Three $25,000, one-year fellowships for early-career women scientists.
 

Applications have now closed

2013 Fellows will be announced in August.
 
Read about the previous recipients.

Dr Suetonia Palmer

Challenging the status quo for kidney disease treatment and helping millions of patients take back control of their lives.

Dr Suetonia Palmer Dr Suetonia Palmer

Dr Baohua Jia

Leading the global race to develop high efficiency, low cost solar energy, by using quantum dots.

Dr Baohua Jia Dr Baohua Jia

Dr Kylie Mason

Pioneering new treatments for blood cancers previously considered incurable.

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From colour-changing lizards to colour-changing bandages

7 April 2013
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Colour and movement show how species evolve, bring a second international L’Oréal For Women in Science honour, and a $470,000 ARC grant for University of Melbourne evolutionary biologist Dr Devi Stuart-Fox. Devi Stuart-Fox is attracted to show-offs. “I’m just really fascinated by animals with fabulous colours and ornaments.” And ever since she was a teenager [...]

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Colour-changing dragons to reveal their secrets

7 April 2013
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A zoological mystery that could change medicine and solar energy? An international research initiative led by the University of Melbourne’s Dr Devi Stuart-Fox will investigate how and why animals change colour — and what it costs them. It will also open the way for scientists to imitate lizards and develop new materials that respond to [...]

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Images of Devi and her colour-changing dragons

7 April 2013
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There are high resolution images of Devi and her lizards below. To access the high-res version, click on the image then right/command click and select save as. There’s also HD footage available, email niall@scienceinpublic.com.au if you’d like access.

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Women in science: news, events and an update on the 2012 L’Oréal Australia and NZ Fellows

27 November 2012

Congratulations to the 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Laureates; meet Fiona Stanley, Susan Greenfield and Marita Cheng and discuss their journeys in science; travel and recognition for the 2012 Australia and NZ Fellows; Nature says their publications don’t celebrate women in science enough; an Emmy for Immortal, a documentary about Elizabeth Blackburn.

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Human Genome 2.0: ENCODE project debunks ‘junk’ DNA

6 September 2012

2009 Fellow Marnie Blewitt in The Conversation.

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NZ scientist wins grant to help patients on dialysis

22 August 2012

2012 Fellow Suetonia Palmer in The New Zealand Herald.

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Another win for anti-cancer fighter

22 August 2012

2012 Fellow Kylie Mason in The Age.

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Vic cancer researcher wins science award

21 August 2012

2012 Fellow Kylie Mason in the Herald Sun.

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New treatments for blood cancers

21 August 2012
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Dr Kylie Mason from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and the Royal Melbourne Hospital has set herself the goal of developing new ways of treating diseases that are considered incurable.

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More efficient solar cells with quantum dots

21 August 2012
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Dr Baohua Jia and her colleagues from Swinburne University of Technology are front runners in the fierce global race to develop high efficiency, low cost solar energy.

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