Funding Opportunities
GWIS funds many fellowships and travel awards to help women with their research.
Click here for a list of funding opportunities from GWIS and for directions on applying.
Another good source of funding opportunities is www.grantsnet.org.
2009 GWIS Boston chapter Travel Grant Award program is now open!
A
travel grant of $300-500 will be awarded to an
academic scientist (undergraduate, graduate student, or
postdoc at an institution in
for travel to a scientific conference where
the awardee will be giving a presentation
(oral or poster), between May 15, 2009 and May 15, 2010.
Researchers
in all fields of experimental and theoretical
science (including the social sciences), mathematics, and engineering are
eligible.
Please
submit the following (as PDF, MS Word, or text format documents
ONLY)
to the GWIS Alpha Omega email address GWIS at heimdall dot org
by May 9:
+Name,
mailing address, and email address
+Name
of the advisor who will submit the letter of recommendation
+A
description of the applicant's research geared toward a lay scientific
audience (no more than 1 page).
+A
copy of the abstract that has been or will be submitted
for the conference, including the conference name,
dates, and location.
+A
brief statement describing how the conference will contribute to the
applicant's professional development.
+A
brief statement of financial need.
In
addition, the applicant’s faculty advisor should submit a letter of
recommendation directly to gwis at heimdall dot org with the
name of the applicant stated at the beginning of the letter.
Applicants
will receive confirmation that their applications are complete
by
May 12, 2009. The award will be announced in June.
The
applicant must be a member of GWIS at the time of application.
The
application for membership is available at
http://www.gwis.org/member/application.htm.
or on-line
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awardee will be expected to present the research
to
the GWIS Alpha Omega Chapter upon return from
the conference, and will be given complimentary GWIS
membership for an additional year.
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