The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Biological Systems and Agricultural Engineering Computing Diversity Engineering Diversity Entrepreneurship and Innovation General Engineering, Engineering Science History of Science and Technology |
| Special Topic(s): |
Women and Information Technology |
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Community - Award/Recognition/Scholarship |
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Organization:The Royal Society, the national academy of science of the UK |
| Description: | The Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award is funded by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) as part of its efforts to promote women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The award is made to an individual for an outstanding contribution to any area of STEM. Photograph of Rosalind Franklin reporoduced courtesy of Vittori LuzzatiThe Award, made annually, consists of a medal and a grant of £30,000, and the recipient is called upon to deliver a lecture as part of the Society's public lecture series. It is anticipated that the award will be made to someone in their mid-career and actively involved in scientific research. Nominations are welcomed for both women and men. As part of the nomination process for the Award all nominees are asked to put forward a proposal for a project that would raise the profile of women in STEM in their host institution and/or field of expertise in the UK. The recipient of the Award will be expected to spend a proportion of the Award fund on implementing their project. |
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| Keywords: | women in science women in medicine women in health women in technology women in engineering gender equity |
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The Royal Society |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
(h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context |
| Use of Resource: |
Recognition and funding to support efforts to increase women in STEM disciplines. Also good source of role models. "he winner of the 2009 Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award is Professor Sunetra Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology, Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford on the basis of her scientific achievements, her suitability as a role model and her exciting proposals to promote women in STEM. Professor Gupta will deliver her associated award lecture in November 2009." |
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Easy |
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Low |
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| Publication Date: | December 2009 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://royalsociety.org/Rosalind-Franklin-Award/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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