lynne Waymon, CEO of Contacts Count, will give a dynamic presentation on networking.  Break-out sessions will follow and be focused on three audience groups: Women in Entrepreneurship; Women in the Technology Workforce; and The Next Generation of Women in Technology.
Lunch and our keynote speaker will bring the day to a close.  An optional networking party will follow.
Date: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Location: BWI Marriott
1743 West Nursery Road
Baltimore, MD 21240
Register here.

It's Your Responsibility! How to Lead and Impact Policy: Enhancing the Role of Women in Medical and Biological Engineering
AIMBE's Women in Medical and Biological Engineering Committee, WIMBE, invites all AIMBE Fellows and senior women in medical and biological engineering to come to ChicagoApril 10-11, 2008 to discuss how to positively influence change for women in medical and biological engineering.
Date: April 10-11, 2008
Location: ChicagoAirport Hilton
The two-day event includes a keynote presentation by Mrinalini (Meena) C. Rao, the provost for faculty affairs at the
University of Chicago at Illinois.  Panels include Being an Agent of Change, and Learning to be an Effective Organizational and Policy Leader and include Betty Shanahan, the Executive Director of the Society for Women Engineers, Samantha Barlow, of the US House of Representatives Diversity and Innovation Caucus, Mary Woolley, the Executive Director of Research!America, and AIMBE Fellow Semahat Demir, the Program Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program at the National Science Foundation.  The meeting will be interactive and facilitated, so that you may be a voice for women in medical and biological engineering.
For more information and a registration form, please visit www.aimbe.org/womensymposium or call 202-496-9660.   
For a room at the Hilton Chicago O'Hare Airport, please call 877-865-5322 and mention code AMB or go online at www.hilton.com and use code AMB in the group/convention box.  The cutoff date for reservation is March 27.

Summer Internship in Neural Engineering (SINE)
SINE allows undergraduate students to work in an innovative, progressive, fast paced scientific environment where they will be exposed to traditional techniques in molecular biology, advances in computer science, new theories in mathematics and mechanical-, electrical- and biomedical engineering applications. Students learn the ins and outs of research designed to improve our understanding of the mechanisms of neural injury and recovery, promote greater recovery and provide accessible technology to the temporary and permanently disabled.
Accepted students are provided with funding for travel, housing and a small stipend. 
Application information can be found at: http://www.northwestern.edu/bme/sine2008.
Minority students, women, the disabled and students from institutions with under-represented scientific research programs are strongly encouraged to apply.
If you have any questions, please contact Danielle M. Kerkovich, Ph.D., Associate Director for Research: (312) 238-1477 or by email at [email protected].
Emailed applications are due on or before March 31, 2008.

Summer Forum on Feminist Theologies
The Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual (WATER) and Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc. (FSR) invite graduate students and junior faculty to the first Summer Forum on Feminist Theologies in Washington, DC,June 15-20, 2008. This inaugural year will focus on "Making the Connections: Claiming Our Past--Envisioning Our Future Together."
This residential program will provide the space and opportunity to work with colleagues across generations, religions, racial/ethnic, and disciplinary lines to create new knowledge and deepen feminist scholarly collaboration. The program will include plenary sessions, seminars, and working groups as well as meals and informal time together. The fee for the Summer Forum is $800 including room, board, and program. Scholarships are available, but graduate students and junior faculty are urged to seek funding from their departments, institutions, denominations, and other sources.
Application deadline is April 1, 2008. Participants will be notified after April 15, 2008.
To read the full description of the forum and download the application form, click here.
Please direct inquiries and send completed applications to [email protected].

Recruiting Students for 2008 NSF Program "Debating Science"
The University of Montana in Missoula is hosting the National Science Foundation sponsored project "Debating Science." Graduate students in science and engineering with an interest in ethics or graduate students in the humanities and social sciences working on science and technology issues are encouraged to apply. The program explores the ethical and political issues related to the debates over global climate change, nanotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology. It consists of a 5-day workshop in August at The University of Montana-Missoula and an online course in the fall semester.
The National Science Foundation provides support for program participants to attend the workshop in
Missoula and covers tuition for the online course. Interested students can find more information and apply online at: http://www.umt.edu/ethics/debating_science.
Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] with any questions.

