L'ORÉAL Australia
For Women in Science
Applications for the 2009 L'ORÉAL
Australia For Women in Science Fellowships are now open.
Nominations close 1 May 2009.
Start
your application here.
L'Oreal's global support For Women in Science has three
tiers:
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The $100,000 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
are awarded annually to five outstanding female scientists chosen across the
world. More information
on the L'Oreal International website
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The $40,000 UNESCO-L'Oréal For Women in Science
International Fellowships are awarded annually to 15 young life scientists
across the world.
More information
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The $20,000 L'ORÉAL Australia For Women in Science
Fellowships are awarded annually to three Australian scientists.
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Read about the
eligibility criteria and key dates for the 2009 L'ORÉAL
Australia For Women in Science Fellowships here.
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Read about the 2008 Australian Fellows,
see photos and interviews here:
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Read about the 2007 Australian Fellows
here:
Latest L'ORÉAL news:
Friday, 20 March 2009
In Gouldian finches the answer is yes—according to an Australian paper published
in the journal Science today. The paper challenges our view of sex determination
in animals.
“Over eighty per cent of Gouldian finch chicks will be male if their mother sees
that the father has a different coloured head,” says the lead author Sarah Pryke,
a L’Oréal Australia For Women in Science Fellow and ARC Fellow at Macquarie
University.
...Read full story here
Friday, 6 March 2009
Marking
International Women’s Day, five of the world’s women leaders in science each
received the $US100,000 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards For Women in Science at a ceremony
in Paris.
The five
laureates have diverse interests – from light-based cancer therapy to the life
of stars. There are no Australian recipients this year.
In Australia,
L’Oréal provides $20,000 fellowships for early-career researchers. Several past
winners are available to talk this weekend about their work, and about the
importance of young women retaining an interest in science through school,
university and life.
...Read
full story here
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