The Young Talents program of For Women in Science awards grants to doctoral and post-doctoral students, up to 15,000 and 20,000 euros. For this 2022 edition, there are 35 prizes at stake.
“ The world needs Science, and Science needs Women is the slogan of the For Women in Science awards. This partnership between the L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO awards prizes each year to women who have distinguished themselves in scientific research, to help break down sexist stereotypes about these careers.
The magnitude of the rewards in a field like science is anything but trivial. Evidenced by the Nobel Prize: still in 2021, the number of women awarded remains more than low, the trend being deeply rooted since 1901 (in total: 609 men, 23 women).
One of the programs, entitled Young Talents, supports young researchers who are embarking on a career in scientific fields. This specifically concerns doctoral students and post-docs.
Two grants of 15,000 and 20,000 euros
The call for applications started on January 17, 2022 and will close on March 11, 2022. The final selection by the jury will be announced in June (with an award ceremony in September).
The program, which has been renewed annually since 2007, is based on 35 allocations per year. They are worth:
- €15,000 for doctoral students,
- €20,000 for post-docs.
These sums may be used to purchase state-of-the-art equipment, but are not intended to replace the basic equipment that the laboratories must provide to their researchers. The endowments can also be useful for travel within the framework of field research, meetings, conferences, training; or even “ for childcare to be able to attend conferences and congresses “. This can also be used to purchase scientific articles to which access is paid.
The registration criteria for applying, for this 2022 edition:
- For doctoral candidates, be registered at the minimum in second year of doctoratehave therefore started their thesis by December 2020 at the latest;
- For post-doctoral candidates, have already defended your thesis before the candidacy, and after 2017. What is more, “ if the post-doctoral student has one or more children, this deadline is advanced by one year per child » ;
- Are eligible candidates of any nationality, but carrying out their research work in metropolitan France or in the Overseas Territories;
- The research must be in a scientific field: life and environmental sciences, materials, engineering, mathematics, computer science and information sciences;
- Not have a permanent position before receiving the Prize.
The program rules, available in PDF on this link, specify the specific documents that must be added to the file. For Women in Science also provides you with a practical guide to help you put together your application. The elements evaluated by the jury, to award the prizes, are the ” scientific excellence of research work » and the « quality of the application file “.