The OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World are 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.[1][2]

2016 award winners

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][1] The award program is open to female scientists who live and work in one of 81 developing countries.[1] 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][1] There were six awardees in 2022 as two outstanding candidates were recognised.

As of 2014, the award included an honorarium of US$5,000, an entire 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 the awarding ceremony is held.[4]

Recipients

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Recipients have included:

2011

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The 2011 awards recognized eleven contributors to biology, physics, and chemistry.[7]

2013

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The 2013 awards were focused on medical science and public health.[5]

2014

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The 2014 awards were focused on chemistry.[8]

2015

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In 2015, the awards were focused on physics and mathematics.[8]

2016

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The 2016 awards focused on medical science and public health.[9]

2017

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The 2017 awards were focused on engineering and technology.[10]

2018

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The 2018 awards focused on mathematics, chemistry, and physics.

2019

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The 2019 awards focused on medical science and public health.[1]

2020

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The 2020 awards recognised researchers working in engineering, innovation and technology.[14]

2021

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The 2021 awards recognised researchers in the physical sciences.[16]

2022

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The 2022 awards recognised six researchers in climate action and the environment.[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World". Elsevier. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Awards | OWSD". owsd.net. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Elsevier Foundation Awards 2012 Grants to Champion Libraries in Developing Countries and Women in Science". Elsevier. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Elsevier Foundation award". Elsevier. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Eleven Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD Awards". Elsevier. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Bert, Alison (10 March 2016). "Translating life into science – 5 women tell their stories". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. ^ Schmitz, Laura (16 February 2017). "Women engineers to receive awards for innovative research in developing countries". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Guyanese wins woman scientist in developing world award". Stabroek News. 18 February 2018.
  12. ^ "26 Fantastic Female Scientists". Asian Scientist Magazine. 8 March 2019.
  13. ^ Walker, Kira (3 March 2019). "Improving healthcare response to gender-based violence in Palestine". Nature Middle East. doi:10.1038/nmiddleeast.2019.32.
  14. ^ "2020 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards announced in Seattle | OWSD". owsd.net. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ Simiyu, John Paul (13 February 2020). "Kenyan Woman Writes History in USA". Kenyans.co.ke.
  16. ^ "2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards announced | OWSD". www.owsd.net. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  17. ^ Chan, Ana (15 December 2021). "La huellas de las mujeres y las niñas en la ciencia". República (in Spanish).
  18. ^ "2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award winners announced | OWSD". owsd.net. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Six talented women climate scientists from developing countries awarded the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award". EurekAlert!. 11 February 2022.
  20. ^ "OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award: Bangladesh's Gawsia among top women climate scientists". United News of Bangladesh. 14 February 2022.