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INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ARAB WOMEN IN SCIENCE (ISAWS)
Founders:
Dr. Sultana Nurun Nahar and Dr. Lotfia El Nadi
Professor Lotfia El
Nadi,
Dr. Sultana N. Nahar
Established: April, 2010
OBJECTIVES:
Support, encourage, and help Arab women in Science Profession
ISAWS CHARTER
MEMBERS:
Number of members: 239
Number of countries: 7
Members from Countries:
USA, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
ISAWS Members
Member List 2
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP:
The membership is free. To be a member send the following information
Name:
Degree (already achieved or working on):
Research/Professional Area:
Position:
Present Institution/Lab/Company:
Address (perferably institutional):
Country (Nationality): , Country (Residence):
Tel(optional): , Fax(optional): , URL(optional):
Email (required):
to any of the two members:
Professor Lorfia El Nadi: Email: mtprlotfia@gmail.com
Dr. Sultana N Nahar: Email: nahar@astronomy.ohio-state.edu
NOTE: Postal address and email address of each member will be kept
private unless consented to be public.
ACTIVITIES:
Current Activities:
i) Sharing success news,
ii) Circulate useful scientific news,
iii) Circulate scholarship opportunities and job openings
CONTACT INFO:
ISAWS Contact info:
In Egypt:
Prof. Dr. Lotfia M. El-Nadi
Faculty of Science, Physics Dept., Nuclear Physics and Laser Physics
Lab & IC-SAS, NILES, Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt
Tel.: (Office) +202-3676773, +202-35675201, Fax: +202-22918059
Mobile: +2012-2436642
Email: Lotfia El Nadi
In the USA:
Dr. Sultana N. Nahar
Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University
140 West 18th Avenue, McPherson Laboratory
Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Tel: 1-614-292-1888, Fax: 1-614-292-2928
Email: nahar@astronomy.ohio-state.edu, nahar.1@osu.edu
WWW: http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~nahar
JOBS and SCHOLARSHIPS:
JOB POSITIONS, FELLOWSHIPS, POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS:
APS careers Center
Physics Today Job
listings
For all job positions
Physics and Astronomy
positions
Science,
Engineering, and Computing jobs
NASA Postdoctoral
Fellowships/a>, Application
AURA positions:
AURA
US Goverment jobs
NSBRI (National Space Biomedical Research Institute) - Space Research
Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. Detailed program and application
submission information is available at
http://www.nsbri.org/FUNDING-OPPORTUNITIES/Current-Announcements/.
For postdoc position:
Deadline is June 7, 2013. Questions may be directed to Dr. Amanda Smith
Hackler at hackler@bcm.edu or by phone at 713-798-3013.
SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND PRIZES:
MASA Internship, Fellowship and Scholarship Opportunities:
NASA
Information on the Coblentz Award and the Coblentz Society's other
professional and student awards, please visit the Society's website at
Coblentz Awards
The New Scholars Program of Elseviers supports projects to help early-
to mid-career women scientists balance family responsibilities with
demanding academic careers:
Elsevier
Deadline for "round 1" applications is June 24. Please see:
http://www.elsevierfoundation.org/new-scholars/how-to-apply/
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and
Engineering Mentoring ((PAESMEM); Deadline is June 6, Please see:
Mentoring
Awards
Scholarship for Minority Physics Major, Deadline Feb 1,
Minority Physics Major
SDE/GWIS National Fellowships Program for research careers in the
sciences by women. Deadline: January 15
SDE/GWIS
For graduating and new Ph.D.s in Chemistry
Reaxys prize, deadline
Feb 8
OUSTA Award of the Society for
College Science Teachers, Deadline June 1, This annual award is based
upon a selection process that evaluates nominees according to the following
ranked categories: 1) teaching excellence; 2) scholarship; and 3) service
For postdoc Marie Curie Fellowship
Helena Kluyver female visitor
programme at ASTRON and JIVE institutes in radio astronomy, technological
research and software development. Program covers all travel, food and
accommodation expenses for the visitor, for up to three months. (Any
nationality)
CONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANT:
IUPAP/UNESCO fund supporting Women in Physics in Developing and
Easter European Countries to attend conferences. Send application or get
information from Jackie Beamon Kiene at beamon@aps.org
FGSA Travel Award for Excellence in Graduate Research: Apply by May 20
-Graduate students who are members of APS and FGSA are eligible to
apply for a travel award of up to $500. To apply, send a CV and up to
2-page statement of purpose describing applicant~Rs interest in the
conference and how his/her participation will benefit him/her
personally and professionally to fgsatravel@aps.org. They also have to
include a list of objectives they hope to accomplish during the
conference. The deadline is May 20 for conferences in the third
quarter of 2013 (July 1st ~V September 30th). Decisions will be made
by the end of May.
UNDERGRAD SUMMER INTERNSHIPS:
APS and IBM co-sponsor a research internship program for undergraduate
women. Please use the website:
http://www.aps.org/programs/women/scholarships/ibm/index.cfm
NASA-GSFC internship (deadline Feb 1)
http://cresst.umd.edu/Opportunities/internship2013.html
USRA Contact: Dr. Michael Corcoran, USRA CRESST director, at
301-286-5576 or mcorcoran_at_usra.edu.