Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2001 20:59:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: AASWOMEN for June 29, 2001
AAS Committee on the Status of Women
Weekly issue of 06/29/01, eds. Meg Urry & Patricia Knezek
This week's issues:
1. AAAS announces the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC)
Program for 2001-2002
2. Thank you for the response for a reviewer of the new book on Maria Mitchell
3. An article on colleges instituting affirmative action for male applicants
in The Christian Science Monitor
4. How to submit or subscribe or unsubscribe to AASWOMEN
Ed. note:
A reminder that we are going to bi-weekly issues of AASWOMEN through August.
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1. AAAS announces the Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC)
Program for 2001-2002
From: Judy Johnson johnsonaas.org
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE (AAAS),
PROGRAM ON EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, INTERNATIONAL DIVISION
announces
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COLLABORATION (WISC) PROGRAM
2001 - 2002
OVERVIEW
The Women's International Science Collaboration (WISC) Program
is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and
administered by the Program on Europe and Central Asia of
the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Because the application rate of women scientists and engineers
to the Central and Eastern Europe Program of the Division
of International Programs has been disproportionately low,
the goal of this Program is to increase the participation
of women as PIs and co-PIs in international research projects.
This program provides grants to individual US scientists who
plan to establish new research partnerships with their
colleagues in Central/Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Newly
Independent States of the former Soviet Union (NIS).
The grant, up to $4,000, will provide travel and living
support for the US woman scientist and, when appropriate,
an additional grant of $4,000 to her American male or
female co-PI. Each scientist will be responsible for
arranging accommodations. The grant does not cover salary
or institutional expenses (e.g. overhead). US scientists
can spend up to four weeks in the partner country to develop
a research program and design. Expenses can also be used to
cover material and supplies needed during the stay. Where
excess funds exist and with the approval of AAAS administrators,
grants funds can also be used to support a second visit to
the partner country or for a foreign partner to travel to
the US when such a visit is deemed necessary. The grants are
not to be used for the sole purpose of attending conferences
or workshops or teaching or training. The program will be
administered by AAAS. The grantee's home institution will
be responsible for overseeing the grantee's adherence to NSF
and federal guidelines regarding administration of the grant.
ELIGIBILITY
Men and women scientists who have their Ph.D.s or equivalent
research experience are eligible to apply. Applications from
male co-PIs must be accompanied by an application from a female
co-PI as part of a US research team. They must be US citizens
or permanent residents of the US. Male and female graduate
students (Ph.D. candidates) are also eligible to apply, if they
will be conducting research in an established Ph.D. program in
the US and will be traveling with their Ph.D. advisor and will
serve as co-PI on future proposals. Government employees can
only apply if they also are affiliated with another institution
eligible to receive NSF grants (e.g. an adjunct professorship
at a university).
Specialists who have received their doctoral degrees within
the past six years will receive special consideration, as
will specialists applying to work with colleagues in less
frequently represented countries and regions.
Scientists and engineers who have an existing NSF grant and
are eligible for a NSF international supplement should not
apply to this program. Please contact NSF's Eastern Europe
Program staff who can advise regarding applications for NSF
international supplements (cdudkansf.gov).
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
Foreign partnerships from the following countries will be considered:
Albania, Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia,
Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine,
and Uzbekistan.
For further information, forms, guidelines, and restrictions, please see:
http://www.aaas.org/international/eca/wisc.shtml
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2. Thank you for the response for a reviewer of the new book on Maria Mitchell
From: Patricia Knezek knezekstsci.edu> and Meg Urry stsci.edu
We would like to thank all those responded to the request to prepare a
review of Prof. Albers' book on Maria Mitchell for STATUS. The names and
email addresses of volunteers were sent to Prof. Albers. We look forward
to reading the review in the January 2002 issue of STATUS.
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3. An article on colleges instituting affirmative action for male applicants
in The Christian Science Monitor
From: Meg Urry cmustsci.edu
Here is an interesting article about colleges privately instituting
affirmative action for male applicants:
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2001/05/22/fp11s1-csm.shtml
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