Nominations for the 2012 L’Oréal Australia & New Zealand For Women in Science Fellowships are now closed.
This year the three Fellowships increase in value to $25,000 each. And for the first time they’re open to New Zealanders.
Each year since 2007, L’Oréal Australia has offered three Fellowships to help early-career women scientists consolidate their careers and rise to leadership positions in science.
Applicants will be advised on the outcomes via email in early July.
The three L’Oréal Fellows for 2011 have been busy since they were announced on 23 August 2011.
Eve McDonald-Madden is in France, working with researchers at the National Institute for Agricultural Research to develop new strategies for the management of the impacts of climate change. Read the full article →
A 20 year old mystery was solved this week with the discovery that an epilepsy that affects infants is caused by the change of a single letter in one gene. Seizures in infancy are not rare, but this familial epilepsy occurs in probably 60 families across Australia. It can also cause a movement disorder later in life. Read the full article →
L’Oréal and UNESCO have just announced that Australian paediatric neurologist Professor Ingrid Scheffer is the Asia-Pacific L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureate for 2012.
She is one of five international winners who will each receive US$100,000 in recognition of their contribution to the advancement of science at the Awards Ceremony on 22 March 2012 at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.
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L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science grants Australian Scientist US$100,000 in one of the world’s most prestigious Science prizes:
The 14th Annual L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
Honouring five women who are moving science forward, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science partnership announces its five exceptional women scientists from around the world who will receive the 2012 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards in Life Sciences. Read the full article →
Three $20,000 L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellowships for 2011 were awarded to talented Australian women in science on Tuesday, 23 August 2011. Then on 24 August the three fellows visited the Australian Synchrotron and presented their research to 160 female students in year’s 9-11 for the L’Oréal Australia Girls in Science forum. Applications for the 2012 Fellowships will open in April 2012 Read the full article →
James Cook University
Coral interactions more complex than ever suspected.
Dr Tracy Ainsworth’s research is changing our understanding of the life of the tiny coral animals that built Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef.
Her work comes at a critical time for the future of coral reefs—threatened by a warming ocean and by coral bleaching. Read the full article →
Eve McDonald-MaddenThe University of Queensland
Turning to mathematics to allow us to make smarter conservation decisions.
The diversity of life on Earth underpins the global economy. But we’re losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate and human-induced climate change will threaten more species—up to 37 per cent of the plants and animals with which we share the world. Read the full article →
Georgina SuchThe University of Melbourne
Smart capsules could change the way we deliver drugs.
Today, when we’re treated for cancer, the drug spreads throughout the body indiscriminately. Along the way it causes side-effects such as nausea and hair loss. Read the full article →
RT @lorealpress_nl: New fellowships for female researchers: Introduction Dutch #forwomeninscience program on International Women's Day forwomeninscience.nl
New fellowships for female researchers: Introduction Dutch #forwomeninscience program on International Women's Day forwomeninscience.nl
RT @ActuaCEO: L'Oréal-UNESCO #Forwomeninscience scholarship winners engaged 150 girls in @ActuaCanada #STEM mentor events in 2011. Thanks @LOrealPress_Can
L'Oréal-UNESCO #Forwomeninscience scholarship winners engaged 150 girls in @ActuaCanada #STEM mentor events in 2011. Thanks @LOrealPress_Can
L'Oreal Fellow Ilana Feain in @theAge today talks #Pathfinder and Australia/NZ #SKA bid #astronomy #forwomeninscience http://t.co/IpjRCbJj
