IUPAP/UNESCO grants
IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics
Supporting Women in Physics in Developing Countries
We have received funding to launch a seventh round of the IUPAP/UNESCO program to fund the attendance of women from developing and eastern European countries at regional conferences and schools this fall. We expect to be able to fund 20 women between $700 & $800 US each at a maximum.
Applications for these grants should be received no later than April 6, 2010. Recipients will be chosen by the IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics by mid April, and we will notify everyone by the end of April 2010.
Only women physicists from Eastern Europe or developing countries may apply. Due to limited funding, those who have received a grant in the past, under this program, are not eligible for a second grant.
Those interested in applying for a grant should submit the following information, via e-mail as a WORD document only or as text within the e-mail. PLEASE DO NOT SEND AS A PDF FILE.
- Complete contact information including name, address, e-mail and phone number.
- Years since your Ph.D (or undergraduate degree for graduate students) was granted.
- Brief description of the conference or workshop you wish to attend (including date of conf., place to be held, & website if available) and if you will be making a presentation.
- A breakdown of the amount of money (maximum $700/800 US) required to attend (Ex: Airfare, registration fee, meals).
- One Letter of recommendation.
Send all information to Jackie Beamon-Kiene at, beamon@aps.org by April 6, 2010 and consult http://www.iupap.org/
Sincerely,
Barbara Sandow, Chair, IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics
Jackie Beamon-Kiene, Admin., IUPAP Working Group on Women in Physics
UNESCO grants for African astronomers
UNESCO is providing ten (10) US$1 000. grants to help African astronomers to participate to the IAU Symposium No. 277. If you want to apply for such a grant, please fill the IAU grant application form: http://www.iau.org/static/meetings/GrantSymposiumRIM.pdf and send it to: LOC@iaus277.org
It is very important to get a large number of African astronomers at the Symposium since the African Astronomical Society should be lauch during the welcoming reception on December 12.