Application Deadline: May 15, 2024
L’ORÉAL UNESCO Fellowships for Women in Science are awards offered by a partnership between L’Oréal Turkey and the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO to promote, enhance and encourage the contribution of women pursuing their research careers in Turkey in the fields of the life & environmental and physical sciences. The National Fellowships Program initiated in 2003 is continuing to promote women in scientific research on a global scale.
L`ORÉAL – UNESCO National Fellowship for Women in Science programme honors four young scientist each year.
Two awards are given in Life & Environmental Sciences and two awards are given in Physical Sciences Category. Proposed research projects should focus on the specific areas listed below under Life & Environmental and Physical sciences heading: Life & Environmental Sciences: Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Ecology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Bioinformatics including Health Informatics, Neurobiology, Biomedical and Artificial Intelligence studies in Biology. Physical Sciences: Basic Sciences (except for life sciences) and Engineering, Particulate Materials, Polymers, Glasses and Ceramics, Composites, Biomaterials, Nanomaterials, Specially Designed Surfaces, Photonic Crystals; Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Physics.
Requirements
- Each candidate must complete her doctoral degree program and hold a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) or medical doctorate equivalent to Ph.D. before the application deadline to apply to the fellowship program.
- Each Fellow is granted 200.000 TL.
- The fellowship program is open to scientists (citizens of Turkey) with a doctoral (Ph.D.) or a post-doctoral degree under 40 years of age at the date of 1st January 2024.
Selection Procedure:
- The recipients of the fellowships shall be publicly announced in an official ceremony (the venue and date thereof to be determined separately).
Timeline:
- Start date of the call for applications : 31.01.2024
- Closing date of the call for applications: 15.05.2024
- Candidates’ final selection date: 30.08.2024
More Info: L’ORÉAL UNESCO Fellowships for Women in Science 2024 Türkiye
