Sponsor
Nature
Description
Nature is offering two awards for women in science:
Nature Research Award for Scientific Achievement recognizes early-career women researchers. The successful applicant will have made an exceptional demonstrable contribution to scientific discovery, and may have faced significant challenges, personal or professional. The applicant will also exhibit the potential for developing and leading an independent research group. Further, applicants should have made efforts to inspire the next generation of scientists through outreach or support the retention of women in science careers.
Nature Research Award for Scientific Outreach 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.
Eligibility
Scientific Achievement
- Applicants must self-identify as women. This award uses an inclusive definition of ‘woman’ and ‘women’. Trans women, genderqueer and non-binary people are welcome to apply.
- Applicants must hold a PhD degree or a medical degree, or other type of doctorate by dissertation. A PhD or doctorate by dissertation is a globally recognized postgraduate academic degree awarded by a university or higher education institution to a person who has submitted a thesis or dissertation, based on extensive and original research in their chosen field.
- Applicants must be within 10 years of completing their PhD degree or medical degree, or other type of doctorate by dissertation
- Applicants must hold a non-tenured position. This includes those who have non-permanent postdoctoral and/or non-permanent tenure-track positions (or equivalents such as proleptic lecturer positions). Those in a tenured position (or equivalents, such as permanent lecturer position) are not eligible to apply.
- Applications are accepted from those working in natural sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine
Scientific Outreach
- Nature accepts applications from organizations, departments, individuals (of any gender) or project teams.
- We are looking for initiatives that have either:
- encouraged girls or young women to engage with and study natural sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine OR
- increased retention of women in STEM careers, with a focus on providing tools to support women through their career progression in a STEM discipline.
Prize
The winner of the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science, Scientific Achievement Category, will receive:
- A prize of US$50,000
- An invitation to the award ceremony in London, with travel and accommodation expenses paid by the organizer. 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 winners of the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science, Science Outreach category will receive:
- A prize of US$50,000
- 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
Special Notes
Please note that research activities carried out in the context of COVID-19 need to adhere to the University of Guelph COVID-19 research principles, policies, guidelines and processes as they may be updated from time to time and communicated on the Office of Research web-page.
Deadlines
If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
External Deadline | Applications must be submitted online using the form found on the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science web-page. Please also submit a copy of the application and an OR-5 to research.services@uoguelph.ca. |
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted through the online application form found on the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science web-page. Please also submit a copy of the application and an OR-5 to research.services@uoguelph.ca by the external deadline.
For More Information
For more information please contact awards@nature.com or research.honours@uoguelph.ca or visit the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science web-page.