The following is a list of award opportunities specific to Oakland University.
For additional information, visit the
Academic Affairs website. Award information is listed under the Academics tab.
Phyllis Law Googasian Award
Googasian Award website
This award honors and recognizes women who have contributed to the advancement of women at Oakland University and beyond through distinguished leadership, scholarship, advocacy, mentoring, program development, or other activities. The award is presented at a luncheon by the Oakland University chapter of the American Council on Education (ACE) Network for Women Leaders. The award is in honor of Phyllis Law Googasian, trustee emerita, for her commitment to OU and her dedication to the advancement of women.
Eligibility: Any member of the Oakland University faculty (including special instructors and lecturers), administrators, administrative professionals, and other staff members are eligible. Nominations are welcome from any University employee. Download the nomination form on the award website.
Teaching Excellence Awards
Deadline: Nomination period is late October - late November.
Nomination website
The Senate and Learning Committee presents the Teaching Excellence Awards. Two awards are made: one for a tenured or tenure-track member of the faculty, and another to a nontenure-track faculty member at Oakland University. Each award includes a cash stipend and will be presented at the Annual Faculty Recognition Luncheon, tentatively scheduled in mid-April. Names of previous Teaching Excellence Award winners are listed on a plaque in the lobby of Kresge Library.
Eligibility: Nominations may be made by any member of the Oakland University community, including students, faculty, alumni, administrators, and staff. Nomination forms should be completed online. Faculty may not self-nominate for the award. Previous Teaching Excellence Award winners and current members of the Teaching and Learning Committee are not eligible for nomination.
URC New Investigator Research Excellence Award
Next Deadline: Fourth Monday of January
New Investigator Award website
This award program is intended to recognize junior faculty members for their significant achievements at Oakland University. The competition is open to scholars from all disciplines each year.
Eligibility: All non-tenured assistant professors at Oakland University who have yet to begin the tenure review process are eligible to compete for this award. Nomination forms should be completed online. Candidates must be nominated by someone other than themselves.
URC Research Excellence Award
Next Deadline: Fourth Monday of January
Research Excellence Award website
The University Research Committee selects an award recipient in one of the following categories that rotate on a three-year cycle; social sciences/humanities, natural and mathematical sciences, and professional schools. Details of the award cycles are listed on the award website. A $2,500 award is presented to the award recipient at Spring Commencement.
Eligibility: All faculty members of Oakland University are eligible to enter the Oakland University Research Excellence Competition. Candidates may nominate themselves or be nominated by others. Priority is given to those researchers who have not received the Research Excellence Award in prior years. Nomination forms should be completed online.
Distinguished Professors
Distinguished Professors website
Upon recommendation of the President and Provost, the Board of Trustees may appoint individuals to the rank of distinguished professor for the duration of the individual's active service at Oakland, except for removal for cause, or distinguished professor emeritus. The appointment of individuals to distinguished professorships will be based on the criteria for professorships set forth in the document Oakland University Tenure and Promotion Statement, and, in addition, the rigorous application of one or more of the following criteria: preeminence in scholarship, preeminence in teaching, and preeminence in public or professional service.
Faculty Emeriti Professional Development Program
Emeriti Professional Development Program website
To assist and encourage the scholarly pursuits of emeriti professors, the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost has established a fund to support travel to professional meetings. Up to 5 emeriti professors will be supported each year to travel to a conference or equivalent professional/scholarly function within their discipline, to either a) attend the meeting/function for the purpose of expanding their knowledge, or b) deliver a scholarly presentation based upon their past or current work. Funding will be provided in the amount of up to $750 to colleagues who present at meetings and up to $500 to those who attend and participate. Receipts will be needed to process these payments.
Eligibility: Emeriti professors should submit a letter of interest to the Provost to request these funds. The letter should specify the name and dates of the meeting and specify if the purpose of travel is to attend or to present. If it is to present, the title of the presentation should be provided.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellowship
Deadline: April 17
AAAS website
The AAAS is an international non-profit organization dedicated to advancing science around the world by serving as an educator, leader, spokesperson, and professional association. A fellow is an AAAS member whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications are scientifically or socially distinguished and who has been a continuous member for the four year period leading up to the year or nomination. Examples of areas in which nominees may have made significant contributions are research; teaching; technology; services to professional societies; administration in academe, industry, and government; and communicating and interpreting science to the public.
