Annual Awards for Women in Science and Medicine
Click quick link on right side of this page for info on various awards and deadlines.

RAISE Project The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation of New York City has awarded $45,000 to Dr. Stephanie Pincus (www.shpincus.com) in support of the development of a National Award Clearinghouse: Dedicated to Recognizing the Achievements of Women in Science and Medicine (RAISE project). The goal of this project is to increase the status of women in science and medicine through enhanced recognition and rewards. A national award clearinghouse will be created to facilitate nomination of women for appropriate achievement awards in science, engineering, and medicine. Dr. Pincus will be working along with Dr. Florence Haseltine, Director of the Center for Population Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Society for Women's Health Research will house the project.  You can aid in the development of the RAISE project database by sending award info and examples of support letters to the clearinghouse by emailing Dr. Pincus at: shp@shpincus.com
posted: February 2006

P.E.O. Scholar Awards (PSA) was established in 1991 to provide substantial awards to women of the United States and Canada who are pursuing advanced degrees or are engaged in advanced study and research at an accredited institution.

2004 Was a Record Year in the Number of Women Awarded Nobel Prizes. In 2004 three women (including Linda Buck, who received her Ph.D. from UT Southwestern) were awarded Nobel prizes in separate categories: Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace.  Between 1901 and 2003 only 11 women were awarded out 494 prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine (~2%).  When the Nobel Prizes in Literature and Peace are included the numbers are little better at 31 out of 705 (~4%).  In his Opening Address of 2004 Awards Ceremony, Professor Bengt Samuelsson talked about the historic paucity of awards going to women.  Link to the opening address: http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/ceremony_sthlm/speeches/opening-2004.html  posted: December 2004

Analysis of NIH Grants to Women Scientists  The American Society for Cell Biology (Women in Cell Biology) has published an update to the1994 NIH study entitled: "Women in the NIH Extramural Grants Programs - Fiscal Years 1984-1993" (Publication No. 95-3876).  Research Project Grant (RPG) applications increased dramatically over the past two decades and through the recent doubling of the NIH budget in FY 1999-2003.  The percentage of RPG applications submitted by women increased almost linearly throughout the entire period of the study and has approximately doubled since 1980.  The number of RPG awards to women has thus also increased dramatically.  The success rate of applications from women has been similar to that of men, although a few percent below in most years.  Read more, including the updated stats, on page 28 of the PDF at this link: http://www.ascb.org/files/0412wicb.pdf posted:December 2004