OPEN NOMINATIONS TO THE L' ORÉAL-UNESCO AWARD FOR WOMAN IN SCIENCE
All the Chilean students of PhD in life sciences or the matter may apply for two awards of $7 million each, intended to support their doctoral theses.
Nominations of one of the most prominent awards of science worldwide, L' Oréal Chile together with UNESCO granted in our country will be open until June 17.
It's For Women in Science, which, for the ninth year, will award two scientific excellence that PhD in life sciences or of matter study, delivering two prizes, each in an amount of $7 million, to support the theses of women researchers.
The award L' Oréal Chile - UNESCO "For Women in Science"-which this year celebrates its ninth anniversary in Chile and number 18 in the world - is the result of a single between a public entity and a private association and has managed to consolidate its position as one of the most important initiatives to promote the career of women scientists from all continents.
In Chile, since 2007 it has the sponsorship of the National Commission of Investigación Científica y Tecnológica, CONYCIT; with a team of first level assessment and a jury with the most recognized figures in the academic world. As President of the jury, Gloria Montenegro, winner of the Prix International L' Oréal UNESCO FWIS 1998; Juan Asenjo, President of the Academy of Sciences; the President of Conicyt; Rosa Devés, in representation of Commission UNESCO and Liliana Cardemil, Director of the laboratory of Molecular Biology and plant physiology in the Department of biology of the University of Chile.
During its history, it has awarded more than 1700 women scientists from 108 countries and in our country there are 19 young women who have received it from different areas of science; as physics, chemistry, biology, nursing, geology, forestry, biotechnology and ecology, among others.
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