Call for Application - L'Oréal Singapore For Women In Science National Fellowships

L'Oréal Singapore invites women who are science researchers in Singapore to apply for the 2014 L'Oréal Singapore For Women In Science National Fellowship. Two fellowships, each worth S$30,000, shall be awarded this year, one for a researcher in the field of Life Sciences and another in the field of Physical & Engineering Sciences. 

The  L'Oréal Singapore For Women In Science National Fellowships annual awards are organized with the support of the Singapore National Commission for UNESCO and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The awards aim to recognize the contributions of talented women to science; to encourage women to pursue careers in science; as well as to promote women’s participation in Singapore’s research and development sector. 

The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards were established by the L’Oréal Foundation in 1998 as the first international awards dedicated to women scientists around the world. 16 years later, the programme is a benchmark of international scientific excellence; an invaluable source of motivation, support, and inspiration for women in the scientific field. L’Oréal Singapore embraced the programme in 2009 and has since recognized 12 Singaporeans as National Fellows.

The L’Oréal Singapore fellowships give visibility to women building careers in science, which is significant because women are readily gaining an education in science, yet a considerable portion of graduates do not pursue a career in the discipline that they study.

Attached are the General Provisions and Application Forms. The fellowships are eligible to women who are Singapore citizens or Permanent Residents. Candidates who are in/about to enter their final year of PhD studies or who are carrying out post-doctoral research and who can document the applicability of their research work, are eligible to apply.

In 2014, the Life Sciences category remains unchanged, but since 2013, L'Oréal Singapore has broadened the Material Science category to include all Physical & Engineering Sciences. 

Applications close Friday, 31^st October 2014.

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