Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in
Science are now open for applications. It is presented for initiatives that
support girls or young women to engage with, enjoy and study STEM subjects or
to increase the retention of women in STEM careers.
STEM includes natural sciences, technology, engineering,
mathematics and medicine. These initiatives can be run by an individual or
academic, educational, charitable, governmental or corporate entity. In the
case of corporate entities, the initiatives should form part of a corporate
social responsibility programme and not be part of core commercial operations.
The aim of the awards, in partnership with The
Estée Lauder Companies, is to celebrate and support the achievements of
women in science, and of all those who work to encourage girls and young women
to engage with STEM subjects and who work to support women to stay in STEM
careers around the world. STEM includes natural sciences, technology,
engineering, mathematics and medicine.
Focus Areas
- Natural sciences,
- technology,
- engineering,
- mathematics and
- medicine
Award Details
- The winners of the Nature
Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science, Science Outreach category
will receive:
- A prize of US$40,000
- An invitation to the award
ceremony in London, with accommodation and travel expenses paid by the
organiser. In the event that it is not possible or advisable to
hold such a ceremony, an alternative presentation or acknowledgement will
be arranged.
- Coverage on nature.com
- An invitation to present their
work or initiative to the scientists at The Estée Lauder Companies
- Mentoring through The Estée
Lauder Companies
- The shortlisted applicants
will:
- Be profiled on the Nature
Research Award website
- Have access to an exclusive
mentoring and networking community site
Eligibility Criteria
- They accept applications from
organizations, departments, individuals (of any gender) or project teams.
- Please nominate one
spokesperson who will be their point of contact and represent the winning
entry at the award ceremony. They are looking for initiatives that have
either:
- encouraged girls or young
women to engage with and study natural sciences, technology, engineering,
mathematics and medicine
- increased retention of women
in STEM careers, with a focus on providing tools to support women through
their career progression in a STEM discipline.
- Entries will have shown
exceptional vision, insight and/or imagination and demonstrated that they
encourage, support or promote the interest of girls and/or women in STEM.
Evaluation criteria
- Applications will be assessed
by our expert judging panel consisting of editors from Nature Portfolio,
independent experts and experts from our corporate partner, The Estée
Lauder Companies. Each award category will have a separate judging panel.
Panel members will review applications to create a shortlist of applicants
for each award category. The full panel will then meet to discuss the
merits of shortlisted applicants and select the winner. The judging panel
will make up 100% of the votes. The chief judge will make the final decision
in the event of a tie.
- Applications will be assessed
against the following criteria:
- Description of your initiative
- Success of your initiative
- Future plans
Post Date - 13-May-2021