Calling for applications for L’Oréal For Women in Science Award 2025!
L’Oréal USA partners with the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) to manage the program’s application and peer-review process. Each year, the program attracts talented applicants from diverse STEM fields, representing some of the nation’s leading academic institutions and laboratories. Celebrating its sixteenth year in the U.S., the For Women in Science program has awarded 85 postdoctoral women scientists over $4 million in grants to advance their research and careers.
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To continue the momentum inspired by the L’Oreal USA For Women in Science Awards, AAAS is also administering L’Oreal’s new Changing the Face of STEM Mentoring Grants, designed to support former FWIS fellows to mentor the next generation of women and girls in STEM fields. These are $2,500 grants awarded to FWIS alumni to develop STEM education outreach initiatives.
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To celebrate 15 years of the program and to further contribute to the dialogue around strategies for increasing the representation of women in STEM fields, L’Oréal USA partnered with the Heising-Simons Foundation to commission a study of its alumni and explore how their experiences and recommendations can help more women succeed in science during this critical postdoctoral career stage.
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- The award provides monetary grants to women to advance their research and careers.
- The funding is intended to support the candidate’s research project and provide career enhancement. Suggested uses of the funding include: tuition fees, attendance at meetings and conferences, laboratory supplies, publication costs, computer and technical support, equipment, and instruments. International travel is allowed. Indirect or fringe costs (including insurance and overhead) are not allowed.
- Applicants may allocate up to 10% of their total budget estimate for community service or outreach projects beyond the scope of their proposed research plan (e.g. hosting a science workshop for K-12 students with a local outreach organization).
- Salaries for technicians and students may be proposed, as long as the candidate can justify that these individuals will directly support the candidate’s research.
- A candidate may use the funding to cover her salary if she can justify why it is not already being covered by her PI or lab.
Eligibilities
- Applicants must be current postdoctoral associates or begin their postdoctoral position by January 31, 2025.
- In order to be eligible for the program, a candidate must have a Ph.D. degree that was conferred on or before January 31, 2025.
- Candidates holding a Ph.D., D.P.H., or Sc.D. are eligible to apply. Candidates exclusively holding any other degree, including M.D. and D.V.M., are not eligible.
- As long as a candidate holds an eligible degree (a Ph.D., D.P.H., or Sc.D.) alone or in
conjunction with a non-eligible degree she may apply. - Candidates from federal agencies or nonprofit organizations may apply as long as the agency or organization is able to accept funding.
- Applicants must be American citizens (born or naturalized) or permanent residents (green card holders). Unfortunately, visa holders are not eligible to apply.
- Applicants must be American citizens (born or naturalized) or have obtained their green card by the time of application submission (no later than February 14, 2025.).
- Applicants must be affiliated with a U.S.-based academic or research institution. International travel for research collection purposes is acceptable, but the research must be primarily conducted or analyzed within the U.S. or a U.S. territory.
- Applicants who hold faculty positions are not eligible. Only candidates in full-time postdoctoral positions are eligible to apply.
Application Process
- Apply for the award through this link – https://aaas.secure-platform.com/lorealfwis
- To ensure that the candidates who are selected represent scientific excellence, the program utilizes a two-phased application review process.
- In the first round, applications are evaluated by experienced scientists in the candidates’ respective fields.
- In the second round, a distinguished Jury of eminent scientists evaluates the top-ranked candidates and selects the five winners.
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025 (31 Days Remaining)
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