Application Deadline: April 2, 2008

NHGRI/NIH 2008 Current Topics in Genomic Research Short Course
This intensive, six-day course, offered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will be held August 3 to August 8, 2008. It is designed to update biology instructors, as well as other instructors and researchers in related disciplines, on genomic science. The course focuses on the continuing effort to find the genetic basis of various diseases and disorders, and current topics on the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics.
The Short Course faculty consists of leading NIH genomic researchers, including the NHGRI director, Dr. Francis Collins. The course features extended tours of working laboratories at the NIH, structured lectures, and highly interactive sessions.
Room and board are paid by NHGRI; participant schools pay travel costs for faculty participants, both to and from the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.

Eligibility:

  1. This course is designed to update instructors who train students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in health related sciences and instructors from institutions that predominantly train students with disabilities and students from disadvantaged backgrounds including certain rural and inner-city environments.
  2. Faculty at colleges and universities that train students predominantly from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (See Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering) and institutions that train students from a social, cultural, or educational environment such as that found in certain rural or inner-city environments that have demonstrably and recently directly inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to develop and participate in a research career will be considered.
  3. Faculty from institutions that train predominantly students with disabilities, which are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities are invited to apply as well.

Institutions that train largely students from disadvantaged backgrounds are defined as: Students who come from a family with an annual income below established low-income thresholds. These thresholds are based on family size; published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census; adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index; and adjusted by the Secretary for use in all health professions programs. (See Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement).   

How to Apply: visit http://research.nhgri.nih.gov/course_applications
Click here
for the announcement.
Applications will be accepted until
April 4, 2008.

Call for Nominations: The Leopold Leadership Fellowship Program
The Leopold Leadership Program invites mid-career academic environmental scientists from North America (Canada, Mexico, and the United States) to apply for the 2009 Leopold Leadership Fellowships.

Mission: to advance environmental decision making by providing academic environmental scientists with the skills and connections they need to be effective leaders and communicators. Through a competitive process, the Leopold Leadership Program selects up to 20 Fellows annually to participate in an intensive training program designed to build and enhance their skills in communicating with policy makers, media representatives, business leaders, nonprofit organizations, and the general public. The goal is to create a community of engaged scientific leaders to inform decision makers addressing society's most pressing environmental challenges.

Eligibility: The program seeks candidates with terminal degrees in a broad range of disciplines including the biological, physical, and social sciences (e.g., economics, political science) and technical, medical, and engineering fields related to the environment (e.g., wildlife veterinary medicine, environmental health, hazardous waste management).  Applicants must be employed by an academic institution in North America, be tenured or tenure-track (associate professor level or equivalent or above), and be active in teaching and research. Every applicant must demonstrate: an academic position (either tenured or tenure track); an active role in research and teaching in an area of environmental science at a Canadian, Mexican, or U.S.-based higher education or research institution; a reputation for outstanding science; evidence of interest in making direct connections between scientific knowledge and environmental issues; interest, willingness, and an appropriate professional position to synthesize, interpret, and communicate the results of their work to peers, policy makers, the media, and the general public; passion and capacity to exercise leadership in the environmental science arena and enthusiasm to advocate the importance of science for improved environmental policies and practices; commitment to participate in the entire two weeks of training and contribute to the program as well as take advantage of its benefits; intent to share what is learned in the training program with students and colleagues and other stakeholders through courses, workshops, and broader outreach efforts; and ability and desire to remain an active member of the Leopold Leadership Network after the conclusion of the Fellowship year.

Training is offered in English and focuses on U.S.-based institutions, audiences, and policy making. Full details and application documents are available online at: www.leopoldleadership.org
Deadline: Monday, April 14, 2008

American Physiological Society Research Enhancement Award
The APS Research Career Enhancement Award is designed to enhance the career potential of its regular members. The award can be used to support short-term visits to other laboratories to acquire new specific skills and to support attendance at special courses devoted primarily to methodologies appropriate for both a new investigator and a more senior investigator entering a new field of research. The award of up to $4,000 allows an individual in the early phases of his/her career to obtain special training; the award also allows an individual in the later phases of his/her career to develop new skills and to retrain in areas of developing interests. The award does not include any indirect cost reimbursement.
For More Information on This Award...
Deadline: April 16, 2008.

Call for Nominations: National Science Foundation PAESMEM
The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities) that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the Nation's human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Awards are made in the following two categories and nominees, both individual and institutional, must have served as a mentor or facilitated mentoring activities for at least five years.

  1. Individuals who have demonstrated outstanding and sustained mentoring and effective guidance to a significant number of underrepresented students at the K-12, undergraduate or graduate education level; and
  2. Institutions with program activities that have enabled a substantial number of students drawn from populations underrepresented in the sciences, technology, and engineering and mathematics fields, to pursue and complete relevant degree programs. At the post-secondary level, these efforts must show that students have completed a baccalaureate, masters or doctoral degree.

