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GWIS National Fellowship Program - Join the review committee
GWIS National Fellowship Program - Apply for the 2025-26 funding cycle
GWIS National Conference 2025 - save the date!
GWIS Honorary Membership Award 2025
GWIS National Committee Open Offices
GWIS President Office Hours
GWIS National Mingle
GWIS Events Google Calendar
Join the GWIS Slack Channel
GWIS Career Center
GWIS Chapter News
Discount code for Svaha USA STEAM-themed clothing
GWIS National Fellowship Program - Join the review committee
The GWIS National Fellowship Program invites you to serve on the review committee for the 2025-2026 fellowship competition. The committee plays a critical role in advancing the fellowship program’s goal to recognize emerging women scholars with great potential and to advance the participation of women in STEM, Life Science, and related Social Science fields. This is a great opportunity to hone leadership skills, expand professional networks, advance the mission of GWIS, and gain practical experience as a grant administrator.
NOTE: Fellowship committee members and reviewers may not be 2025-2026 fellowship applicants.
If you are interested in participating as a fellowship committee member or expert reviewer, complete the interest form via the link below.
GWIS National Fellowship Program - Apply for the 2025-26 funding cycle
The GWIS National Fellowship Program committee is pleased to welcome researchers to apply for the 2025-2026 funding cycle. Graduate students, postdocs, and early career faculty women conducting hypothesis-driven research anywhere in the world are welcome to apply. A maximum funding amount of $10,000 can be requested. Proposed projects can last for up to 12 months, with the award period following the academic year (July 1 2025 - June 30 2026). Applications are due on Monday, January 13, 2025, at 5:00 pm Eastern Time.
Please direct all questions regarding the program s to the program officers at fellowships@gwis.org.
For more details and instructions for applicants, visit the link below.
The Program Committee of Graduate Women in Science is in search of members. For example, do you believe mentoring is useful in science and want to organize mentoring webinars for the GWIS community? There is a committee position for you. For all positions, National Committee members must be in good standing (dues paid) and must subscribe to the objectives of the organization. Thank you for helping to create a stronger national organization of GWIS!
Contact our President, Nafisa Jadavji, at jadavji@gwis.org with any inquiries.
Do you have any questions about GWIS? Schedule a time to chat with current GWIS President Nafisa Jadavji during offical office hours Tuesday 10 - 11am EST and Thursday 1 - 2pm EST.
Interested in meeting other GWIS members over Zoom? Rolla Chapter of GWIS has created the “GWIS National Mingle”, a great opportunity to meet other GWIS members and talk about life.
Time: Wednesdays 12:30-1:30 PM PST If interested, please join the event via Zoom.
We encourage all GWIS Chapters to utilize the new Events Google Calendar! The calendar is accessible to anyone with a GWIS Google account, and can be used to share upcoming events. You can access the calendar by clicking the button below!
GWIS Members: Advertise your employment position for free in our GWIS Career Center! Contact Jennifer Riggs at jriggs@gwis.org to learn more.
Chapter News
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Founded in 1921, Graduate Women in Science is an inter-disciplinary society of scientists who collectively seek to advance the participation and recognition of women in science and to foster research through grants, awards and fellowships. We comprise over 30 active chapters of more than 900 women who are "United in Friendship through Science" to support and inspire member professional goals and mutual appreciation of science. Learn more at www.gwis.org.
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