Eligibility: A individual must have been a member of the AAAS since December 31, 2009 or earlier for the 2013 cycle; 4 continuous years. AAAS Fellows are nominated by their peers. See website for detailed nomination information.
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
Deadline: Varies, typically March - May
AAUP website
The AAUP offers travel grants and awards for individuals, chapters, and conferences. Awards are given to administrators, trustees, individuals providing excellent leadership, journalists, legislators, and others, as well as in recognition of lobbying work, outstanding chapters, excellent newsletters, and web sites. Eligibility and nomination information for each award is listed on the AAUP website.
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
Deadline: January 15
SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award website
The Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE) Teetor Program stimulates contacts between younger engineering educators and practicing engineers in industry and government. Its objective is to provide an engineering atmosphere in which these teachers can meet and exchange views with practicing engineers. This award includes a trip to a major SAE meeting and two years of SAE membership, and is presented at the SAE World Congress or at a major SAE aerospace meeting.
Eligibility: Applicants must be a young engineering educator with more than three, but less than ten years of full-time faculty experience and be affiliated with an ABET-accredited engineering school.
A. Richard Newton Educator Award
Deadline: May 15
Newton Educator Award website
This award from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology recognizes teaching practices, techniques, or innovative and new education approaches that attract girls and women to math, computing, and engineering. The award recognizes educators as well as the practices in K12 or undergraduate education. The recipient of this award will receive a $5,000 prize, and will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing awards celebration.
Eligibility: Educators (either individuals or teams) in K12 or undergraduate education are eligible for this award.
U.S. Professors of the Year
Deadline: April 15
U.S. Professors of the Year website
The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country - those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Winners may be on the state or national level. Each state level winner receives media recognition and will attend the November awards luncheon. Each national winner receives $5,000 contributed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, an invitation to speak at the November awards luncheon, media coverage, and an opportunity to participate in related activities.
Eligibility: All undergraduate teachers in the U.S., of any academic rank at any type of undergraduate institution, are eligible for this award.
For information on awards in Biological Chemistry, click here.
American Society for Cell Biology (WICB) Junior and Senior Awards
Deadline: March 31
WICB website
The WICB Committee recognizes outstanding achievements in cell biology by presenting two Career Recognition Awards at the ASCB Annual Meeting - the Junior Award and the Senior Award.
Eligibility: The Junior Award is given to a woman in an early stage of her career who is making exceptional scientific contributions to cell biology and exhibits the potential for continuing a high level of scientific endeavor and leadership.
Eligibility: The Senior Award is given to a woman or man in a later career stage whose outstanding scientific achievements are coupled with a long-standing record of support for women in science and by mentorship of both men and women in scientific careers.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Excellence in Science Award
Deadline: 2013 nominations are closed.
FASEB website
The FASEB Excellence in Science Award is given in recognition of outstanding achievement by women in biological science. The award recipient will be expected to present at the annual meeting of a FASEB member society and will receive a $10,000 unrestricted research grant.
Eligibility: Recipients are women whose career achievements have contributed significantly to further our understanding of a particular discipline by excellence in research. Nominees are typically women who are senior in their field and nationally known for their outstanding contributions in research, leadership, and mentorship. Nominees and nominators must be members of at least one of FASEB's 24 member societies.
For information on awards in Biological Chemistry, click here.
American Chemical Society (ACS), Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader in Chemistry Lecturer
Deadline: September 28, 2012
Kavli Foundation Emerging Leader information
The Kavli Foundation will sponsor a series of lectures recognizing the work of young chemical scientists. This series will recognize scientists younger than 40 years old for their achievements in scientific or engineering research. Lectures will be presented at spring and fall meetings.
Eligibility: See website for detailed nomination information.
American Chemical Society (ACS), Stanley C. Israel Regional Award for Advancing Diversity in the Chemical Sciences
Deadline: March 15, April 2, August 15
Stanley C. Israel Regional Award website
The Stanley C. Israel Regional Award recognizes individuals and/or institutions that have advanced diversity in the chemical sciences and significantly stimulate or foster activities that promote inclusiveness within the region. The award consists of a $1,000 grant to support and further the activities for which the award was made. The ACS will also fund the recipient's travel expenses to the ACS regional meeting at which the award will be presented.
