Deadline: 31-Jul-22
The Story Exchange, an award-winning nonprofit media organization dedicated to elevating women’s voices, is seeking submissions for its 2nd annual Women In Science Incentive Prize.
The cash prize will support U.S.-based women working to find innovative, science-based solutions in the area of climate change mitigation and adaptation. This year, the focus is on women leading efforts in air quality and climate change.
Climate change is expected to make it more challenging in the future to meet air pollution standards, which are designed to protect public health. Air pollutants and greenhouse gases – chiefly from energy use in transportation, agricultural, residential and industrial activities – contribute directly to warming conditions and exacerbate the problem via secondary effects.
Areas
Successful applicants will be addressing air quality through one of the following areas:
- Advanced monitoring and quantification– of pollutant emissions at high spatial resolution; pollutant transport and transformation processes; innovative life cycle analysis.
- Secondary effects – wildfires, particulate matter, extreme heat and ozone.
- Energy: fossil alternatives, efficiency and conservation – in industrial, agriculture or urban settings; decarbonization.
- Transformative technology for remediation, reduction or prevention – greenhouse gas emissions reduction; technology substitution; carbon sequestration; advanced materials for climate change mitigation.
Award Details
The Story Exchange will award $5,000 incentive prizes to 5 female scientists working to improve air quality and protect health.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible candidates for the Women In Science Incentive Prize will be scientists with advanced degrees in the fields of physics, chemistry, engineering, biology, environmental science or closely related fields; or entrepreneurs with advanced degrees who are creating science-based products and technology to help mitigate/reduce the impact of climate change.
- Finalists will be selected by a panel of judges following a rigorous scientific review and based on an assessment by The Story Exchange editors.
For more information, visit https://thestoryexchange.org/women-in-science-incentive-prize-2022/