AAI Committee on the Status of Women:
Career Resources & Links

University of California (UCI) ADVANCE Program
(Posted: 07/06)

National Science Foundation -- The following are now available from the NSF Online Document System:

ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Careers: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05584 (Posted: 04/05)

MyNSF (formerly Custom News Service): http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf/ (Posted: 04/05)

Equity Internet Resources

http://www.col-ed.org/smcnws/equity/

Web Resources on Women in Science and Technology

http://www.nsf.gov/pubsys/ods/getpub.cfm?nsf05300 -- Science and Engineering Doctorate Awards: 2003. Features information concerning the number of women getting PhDs in many subject areas (Posted: 01/05)

http://staff.lib.muohio.edu/~shocker/Wscitech/list.html

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default.htm -- NIAID tips on successful grant writing (Posted: 01/05)

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/training/pctas.htm -- Information on applying for NIAID Primary Caregiver Technical Assistance Supplements (Posted: 01/05)

http://www.awis.org/ -- An organization dedicated to achieving equity and full participation for women in science, math, engineering and technology. Links to publications, job listings, up coming events and more.

http://www.mentornet.net -- Electronic mentoring network that pairs women studying engineering or science at universities with professional scientists in industry.

http://www4.nationalacademies.org/osep/cwse.nsf -- Standing committee of the National Research Council. The CWSE's mandate is to coordinate, monitor, and advocate action to increase the participation of women in science and engineering. The website has results of studies and reports of the CWSE on women in science, fellowship and grants listings, and news and information.

http://www.ascb.org/ -- Link to the Women in Cell Biology Committee (WICB) from the American Society of Cell Biology Website: WICB newsletters, speakers bureau, reading lists and more

News Reports

2002 Lawler, WOMEN IN ACADEMIA: Engineers Marginalized, MIT Report Concludes, Science 2002 295: 2192

2001 Update on MIT's progress in faculty gender equity
Leaders of 9 universities and 25 women faculty meet at MIT, agree to equity reviews

2000 Who Will Do the Science of the Future?: A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science

1999 MIT's report on Schools' Equity Committees

Statistical Reports

NSF ADVANCE program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic science and engineering careers

Gender Differences in the Careers of Academic Scientists and Engineers: A Literature Review

Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States: 2001

U.S. National Patterns of Research and Development Resources: 2002 Data Update

Surveys

Women in Graduate School vs. the Faculty Ranks
XX-Immuno Notes-XX:, August 2001

Women as Speakers at Meetings
XX-Immuno-Notes-XX: October/November 2000

XX-Immuno-Notes-XX: March/April 2000

Women on Editorial Boards
XX-Immunos-Note-XX: May 1999

Lawler, WOMEN IN ACADEMIA: Engineers Marginalized, MIT Report Concludes, Science 2002 295: 2192 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/295/5563/2192a

Kavathas P, Soong L. Gender inequity: challenging business as usual. Nat Immunol. 2001 2(11):985-7.

Wenneras C, Wold A. A chair of one's own. Nature. 2000 408(6813):647.

Wenneras C, Wold A. Nepotism and sexism in peer-review

Mark, S., Link, H., Morahan, P.S., Pololi, L., Reznik, V. and Tropez-Sims, S. Innovative Mentoring Programs to Promote Gender Equity in Academic Medicine. Academic Medicine, Vol. 76:39-42, 2001.

Morahan, P.S., Voytko, M.L., Abbuhl, S., Means, L.J., Wara, D.W., Thorson, J. and Cotsonas, C.E. Ensuring the Success of Women Faculty at AMCs: Lessons Learned from the National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health. Academic Medicine, Vol. 76:19-31, 2001.