Eligibility: Nominees may come from academia, industry, government, or independent entities, and may also be organizations, including ACS Local Sections and Divisions. The nominee must have created and fostered ongoing programs or activities that result in increased numbers of persons from diverse and underrepresented minority groups, persons with disabilities, or women who participate in the chemical enterprise.
American Chemical Society (ACS), Women Chemists Committee (WCC)
A number of awards are offered by the ACS/WCC. For a complete list, visit the
website.
ACS Fellows Program
Deadline: Nominations will open in the first quarter of 2013.
ACS Fellows Program website
The ACS Fellows Program recognizes and honors members of the ACS who have made significant contributions to the science and provided excellent service to the ACS community.
Eligibility: Nominees must be current members of the ACS and show excellence and leadership in both of two areas: (1) science, the profession, education, and/or management, and (2) volunteer service in the ACS community. Nomination documents must address both of these areas. Nominations can be made by ACS National Committees, Technical Divisions, Local Sections, and individual members.
WCC Rising Star Award
Deadline: June 15
WCC Rising Star Award website
The WCC Rising Star Award recognizes exceptional early- to mid-career women chemists across all areas of chemistry who have demonstrated outstanding promise for contributions to their respective fields. The award includes the opportunity to present at a WCC-sponsored symposium, travel support, and networking opportunities. To be given annually, beginning in 2012, this new award is also intended to help promote retention of women in science.
Eligibility: The award is open to all female ACS members in chemistry and chemical engineering working in academic, industrial, government, non-profit or other employment sectors. Appropriate candidates will typically be no more than 15 years from receipt of their terminal scientific degree and have demonstrated outstanding promise for contributions to their respective fields.
ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences
Deadline: November 1
This award recognizes significant accomplishments by individuals who have stimulated or fostered the interest of women in chemistry, promoting their professional developments as chemists or chemical engineers. The award is for $5,000 with a grant of $10,000 made to an academic institution, designated by the recipient, to strengthen its activities in meeting the objectives of the award.
Eligibility: Nominees for the award may come from any professional setting: academia, industry, government, or other independent facility.
WCC Eli Lilly Travel Award
Deadlines: February 15, September 15
The WCC and Eli Lilly and Company sponsor this program to provide funding for undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral female chemists to travel to meetings to present the results of their research. Awards are made on the basis of scientific merit and financial need.
Eligibility: Applications should be limited to one per research group. Awards will be given with preference to the following order: 1.) Any applicant who will be making her first presentation (regardless of format) at a national or major meeting. 2.) Graduate or postdoctoral applicants who have not presented at a national or major meeting since completing their undergraduate degree.
General Engineering Awards
Automotive/Mobility Industry Awards
Computer Science Awards
Electrical Engineering Awards
Mechanical Engineering Awards
General Engineering Awards
Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
A number of awards are offered by the Anita Borg institute. For a complete list, visit the
website.
Denice Denton Emerging Leader Award
Deadline: May 15
Denton Emerging Leader Award website
This award will be presented to a junior faculty member who is pursuing high-quality research in any field of engineering or physical sciences. The faculty member should also be demonstrating a significant leadership capability and contributing significantly to promote diversity in his/her environment. The recipient of this award will receive a $5,000 prize, and will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing awards celebration.
Eligibility: Junior tenure-track (non-tenured) faculty members (under the age of 40) at an academic or research institution are eligible for this award.
A. Richard Newton Educator Award
Deadline: May 15
Newton Educator Award website
This award recognizes teaching practices, techniques, or innovative and new education approaches that attract girls and women to math, computing, and engineering. The award recognizes educators as well as the practices in K12 or undergraduate education. The recipient of this award will receive a $5,000 prize, and will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing awards celebration.
Eligibility: Educators (either individuals or teams) in K12 or undergraduate education are eligible for this award.
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
A number of awards are offered by the ASEE. For a complete list, visit the
website.
