There was an interesting post in the The Bay Area blog (New York Times) yesterday: Math, Tech and the Women Who Don’t Love Them. The post discusses the “persistent gender gap” of women in engineering, technology, and science careers and the work that Dr. Sally K. Ride is involved with in this area. Other related resources: We [...]
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Young women and science
December 29th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
Tags:Information, interesting, NSF, science, women
Biology Rocks!
February 28th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
Here’s a quick round up of interesting weird and wonderful things from the past week or so. The best bits are below: Sciencey: Biology rocks! Bob Goldstein, a UNC evolutionary and developmental biologist, spoke with The Scientist about how the school’s biology posters end up looking like collector’s items, and not just lackluster placards that [...]
Tags:Ensembl, event, funding, genome browser, helpful, Information, interesting, link round-up, NIH, NSF, policy, posters, resources
New stimulus package website at Washington University
February 24th, 2009 by Kristi · No Comments
From the website: The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides a unique opportunity for Washington University investigators to compete for funds supporting research and scholarship. Federal agencies will decide in the coming weeks how funding will be dispersed. Resources must be distributed over the next two years to meet [...]
Tags:academia, database, funding, helpful, NIH, NSF, politics, science, Washington University
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
July 29th, 2008 by Kristi · No Comments
NSF has announced $36,450,000 to $64,800,000 in anticipated funding for 900-1,600 new fellowships in FY 2009 through their Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The purpose of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is to ensure the vitality of the scientific and technological workforce in the United States and to reinforce its diversity. The program recognizes [...]
NSF releases their proposed FY2009 budget
February 5th, 2008 by Kristi · No Comments
take a look: National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement Jr. has presented the agency’s proposed $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009, a 13 percent increase over its actual FY 2008 budget. The additional $822.10 million would increase funding for agency programs that advance the frontiers of research and education in science [...]
