GWIS National Fellowships in natural sciences for Women

The GWIS National Fellowships Program is proud to offer fellowships in the natural sciences to encourage research careers in the sciences by women. Endowment funds, mostly generated from bequests, provide the annual income that supports scientific research done by GWIS award winners. For the 2018-2019 funding cycle, we distributed approximately $50,000 in fellowships funds to five deserving women scientists.

The Fellowships are known as the Sigma Delta Epsilon (SDE), Vessa Notchev, Eloise Gerry, Ethel K. Allen, Jean Langenheim, Monique Braude, Nell I. Mondy, Elizabeth Weisburger, and Hartley Corporation Fellowships.

The Fellowships Committee reserves the right to make no awards if no satisfactory applicants present themselves.

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ELIGIBILITY:

Career level (e.g. graduate student vs. assistant professor) of the candidate will be taken into consideration when reviewing the proposals.
Awards will be made irrespective of race, religion, nationality, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, or age.
Financial need of research funding is a requirement for the application. No project that has already been fully funded will be eligible for the awards. All pending funding sources must be listed in the application and reviewers will consider these when assessing the financial need of the project.

Application for the GWIS Fellowships is offered at no cost to current GWIS members, as a member benefit. For non-members, an application processing fee of $50 is required. Fellowships applicants that are not already GWIS members may join GWIS with a 1-year introductory membership at a discounted rate of $40 (click here to join). Please note that membership approval can take up to 48 hours, so if you want to become a GWIS member, please do so (ideally) at least a week before the Fellowships deadline.

WHAT MAY THESE AWARDS BE USED FOR?

Fellowship funds may be used for such things as:
- expendable supplies
- small equipment to be used by the recipient (not for general use)
- travel to another laboratory for collaborative research
- publication of research findings
- travel and subsistence while performing field studies
- Undergraduate collaborators (up to 1/3 of total requested amount)

These costs must be clearly justified in the proposal and integral to the research design.

Funds cannot be used for the following:
- salaries
- tuition
- child care
- equipment for general use
- travel to professional meetings or to begin a new appointment
- travel to another institution for coursework
- living allowances
- laptops and/or personal computers
- indirect costs
Please be aware that Supplemental Documentation may be required:
- If human or animal subjects are used, an in-house animal subjects committee must evaluate the work, and an approval from the committee must be included in the application. If approval is pending at the time of application, documentation of approval must be provided to the Fellowships Committee before an award will be made.
- Research involving cooperation with scientists from other sites/laboratories must include evidence of this collaboration (i.e. a letter from the host scientist).
- Research involving field collections must show evidence of the proper collecting permits. If approval is pending at the time of application, documentation of approval must be provided to the Fellowships Committee before an award will be made.
A maximum of $10,000 may be requested – any proposal requesting over $10,000 will be disqualified.