L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards

L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
The L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards, created in 1998, aim to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress. The awards are a result of a partnership between the French cosmetics company L'Oréal and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and carry a grant of $100,000 USD for each laureate. This award is also known as the L'Oréal-Helena Rubinstein Women in Science Awards.
Each year an international jury awards five laureates, selecting one from each of the following regions:
Africa and the Arab States.
Asia and the Pacific
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
North America (since 2000)
Eligibility requirements alternate every other year based on scientific discipline with laureates in life sciences recognized in even years and laureates in physical sciences, mathematics and computer science recognized in odd years (since 2003).
The same partnership awards the UNESCO-L'Oréal International Fellowships, providing up to $40,000 USD in funding over two years to fifteen young women scientists engaged in exemplary and promising research projects. The Fellowship awards began in 2000 with a one-year award of US$20,000 and offered ten awards until 2003. In 2003, the number of awards increased to 15 and then in 2006, the grant period extended to two years and the amount of the award increased to US$40,000. In 2015, the name Rising Talent Grants was implemented.
As of 2023, 6 L'Oréal-UNESCO laureates have won also a Nobel Prize, these are: Elizabeth Blackburn in Physiology or Medicine (2008), Ada Yonath in Chemistry (2009), Emmanuelle Charpentier in Chemistry (2020), Jennifer Doudna in Chemistry (2020), Katalin Karikó in Physiology or Medicine (2023) and Anne L'Huillier in Physics (2023).
Recipients
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Special tributes
On the 25th anniversary of the award (2023), a special tribute was given to three researchers in exile, who were or had been forced to interrupt their scientific career in their home country and have pursued their career abroad. A financial reward and a medal of honor was awarded to Mursal Dawodi (artificial intelligence) from Afghanistan, Ann Al Sawoor (mathematics) from Iraq, and Marycelin Baba (molecular biology) from Nigeria.
Fellows - International rising talents
From 2000 to 2014, fellowships were awarded yearly to doctoral and post-doctoral women to allow them to pursue their research in host laboratories outside their home countries.
Established in 2015, the International Rising Talent Grants are awarded annually to 15 PhD students and post-doctoral Fellows. They replace the former International Fellowships.
2000 Fellows
2001 Fellows
2002 Fellows
2003 Fellows
Sodangi Abdulkarim Luka Gesinde (Nigeria) Parasitology
Darie Alikaj (Syria) Virology
Rocío Díaz-Benjumea Benavides (Venezuela) Parasitology/Cell Biology
Shiva Seyed Forootan (Iran) Molecular Biology
Dionicia Gamboa Vilela (Peru) Molecular Biology
Karin Jacobs (South Africa) Mycology
Adriana Jalba (Romania) Plant Biology
Mary George Kaileh (Palestinian Authority) Molecular Biology
María Gabriela Palomo (Argentina) Marine Ecology
Samia Rejiba (Tunisia) Molecular Biology
Ahou Edwige Siransy (Côte d'Ivoire) Physiology
Devi Stuart-Fox (Australia) Ecology/Evolutionary Biology
Ahu Altinkut Uncuoglu (Turkey) Molecular Biology
Victoria Yavelsky (Israel) Molecular Biology/Immunology
2004 Fellows
2005 Fellows
2006 Fellows
2007 Fellows
2008 Fellows:
2009 Fellows
2010 Fellows
2011 Fellows
2012 Fellows
2013 Fellows
2014 Fellows
2015 International Rising Talents
Established in 2015, the International Rising Talent Grants are awarded annually to 15 PhD students and post-doctoral Fellows. Fellows are chosen from among the winners of the 236 fellowships awarded locally by L’Oréal subsidiaries and UNESCO around the world, to give additional support at the international level to promising young women researchers. They replace the former International Fellowships. The 2015 International Rising Talents are:
2016 International Rising Talents
The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science programme established the International Rising Talent Grants, awarded annually to 15 PhD students and post-doctoral Fellows who are chosen among the former winners of the 236 fellowships awarded locally by L’Oréal subsidiaries and UNESCO around the world. The goal is to support promising women researchers and give them more visibility so that, through the awards, these young scientists can achieve the increased recognition that their talent deserve, but dod not always receive, both within their country and by their peers. International Rising Talents are chosen from countries in each world region, Africa & Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America. The 2016 L'Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talents are:
2017 International Rising Talents
In 2014, the L’Oréal-UNESCO programme has established the International Rising Talent Grants, awarded annually to 15 PhD students and post-doctoral Fellows.
These young researchers are chosen among the former winners of the 250 fellowships awarded locally by L’Oréal subsidiaries and UNESCO Field Offices around the world. By recognizing their achievements at a key moment in their careers, the For Women in Science programme aims to help them pursue their research.
2018 International Rising Talents
Each year, the International Rising Talents programme selects the 15 most promising women scientists among the 275 national and regional fellows of the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science programme. These young women are the very future of science and recognizing their excellence will help ensure that they reach their full potential.
2019 International Rising Talents
Among the 275 national and regional fellowship winners supported each year, the For Women in Science programme selects the 15 most promising researchers for this international recognition.
2020 International Rising Talents
Among the national and regional fellowship winners supported each year, the For Women in Science programme selects the 15 most promising researchers for this international recognition.
2022 International Rising Talents
Regional programmes
"Women in Science" has national and regional awards.
See also
Women in science
Women in chemistry
Women in medicine
Women in physics
List of science and technology awards for women
List of general science and technology awards
References
External links
For Women in Science at UNESCO
UNESCO: Gender and Science
Awards established in 1998
French science and technology awards
Lists of women scientists
UNESCO awards