- Prize Amount – $5,000
- Deadline – August 31, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The Organization for Women in Science invites applications from early career women scientists from the Global South working in the area of sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy.
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Award Information
- Cash prize of USD 5,000.
- All-expenses-paid trip to attend a relevant international conference.
Eligibility:
- The applicant must be a woman who has received her PhD in a scientific discipline within the previous ten years (date of PhD certificate must be no earlier than 10 years prior to application deadline) and whose current scientific research is related to the area of sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy.
- Given that from 2022-2026 the awards will respond to the call for action set forth by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), applicants must demonstrate how their research contributes to advancing knowledge in the area of sustainable, affordable, and reliable energy and to achieving the SDG7 (Affordable and clean energy).
- The application can include, but is not limited to, references to the SDG7 target areas, e.g. ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable and modern energy services; increasing substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; enhancing international cooperation to facilitate access to clean energy research and technology, including renewable energy, energy efficiency and advanced and cleaner fossil-fuel technology; promoting investment in energy infrastructure and clean energy technology; and expanding infrastructure and upgrading technology to supply modern and sustainable energy services for all in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, small island developing States, and land-locked developing countries.
- The OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards are offered to women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Applications from women in Social sciences, Humanities, Arts or other are not eligible.
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