Awardees receive $10,000 to continue their work and a commemorative Presidential certificate.
For more information: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04525/nsf04525.htm
For assistance, contact David L. Temple at 703-292-4674; by email, [email protected].
Nomination deadline: April 22, 2008

Nominations for the National Science Foundation PAEMST Now Being Accepted
Nominate exemplary K-12 teachers for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). This year the award will honor elementary school teachers for their contributions to improve teaching and learning in the areas of science and mathematics (secondary teachers will be honored next year).
Deadline: May 1, 2008
.
For information about the online nomination and application, visit www.paemst.org or e-mail [email protected].

NationalCenter for Women & Information Technology Meeting
NCWIT's upcoming meetings will take place May 14-15, 2008, at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The theme is "Advancing Computing from Multiple Disciplines." Distinguished researchers in science and engineering will tell us how their disciplines are pushing the frontiers of computer science today, and how these exciting research areas offer grand challenges with the potential to change the image of computing and attract top talent to the field.
Confirmed speakers include: Mae Jemison, M.D., former NASA Astronaut and Founder of The Jemison Group, Inc.; Richard M. Murray, Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology; Lydia E. Kavraki, Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and Bioengineering, Rice University; Graduate Program in Structural and Computational Biology and Molecular Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine;
Freada Kapor Klein, PhD, Founder and Co-chair, the Level Playing Field Institute.
Click here for more information. 

NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund
The NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund awards members of NCWIT's Academic Alliance with start-up funds (up to $15,000 per project) to develop and implement initiatives for recruiting and retaining women in computing and information technology. Startup funding is provided by Microsoft.
The deadline for the next round of NCWIT Academic Alliance Seed Fund proposals is June 1, 2008. Information about the Seed Fund program, including proposal requirements, the review process, and how to become an eligible Academic Alliance member, is available at www.ncwit.org.


New Resources from NCWIT
NCWIT has launched several new resources in the past several months:
Mentoring in a Box: Women Faculty in Computing helps pre-tenure faculty women prepare for the next stage of their careers and look ahead to positions of accomplishment and influence, by starting and sustaining a successful mentoring relationship.
The Culture of Open Source Computing is an annotated bibliography that briefly identifies pertinent articles and offers a brief summary of research findings on women's participation in open source computing.
Other resources on the website: Establishing Institutional Accountability; Systemic Change Initiatives; Assessing an Organization's Diversity Paradigm; Practices Matrix.

Mary Fieser Postdoctoral Program for Women and Minorities
Harvard University will award 12 new postdoc fellowships in chemistry this spring that are aimed at increasing the number of women and minority Ph.D.'s who become professors. Fellows will study for a year in Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology, and will have the opportunity to apply for a second year of fellowship money. Click here for a copy of the postdoc application Click here to apply.
Deadline: July 15, 2008

Quality Education for Minorities Opportunity
INFLOW, developed with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is an on-line database containing information on individuals with Ph.D. degrees who are from groups underrepresented in STEM fields. It serves as a one-stop source of professional information on doctoral engineers and computer scientists in academia, industry, and government that can be regularly updated by participants via QEM's website.
INFLOW will provide NSF with a source of information on potential proposal review panelists, advisory committee members, and rotators. Additionally, the participants will be provided: information on a variety of professional development opportunities; and a mechanism to access limited contact information on other participants to facilitate potential collaborations. Information on financial support, research, career, and other professional opportunities will be provided to registered individuals to encourage and support the completion of their degree programs. 
For more information: http://qemnetwork.qem.org/cise_eng

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Looking for research positions in food policy? Go to http://careers.ifpri.org/cojobsIFPRI.asp?Category=6.  Please complete on-line application, including a complete resume and cover letter.

AWIS Advocacy
AWIS Contributes to Diversity &
Innovation Caucus 
Briefing
On February 28, 2008, the U.S. House Diversity and Innovation Caucus held a stakeholders' listening meeting with over 80 women, minority, and STEM stakeholder groups to discuss diversity in the STEM fields. Click here to read AWIS' statement on diversity.

Resources on Affirmative Action
AWIS has compiled an index of resources for general information on affirmative action and how it applies to women in science. Click here to view the list.

AWIS Position Statements

Click here to view our most recent position statements and advocacy documents.
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