GENERAL RESOURCES
- Contributions of 20th Century Women to Physics
- Female Science Professor Blog
- American Institute of Physics Statistics on Women in Physics
- University of Michigan’s ADVANCE program
- APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics
- American Astronomical Society Committee on the Status of Women in Astronomy
- Women in Astronomy Blog
- Advice for women in Astronomy (applies to physics as well)
- Links to resources on two-body problem, work-life balance, mentoring, harassment, unconscious bias
UCSD RESOURCES
FELLOWSHIPS
GENERAL GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS | |||
Eligible Applicants | Organization | Deadline | Funding |
Senior undergrads or junior graduate students | NSF-GRFP | early November | 3 years |
PhD students | The Hertz Foundation | Fall | up to 5 years |
Senior undergrads or junior graduate students | National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship | early December | 3 years |
Senior undergrads or graduate students | NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program | March 8 | 1-2 years |
FELLOWSHIPS FOR WOMEN | |||
Eligible Applicants | Organization | Deadline | Funding |
(American women) postdocs | American Association of University Women | November 15 | one year or summer |
(International women) postdocs | American Association of University Women | December 1 | one year |
Individuals or groups promoting women in science | American Association of University Women (Community Action Grants) | January 15 | $2,000-$10,000 |
Female American postdocs | L’Oreal USA Fellowships for Women in Science | early February | $60,000 |
US female or minority undergraduate seniors | Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) | early February | 3 years |
Female graduate students | Association for Women in Science (AWIS) | late February | $1,000 |
US graduate students (especially minorities or women) | National Physical Science Consortium | December 5 | 2-6 years |
MINORITY FELLOWSHIPS | |||
Eligible Applicants | Organization | Deadline | Funding |
New American graduate students | The Paul and Daisy Soros Felloships for New Americans | November 1 | 1-2 years |
Minority graduate students | National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorites in Engineering and Science | November 15 | 5 years |
US minority graduate students and postdocs | Ford Foundation Fellowship | early November | 3 years |
US female or minority undergraduate seniors | Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (JPFP) | early February | 3 years |
US graduate students (especially women and minorities) | National Physical Science Consortium | early November | 2-6 years |
POSTDOC FELLOWSHIPS | |||
Eligible Applicants | Organization | Deadline | Funding |
US citizen postdocs (especially women and minorities) | President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | November 1 | 1-2 years |
English-speaking postdocs | NASA Einstein Fellowship | early November | 3 years |
TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS | |||
Eligible Applicants | Organization | Deadline | Funding |
US graduate students who want to study in UK | British Marshall Scholarship | early October | 1-2 years |
US graduate students who want to study at Oxford | Rhodes Scholarship | early October | 1-2 years |