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STEM to Market Program Participant Dr. Maria Artunduaga Earns Competitive NSF Entrepreneur Grant
STEM to Market participant Dr. Maria Artunduaga won an NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant, worth $225,000, for her innovative start-up.

Women Remain Underrepresented in Leadership Roles due to Bias, Gender and Race-Related Barriers
In the survey, 83% of respondents had their judgement questioned in their area of expertise, and 70% had their accomplishments or ideas credited to someone else.

AWIS and N.C. A&T Form Partnership to Advance Women in STEM
As an institutional partner, AWIS will collaborate with N.C. A&T’s ADVANCE Institutional Transformation (IT) project, which is designed to address the systemic underrepresentation of women within the ranks of higher education faculty.

Start-Up Entrepreneurs Awarded Competitive Grant from NSF
AWIS Members and entrepreneurs Drs. Carol Hirschmugl and Marija Gajdardziska Josifovski receive an NSF SBIR grant for their start-up that powers products with lithium ion batteries.

AWIS Focuses on the Need to Hire and Retain Women in STEM Professions during UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science Forum
In honor of International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Dr. Susan Windham-Bannister presented on why talent will be the key to global competitive advantage in STEM-driven economies at the UN international forum.

Five in Fifteen Webinar Series
AWIS members can their careers to the next level with this exciting, new webinar series focusing on work-life integration, professional leadership and career development.

Dr. Freda C. Lewis-Hall to be Honored with Leadership Award at AWIS Innovation and Inclusion Summit
During her 35-year career, Dr. Lewis-Hall has been on the frontlines of health care as researcher, clinician, leader. She is Pfizer’s Chief Patient Officer.

AWIS Announces its 2019 Innovation and Inclusion Summit and Awards Dinner
Drs. Carol Greider, Nobel Laureate, and Mareena Robinson Snowden, Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, will be honored.

AWIS Celebrates Nobel Prize Winners and Strongly Urges Awards Equity
“The Nobel Prize Committee has wrongfully normalized a climate that hinders advancement of women in STEM by failing to reward their achievements.”