Elsevier Foundation Award
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The OWSD - Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World[1] is awarded annually to early-career women scientists in selected developing countries in four regions: Latin America and the Caribbean, East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Central and South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.[2]
The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), the Elsevier Foundation, and The World Academy of Sciences have partnered to recognize achievements of early-career women scientists in developing countries since the award was launched in 2011 as the Elsevier Foundation-OWSD Awards for Young Women Scientists from the Developing World.[3][2] The award program is open to female scientists who live and work in one of 81 developing countries.[2] Nominations are generally submitted within ten years of the nominee earning a PhD.[4][5]
The maximum number of recipients is currently restricted to five per year: one from each of the four OWSD-recognized regions, plus one additional outstanding candidate, and the awards are granted with a rotating theme annually among three general fields: biological sciences (agriculture, biology and medicine), engineering/innovation & technology, and physical sciences (including chemistry, mathematics and physics).[6][2]
As of 2014, the award includes an honorarium of US$5,000, one year of access to Elsevier's ScienceDirect publication database, and an expense-paid trip to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where an awarding ceremony is held.[4]
Recipients[]
Recipients have included:[4]
2011[]
The 2011 awards recognized eleven contributors to biology, physics, and chemistry.[7]
- , biologist, Bangladesh
- , physicist, India
- , chemist, Pakistan
- , physicist, Nigeria
- , chemist, Nigeria
- , biologist, South Africa
- , chemist, Egypt
- , biologist, Jordan
- María Magdalena González Sánchez, astrophysicist, Mexico
- , biologist, Cuba
- , chemist, Argentina
2013[]
The 2013 awards were focused on medical science and public health.[5]
- , pharmacologist, Nigeria
- Nasima Akhter, medical scientist, Bangladesh
- Dionicia Gamboa, molecular biologist, Peru
- , biochemist, Mongolia
- , community health researcher, Yemen
2014[]
The 2014 awards were focused on chemistry.[8]
- Nilufar Mamadalieva, bioorganic chemist, Uzbekistan
- , pharmaceutical chemist, Indonesia
- , biochemistry researcher, Jamaica
- Eqbal Mohammed Abdu Dauqan, biotechnologist, Yemen
- Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye, pharmacologist, Nigeria
2015[]
In 2015, the awards were focused on physics and mathematics.[8]
- Nashwa Eassa, nano-particle physicist, Sudan
- , computational mathematician, Thailand
- , atmospheric physicist, Nigeria
- , radiation physicist, Nigeria
- Rabia Salihu Sa'id, environmental physicist, Nigeria
2016[]
The 2016 awards focused on medical science and public health.[9]
- , pharmacologist, Indonesia
- Sushila Maharjan, biochemistry researcher, Nepal
- , public health specialist, Peru
- Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu, psychiatric epidemiologist, Uganda
- , nutritional researcher, Yemen
2017[]
The 2017 awards were focused on engineering and technology.[10]
- Tanzima Hashem, computer scientist, Bangladesh
- , environmentalist, Ecuador
- , environmental energy specialist, Indonesia
- , environmental resource management, Ghana
- , scientific project coordinator, Sudan
2018[]
The 2018 awards focused on mathematics, chemistry, and physics.
- Hasibun Naher, applied mathematician, Bangladesh
- , physicist, Cameroon
- , computational chemist, Ecuador
- , environmental chemist, Guyana
- , organometallic chemist, Indonesia
2019[]
The 2019 awards focused on medical science and public health.[2]
- Narel Paniagua-Zambrana, ethnobotonist, Bolivia
- , health services, Nigeria
- , environmental biotechnologist, Bangladesh
- , public health researcher, Palestine
- , chemist, Nepal
References[]
- ^ "Awards | OWSD". owsd.net. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World". Elsevier. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Elsevier Foundation Awards 2012 Grants to Champion Libraries in Developing Countries and Women in Science". Elsevier. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Elsevier Foundation award". Elsevier. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Elsevier Foundation, OWSD and TWAS call for nominations for 2014 Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "The OWSD–Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World". Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Eleven Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD Awards". Elsevier. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Schemm, Ylann; Bert, Alison (18 February 2014). "Women chemists from developing countries honored for research of natural medicinal compounds". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Bert, Alison (10 March 2016). "Translating life into science – 5 women tell their stories". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Schmitz, Laura (16 February 2017). "Women engineers to receive awards for innovative research in developing countries". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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