The Call for Nominations for the 2011 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards "For Women in Science" dedicated to the Physical Sciences were sent via post in March. This is a reminder to submit your nominations for the 2011 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards "For Women in Science" dedicated to the Physical Sciences. If you prefer to submit your nomination(s) via the Internet, an online nomination site has been developed.

Please access the Nomination form through this link: https://ww5.eudonet.com/app/specif/EUDO_00481/UnescoSiteWeb/Authentification.aspx?formulaire=parrain&prix=

Your login is your e-mail address and the password is FWIS2011

Since its inception in 1998, the For Women in Science partnership expands each year. To date, the L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards have distinguished 62 eminent women scientists at the height of their career and the International Fellowships have supported 150 promising young women scientists to pursue doctoral and postdoctoral research projects. In recent years, a network of National Fellowship programs at the doctoral level, now in over 45 countries with new programs launching every year, has encouraged over 700 young women to continue their scientific research studies within their country of origin.

The 2009 L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards Jury in Physical Sciences was presided by Professor Ahmed Zewail, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1999, in the presence of Professor Christian de Duve, Nobel Prize in Medicine 1974 and Founding President of the Awards. The Jury designated the following Laureates in the Physical Sciences:

- Professor Tebello NYOKONG (South Africa) for Africa and Arab States
- Professor Akiko KOBAYASHI (Japan) for Asia Pacific
- Professor Athene DONALD (United Kingdom) for Europe
- Professor Beatriz BARBUY (Brazil) for Latin America
- Professor Eugenia KUMACHEVA (Canada) for North America

Last December was a historic moment for the L'OREAL-UNESCO Awards when two of the 2009 Nobel Prizes in Science were awarded to former Laureates of the L'ORÉAL-UNESCO Awards. Ada Yonath (Israel), Laureate in 2008, received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and Elizabeth Blackburn (USA), also Laureate in 2008, received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

The five US$100,000 Awards will be presented in March 2011 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris to five women scientists who have made an outstanding contribution to scientific advancement in their field.

The DEADLINE for submitting nominations is JUNE 15TH, 2010.

Should you have any enquiries, please send an e-mail to: lorealunescoawards@dgc.loreal.com