Section Outstanding Teaching Award
Deadline: January 15
Section Awards website
This award is given by each ASEE section, with support, where possible, from local industry. The award, which focuses on outstanding classroom performance, recognizes teachers of engineering and engineering technology students and serves as an incentive to make further significant contributions to teaching. The award consists of an appropriate honorarium, where possible, presented by the local section. Presentations are made at the section annual meeting.
Eligibility: Candidates may be teachers of any subject included in an ABET/CEAB accredited engineering or engineering technology curriculum. In addition to technical courses, subjects may also include the humanities and social studies, mathematics and science.
Women in Engineering Division (WIED) Mara H. Wasburn Apprentice Educator Grant (AEG)
Deadline: February 15
AEG website
The goal of this grant program is to build capacity for the engineering education community through "apprenticeship" and mentoring to members of the community who are at the entry/launch point of their engineering education career. Up to two grants are given to travel to the ASEE Annual Conference as part of the Mara H. Wasburn Apprentice Educator Grant program. Each grant consists of a reimbursement of receipted registration, travel, food, and accommodation expenses up to a maximum of $2,000.
Eligibility: Eligible women are graduate students, post-docs, lecturers, research associates, other non-tenure-track faculty, and tenure-track faculty who are not more than three years into their first faculty position. The nominee does not need to be a member of the ASEE.
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Deadline: April 1
NAE Awards website
The NAE offers 5 awards for engineering and innovation. These awards salute leaders in engineering for their lifetime dedication to their field and their commitment to advancing the human condition through great engineering achievement and/or through innovation in engineering and technology education. The NAE dedicates more than $1 million annually to recognize these leaders and to bring better understanding of the importance of engineering and engineering education to society.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information.
National Science Foundation (NSF) - Broadening Participation Research Initiation Grants in Engineering 2012 (BRIGE)
Deadline: January 20
BRIGE program promotes the participation of engineering researchers early in their career from all concentrations and groups, especially from under-represented groups. This program supports engineering researchers who share the NSF's commitment to diversity. The Directorate for Engineering expects to fund 25 to 30 grants with a maximum of $175,000 in total over 24 months per award.
For a complete information on this award, visit the
website.
Eligibility: The nominee should not currently hold a post-doctoral appointment, should be a new investigator (has held a fulltime, tenure-track faculty position for less than three years), and should not have previously served as principal investigator, co-PI, or senior personnel on any research grants and/or contracts, the combined total of which exceeds $50,000. Additional eligibility requirements must be met; see
website for full details.
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
A number of awards are offered by the SWE. For a complete list, visit the
website.
Awards are available at individual, collegiate, and regional levels.
Deadlines:
for Individual Awards: March 31
for Collegiate Awards: Varies
for Regional Awards: July 1
Eligibility: Some awards require the recipient to be a member of SWE.
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Automotive/Mobility Industry Awards
Society of Automobile Engineers (SAE International)
A number of awards are offered by the SAE. For a complete list, visit the
website. Deadlines vary.
J. Cordell Breed Award for Women Leaders
Deadline: July 31
J. Cordell Breed Award website
This award is designated to recognize a woman active in the mobility industry who has achieved the best balance of life by outstanding performance or significant contributions in service, leadership, innovation, and/or engineering or technical contributions to the mobility industry. The award includes an honorarium of $2,000 and is presented at the SAE World Congress.
Eligibility: The recipient shall be selected based primarily on her excellence in creatively dealing with the challenges professional women are faced with in the mobility industry.
Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award
Deadline: January 15
SAE Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award website
The SAE Teetor Program stimulates contacts between younger engineering educators and practicing engineers in industry and government. Its objective is to provide an engineering atmosphere in which these teachers can meet and exchange views with practicing engineers. This award includes a trip to a major SAE meeting and two years of SAE membership, and is presented at the SAE World Congress or at a major SAE aerospace meeting.
Eligibility: Applicants must be a young engineering educator with more than three, but less than ten years of full-time faculty experience and be affiliated with an ABET-accredited engineering school.
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Computer Science Awards
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
A number of awards are offered by the ACM in collaboration with special interest groups. For a complete list, visit the
website.
Eckert-Mauchly Award
Deadline: March 30
ACM IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award website
This award is administered jointly by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The award of $5,000 is given for contributions to computer and digital systems architecture where the field of computer architecture is considered at present to encompass the combined hardware-software design and analysis of computing and digital systems.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information.
Gordon Bell Prize
Deadline: April 27
Gordon Bell Prize website
The Gordon Bell Prizes are awarded each year to recognize outstanding achievement in high-performance computing. The purpose of the award is to track the progress over time of parallel computing, with particular emphasis on rewarding innovation in applying high-performance computing to applications in science. Prizes are awarded for peak performance as well as special achievements in scalability and time-to-solution on important science and engineering problems and low price/performance. Financial support of the $10,000 award is provided by Gordon Bell, a pioneer in high-performance and parallel computing.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information.
SIGARCH Distinguished Service Award
Deadline: April 11
SIGARCH Award website
This annual award is presented to an individual who has contributed important service to the computer architecture community. Recipients receive a $1,000 honorarium and travel support for the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), where there is an award presentation session.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information.
SIGCOMM Lifetime Achievement Award
Deadline: March 31
SIGCOMM Award website
The SIGCOMM Award honors computer communication professionals for outstanding lifetime technical achievement in the fields of data and computer communications. The award consists of a $2,000 honorarium and will be presented at the annual SIGCOMM Conference, at which time the awardee is invited to deliver a technical address.
Eligibility: The nominee need not be a member of ACM SIGCOMM, but the nominator must be a member of ACM SIGCOMM. Previous awardees and members of the Award Committee and SIGCOMM Executive Commitee are not eligible.
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Electrical Engineering Awards
Design Automation Conference (DAC) Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Automation Achievement Award
Deadline: March 1
DAC website
This award is given at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), the premier conference devoted to design and design automation of electronic systems (EDA). This annual award recognizes individuals who have visibly helped to advance the profile of women in the EDA industry. Past awardees played key roles in creating, launching, or managing projects that involved contributions from women, or created opportunities for women in the EDA industry. Others have been leaders within a company or organization who have helped raise the awareness of women or mentors or role models of successful women.
Eligibility: The Marie R. Pistilli award is open to men and women in industry or academia with technical or non-technical backgrounds.
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Mechanical Engineering Awards
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
A number of awards are offered by the ASME. Awards range from $1,000 to $25,000 and have various deadlines and eligibility requirements. For a complete list, visit the
website.
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American Mathematical Society (AMS)
A number of travel grants and fellowships are offered by the AMS. For a complete list, visit the website.
Mathematical Congress of the Americas (MCA) Travel Grants
Deadline: Applications accepted from September 15 to October 31.
MCA Travel Grants website
These travel grants provide partial travel support for invited senior mathematician speakers (typical award amount: $1,600) and for early career mathematicians (typical award amount:$1,800) to attend the MCA. Information about the current session's location and date is listed on the website.
Eligibility: These grants are only open to mathematicians affiliated with a U.S. institution. The AMS especially encourages early career mathematicians (within 6 years of their doctorate), women, and under-represented populations to apply. See website for additional application information.
AMS-Simons Travel Grants
Deadline: Applications begin on February 1.
AMS-Simons Travel Grants website
Each AMS-Simons Travel Grant provides an early career mathematician with $2,000 per year for two years to be used for research-related travel. The department of the awardee will also receive a small amount of funding to help enhance its research environment. Each applicant will also choose a mentor with whom to interact during the two-year period of the grant.
Eligibility: Applicants must be located in the U.S. and have completed their Ph.D. within the last 4 years. The applicant's research must be in an area supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences of the National Science Foundation. See website for additional application information.
International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) Travel Grants
Deadlines: Information will be available in 2013.
ICM Travel Grants website
These travel grants provide funding for U.S. mathematicians attending ICM 2014.
Information about this upcoming event will be available in 2013.
Eligibility: These grants are only open to mathematicians affiliated
with a U.S. institution. The AMS especially encourages early career
mathematicians (within 6 years of their doctorate), women, and
under-represented populations to apply. See website for additional application information.
AMS Graduate Student Travel Grants
Deadlines: Applications accepted August through the end of September for JMM, and mid-July for AMS Sectional meetings.
AMS Graduate Student Travel Grants website
These travel grants provide partial travel support for graduate students to attend two types of AMS meetings - Joint Mathematics meetings (JMM) in January (award amount: $500) and AMS Sectional meetings in Spring and Fall (award amount: $250). Support is only available after the meeting when proof of attendance can be provided.
Eligibility: Each program supports only selected doctoral students in mathematics. A representative of the university must submit a statement verifying the expected date of graduation. The current institution of the applicant must be more than 50 miles from the site of the meeting. See website for additional application information.
AMS China Exchange Program
Deadlines: March 15 for travel that takes place the following academic year (ex. March 15, 2013 for 2013-2014 academic year).
AMS China Exchange Program website
This exchange program supports visits between research colleagues from the U.S. and from China. For travel from the U.S. to China, preference will be given to senior mathematicians whose visit will have a positive impact on the mathematical research community in China. For travel from China to the U.S., preference will be given to mathematical scientists in the beginning of their research careers.
Eligibility: See website for additional application information.
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
A number of awards are offered by the AWM. For a complete list, visit the
website.
Mathematics Travel Grants
Deadlines: February 1, May 1, October 1
Mathematics Travel Grants website
The Mathematics Travel Grants provide full or partial support for travel and subsistence for a meeting or conference in the applicant's field or specialization. The grants provide women mathematicians a valuable opportunity to advance their research activities and their visibility in the research community. A maximum of $1,500 for domestic travel and of $2,000 for foreign travel will be funded.
Eligibility: The conference or the applicant's research must be in an area supported by the Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS) of the National Science Foundation. Applicants must be women holding a doctorate with a work address in the USA. Anyone who has been awards an AWM-NSF travel grant in the past two years or who receives more than $2,000 yearly in external government funding is ineligible.
Falconer Lectures
Falconer Lectures website
AWM honors women who have made distinguished contributions to the mathematical sciences or mathematics education with the Falconer Lecture series. These one-hour expository lectures are presented at Mathfest each summer.
Kovalevsky Lectures
Deadline: November 1
Kovalevsky Lectures website
AWM and the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) established this lecture series to highlight significant contributions of women to applied or computational mathematics. This lecture is given at the SIAM annual meeting. AWM and SIAM pays for the winner's travel and local expenses. The Department of Energy is the sponsor covering expenses for this lecture series.
Eligibility: This lectureship may be awarded to anyone in the scientific or engineering community whose work highlights the achievement of women in applied or computational mathematics. Nominations for this award are solicited. Nominations will remain active for a total of two years (one year beyond the initial nomination).
Noether Lectures
Deadline: October 15
Noether Lectures website
AWM honors women who have made fundamental and sustained contributions to the mathematical sciences. These one-hour expository lectures are presented at the Joint Mathematics meetings each January.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information.
Louise Hay Award for Contribution to Mathematics Education
Deadline: April 30
Hay Award website
The purpose of the Hay Award is to recognize outstanding achievements in any area of mathematics education, to be interpreted in the broadest possible sense. The annual presentation of this award is intended to highlight the importance of mathematics education and to evoke the memory of all that Louise Hay exemplified as a teacher, scholar, administrator, and human being. This award is given to a woman at the Joint Prize Session at the Joint Mathematics meetings every January.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information. Nominations are kept active for two additional years.
Gweneth Humphreys Award for Mentorship of Undergraduate Women in Mathematics
Deadline: April 30
Humphreys Award website
The purpose of the Humphreys Award is to recognize outstanding mentorship activities. This prize will be awarded annually to a mathematics teacher (female or male) who has encouraged female undergraduate students to pursue mathematical careers and/or the study of mathematics at the graduate level. The recipient will receive a cash prize and be featured in an article in the AWM newsletter.
Eligibility: See website for nomination information. This award is open to all regardless of nationality and citizenship. At the request of the nominator, nominations can remain active for two additional years, and the nominator can update the application materials.
Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize
Deadline: November 1
Michler Prize website
This award is given annually to a woman recently promoted to Associate Professor or an equivalent position in the mathematics sciences. The prize provides a fellowship for the awardee to spend a semester in the Mathematics Department of Cornell University without teaching obligations. This award honors outstanding women at this stage of their careers and enables them to focus on their research in the stimulating environment of the Cornell University Mathematics Department. The prize includes $47,000 for the semester at Cornell University with a supplemental housing/subsistence stipend amount of $3,000. Office space, library access, and computing facilities will be provided by Cornell University.
Eligibility: Applicants must be women recently promoted to Associate Professor or the equivalent in the mathematical sciences at an institution of higher learning other than Cornell University. There is no restriction on the nationality of the applicant or on the country in which she holds a position. The primary selection criteria for the Michler Prize are the excellence of the candidate's research and the potential benefit to the applicant of a semester at Cornell University. See website for additional nomination information.
Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman
Deadline: October 1
Schafer Prize website
This award is given to an undergraduate woman for excellence in mathematics.
Eligibility: All members of the mathematical community are invited to submit nominations for this prize. The nominee may be at any level in her undergraduate career but must be an undergraduate as of October 1 of the year prior to the award year (ex. October 1, 2012 for the 2013 prize). See website for additional nomination information.
American Physical Society (APS)
A number of awards are offered by the APS. For a complete list, visit the
website.
M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship
Deadline: June 1
M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship website
This award enables women to return to physics research careers after having had to interrupt those careers. The fellowship consists of a one-year award of up to $45,000 (applicants can apply in a subsequent year for one additional year of support). Allowed expenses include dependent care (limited to 50% of the award), salary, travel, equipment, and tuition and fees. Overhead charges by the institution are not allowed.
Eligibility: Applicants must currently be a U.S. citizen, legal resident, or resident alien of the United States or Canada and currently reside in Canada or the U.S. Applicants must have completed work toward a PhD. and provide written proof that they will have institutional affiliation during the tenure of their grant. Institutional affiliation at the time of application is not necessary.
Marie Geoppert Mayer Award
Deadline: July 1
Marie Geoppert Mayer Award website
This annual award recognizes and enhances outstanding achievement by a woman physicist in the early years of her career, and to provide opportunities for her to present these achievements to others through public lectures in the spirit of Maria Geoppert Mayer. The award consists of $2,500 plus a $4,000 travel allowance to provide opportunities for the recipient to give lectures in her field of physics at four institutions and at a meeting of the Society.
Eligibility: This award is to be given to a woman during the early years of her career, no later than ten years after the granting of the PhD. degree. The lectures must be given at institutions within the United States or its possessions within two years after the award is made.
Edward A. Bouchet Award
Deadline: July 1
Edward A. Bouchet Award website
This annual award promotes the participation of under-represented minorities in physics by identifying and recognizing a distinguished minority physicist who has made significant contributions to physics research. The program will help publicize the lecturer's work and career development to the physics community. The Lectureship consists of a stipend of $3,500 plus support for travel to an APS meeting and to at least three academic institutions for visits with minority students.
Eligibility: Any Black, Hispanic, or Native American who has made significant contributions to physics research and is an effective communicator is eligible.
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
Deadline: November 14 and 19
Ford Foundation Fellowship Program website
Through its Fellowship Programs, the Ford Foundation seeks to increase the diversity of the nation's college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students. Awards are offered at the Predoctoral, Dissertation, and Postdoctoral levels. Awards are made to individuals who have demonstrated superior academic achievement and are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level.
Eligibility: Varies with award level -
Predoctoral,
Dissertation, and
Postdoctoral.
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
A number of awards are offered by the AAUW. For a complete list, visit the
website.
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships
Deadline: November 15
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships website
The Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships offer one year of support for women in tenure-track faculty positions in support of their earning tenure and further promotions. Candidates are evaluated on the basis of scholarly excellence, the quality and originality of project design, and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. The size of the award is $30,000.
Eligibility: Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Fellowships are not open to previous recipients of any AAUW national fellowship or grant. AAUW boards, committees, panels, staff, and current interns are not eligible. An online eligibility quiz is required to apply for this award.
Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants
Deadline: November 15
Research Publication Grants website
The Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants fund women college and university faculty and independent researchers to prepare research for publication. The grants are intended for tenure-track, part-time, or temporary faculty or new or established scholars and researchers at universities. Time must be available for 8 consecutive weeks of final writing, editing, and responding to issues raised in critical reviews. The size of the award is $6,000.
Eligibility: Candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Fellowships are not open to previous recipients of any AAUW national fellowship or grant. AAUW boards, committees, panels, staff, and current interns are not eligible. An online eligibility quiz is required to apply for this award.
Selected Professions Fellowships
Deadline: January 10
Selected Professions Fellowships website
The Selected Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who intend to pursue a full-time course of study at accredited U.S. institutions during the fellowship year in one of the designated degree programs where women's participation traditionally has been low. The following programs are included: Architecture (M.Arch, M.S.Arch), Computer/Information Sciences (M.S.), Engineering (M.E., M.S.) and Mathematics/Statistics (M.S.). The size of the award ranges from $5,000 to $18,000.
Eligibility: Fellowships in these categories are awarded to women who are citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. who have achieved high standards of academic excellence and show promise of distinction in their respective fields. Applicants must be full-time students at an accredited U.S. institution during the fellowship year, and should be pursuing a course of study in the U.S. over the full academic year. Fellowships are not open to previous recipients of any AAUW national fellowship or grant. AAUW boards, committees, panels, staff, and current interns are not eligible. An online eligibility quiz is required to apply for this award.
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize
Deadline: November 1
Michler Prize website
This award is given annually to a woman recently promoted to Associate
Professor or an equivalent position in the mathematics sciences. The
prize provides a fellowship for the awardee to spend a semester in the
Mathematics Department of Cornell University without teaching
obligations. This award honors outstanding women at this stage of their
careers and enables them to focus on their research in the stimulating
environment of the Cornell University Mathematics Department. The prize
includes $47,000 for the semester at Cornell University with a
supplemental housing/subsistence stipend amount of $3,000. Office
space, library access, and computing facilities will be provided by
Cornell University.
Eligibility: Applicants must be women recently promoted to
Associate Professor or the equivalent in the mathematical sciences at an
institution of higher learning other than Cornell University. There is
no restriction on the nationality of the applicant or on the country in
which she holds a position. The primary selection criteria for the
Michler Prize are the excellence of the candidate's research and the
potential benefit to the applicant of a semester at Cornell University.
See website for additional nomination information.
Sigma Delta Epsilon - Graduate Women in Science National Fellowships
Deadline: January 15
GWIS National Fellowships website
The SDE/GWIS National Fellowships Program offers fellowships to help increase knowledge in the fundamental sciences and to encourage research careers in the sciences by women. Endowment funds provide the annual income that supports scientific research done by SDE/GWIS award winners. The maximum allowable award amount is $10,000. There is an application fee for non-GWIS members interested in applying for these awards.
Eligibility: Awards will be made to women holding a degree from a recognized institution of higher learning, of outstanding ability and promise in research, who are performing research at any institution in the U.S. or abroad. Career level (e.g. graduate students vs. assistant professor) of the candidate will be taken into consideration when reviewing the proposals. Active SDE/GWIS membership is encouraged at the time of and throughout the duration of funding.
Sloan Research Fellowships
Deadline: September 15
Sloan Research Fellowships website
These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to over 100 early-career scientists and scholars in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field. Fellows are selected on the basis of their independent research accomplishments, creativity, and potential to become leaders in the scientific community. The size of the award is $50,000 for the two-year period.
Eligibility: Candidates are required to hold a PhD. (or equivalent) in chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, economics, neuroscience, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, ocean sciences, or in a related interdisciplinary field. Candidates must be members of the regular teaching faculty (i.e., tenure-track) of a degree-granting college or university in the U.S. or Canada; in addition, they must be no more than six years from completion of the most recent PhD. or equivalent as of the year of their nomination. The Foundation strongly encourages the nomination of qualified women and minority candidates.
Below is a list of all awards, organized by deadline date. Click on the month or the award name for more information.
January 1, 2013 through February 28, 2013
January 9, 2013
January 10, 2013
January 15, 2013
January 20, 2013
January 28, 2013
February 1, 2013
April 1, 2013
May 1, 2013
June 1, 2013
June 5, 2013
June 15, 2013
July 1, 2013
July 18, 2013
July 31, 2013
August 3, 2013
August 24 through September 27, 2012
September 6 though November 8, 2012
September 15, 2012
September 15 through October 31, 2012
October 1, 2012
November 1, 2012
November 19, 2012
No awards due at this time.