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June 17 is the deadline for one-page proposals on gender equality in academia and building research capacity in developing country libraries The Elsevier Foundation is seeking grant proposals for the 2014 New Scholars and Innovative Libraries in Developing Countries programs. […]

Dr. Leni Ritmaleni is currently a researcher and lecturer at the Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta. Ritmaleni’s research covers the field of organic synthesis, focusing on the development of tropical medicines. She recently was awarded […]

In August 2013, a team of the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine visited the University of Malawi College of Medicine in Blantyre, Malawi, to assess the needs of the college’s library and share their expertise on library information […]

The number of women in science, technology and innovation in the world’s leading economies is alarmingly low and actually on the decline in several, including the U.S. Women remain severely under-represented in degree programs for these fields. Even in countries […]

“Janet Koster, executive director and CEO of the Association for Women in Science, said of the uproar over the conference, “As we say at AWIS, you are probably part of the problem if you don’t think there really is one!” […]

An award ceremony at the AAAS Annual Meeting celebrated the accomplishments of early-career women scientists in the developing world, but a symposium the next day highlighted the challenges they are likely to face in advancing to leadership positions. The prize […]

Tech Valley Connect, a North Greenbush nonprofit group that helps newly relocated families settle into the area, has been so successful that the National Science Foundation is looking to replicate it in other areas of the country. Tech Valley Connect was […]

Chicago — Five chemists were presented with the Elsevier Foundation Award for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World for research that looks to nature for ways to address cancer, malaria and other medical problems. The winning researchers, representing […]

AsianScientist (Feb. 18, 2014) – Five female chemists from the developing world have received US$5,000 prizes at a ceremony at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago, United States. The winners of the […]

Dr. Preethi Radhakrishnan, an assistant professor of biology at LaGuardia Community College, was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Elsevier Foundation to develop The City University of New York’s first-of-its kind program designed to encourage women to pursue careers in […]

Dr Taiwo Olayemi  Elufioye of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan has won the 2014 Elsevier Foundation Award, among four other women and that received awards  for their researches into the medicinal properties of natural compounds. […]

Early-career women scientists from developing countries honoured for research into the medicinal properties of natural compounds Five chemists were honored on 15 February with Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early Career Women Scientists in the Developing World, each for research that looks to […]