Women in Chemistry

Resources for Women

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Campus

• Women Chemists Committee (WCC)
  The Women Chemists Committee serves the membership of the American Chemical Society by attracting, developing and promoting women in the chemical sciences. They sponsor a Retreat for Women in Chemistry towards the end of August each year.
• Women in Science (WiS) is is an organization open to undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff, as well as anyone who supports and promotes women in the sciences. For more information about WiS, please email them. 
• Women in Engineering program is dedicated to provide a welcoming and supportive environment for women students in the College of Engineering. The wide range of WIE programs include student recruiting, workshops and seminars, undergraduate advising, orientation for new students, and a residential camp for high school girls.
• weSTEM - Initiated in 2013 by the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, weSTEM (Women Empowered in STEM) is a one-day conference that provides a forum for STEM leaders to inspire one another to excel at the scientific frontier, developing solutions for the next generation of global challenges. Engineers and scientists share academic, professional, and personal experiences, providing insight into their paths to success in STEM fields.
  
  The fifth annual weSTEM conference is scheduled for Saturday, January 28th, 2017 at the Illini Union in Champaign, IL. During this annual event, STEM leaders will share experience and insight from their diverse career paths following a graduate degree in STEM. Conference includes panel discussions and breakout sessions to facilitate one-on-one interactions with these accomplished speakers.  At this time, they have reached their maximum capacity for applicants and registration is closed. They encourage you to apply next year for weSTEM 2018. Please check their website in early September 2017 for 2018 registration.

National Organizations

• Association for Women in Science
• Graduate Women in Science (Sigma Delta Epsilon)
• Iota Sigma Pi - National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

• American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee Award
• L'OREAL USA -- Women in Science Fellowship Program
• American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Fellowships, Grants, and Award

Faculty Development

• ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering Careers, NSF, listing of available awards
• The Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists (COACh) The programs of COACh are designed to increase the number of women chemists entering academic chemistry departments, succeeding up the ranks and achieving leadership roles. The University of Illinois Department of Chemistry was the first in the U.S. to offer "COACH" workshops to our female graduate students and postdocs.
• Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison (WISELI)

Women in Science

• Women in Science and Technology Program, Argonne National Laboratory
• Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison (WISELI)
• Big Ten Academic Alliance (used to be the Committee on Institutional Cooperation)
• A Guide for Women in STEM: Closing the Gender Gap

Articles and Reports

• Careers in Science: More Women in Science, American Association for the Advancement of Science (from 2005 - still relevant?)
• To Recruit and Advance: Women Students and Faculty in Science and Engineering, The National Academies Press (2006)
• Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering, The National Academies Press
• 4000 Years of Women in Science, University of Alabama, Department of Physics & Astronomy (last updated 2012)
• Trends in the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering fields, National Science Foundation
• Nobel Prize Women in Science, online book by Sharon Bertsch McGrayne
• Status of Women in Faculty in Science, 2011 MIT report
• Select Bibliography for WIE Symposium, Women & Gender Studies Information Resources, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign