Websites For Diversity Enhancement in Science

Women in Science

• 4000 Years of Women in Science
• ADVANCE - NSF program to increase the participation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers
• American Association of Colleges and Universities women's initiatives
• American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Diversity Programs
• Association of Women in Science
• Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering
• Committee on Women in Science and Engineering - a standing committee of the National Research Council
• Double-blind review favours increased representation of female authors - paper from Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23(1):4-6, January, 2008.
• Female Behavior Is Often Unrecognized as Leader Behavior - article from the ASCB Newsletter, June 2007
• Land of Plenty: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology - report of the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development
• Does Science Promote Women? Evidence from Academia 1973-2001
• Few women in the sciences? 'It's the culture, stupid' - article from the Daily Princetonian 1/31/05
• L'Oréal USA Fellowships For Women in Science
• More Women in Science - Policy Forum from Science 309:1190 8/19/05.
• More Women Receive Ph.D.'s, But Female Senior Faculty Are Still Rare - press release from NSF 8/18/05
• National Physical Science Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities and Women
• Nature Debate - Why are there so few women in science?
• Scientific American articles on women in science
• Sloan Foundation Programs to promote the success of women and minorities in science
• Third World Organization for Women in Science
• Women and Minorities in Ecology Committee Report - from the ESA
• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering - NSF data

Opportunities for Minorities

• American Association of Colleges and Universities diversity initiatives
• American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) Diversity Programs
• Angela Johnson's presentation on "How science professors unintentionally discourage women of color"
• Center for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science and Engineering Education
• DiversityWeb
• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
• Land of Plenty: Diversity as America's Competitive Edge in Science, Engineering and Technology - report of the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development
• Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program and Diversity Initiatives
• Minority Graduate Education Program
• NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program
• National Physical Science Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities and Women
• NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Packard Foundation program for underrepresented groups in science
• Partnership for Minority Advancement in the Biomolecular Sciences
• SEEDS of a New Millennium - article about the Strategies for Ecology, Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS) Program
• Sloan Foundation Programs to Promote the Success of Women and Minorities in Science
• Sloan Foundation Program: Increasing PH.D.s for Underrepresented Minorities
• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
• Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
• Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS)
• Understanding why underrepresented students pursue ecology careers: a preliminary case study - article from Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
• United Negro College Fund/Merck Science Initiative
• Women and Minorities in Ecology Committee Report - from the ESA
• Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering - NSF data

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