L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Award

Eligibility

The candidate must:
- Be recognized for her scientific excellence by the international scientific community,
- Be actively involved in scientific research,
- Work in any field of the Life and Environmental Sciences mentioned in appendix 1,
For your information, there is no age constraint regarding the candidate.

Summary

Created in 1998, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards recognize and support eminent women in science throughout the world. Each year, five Laureates are recognized for their contributions to the advancement of science, in Life and Environmental Sciences or Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science in alternating years.
The 2024 edition of the Awards will designate five outstanding scientific researchers in the field of Life and Environmental Sciences, working in the following regions:

• Africa & the Arab States
• Asia and the Pacific
• Europe
• Latin America and the Caribbean
• North America

One candidate will be selected for each of the five regions, the determining factor being the place of work for at least 10 years, not the nationality of the candidate.
Each of the five Laureates will receive an Award of €100,000.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

Nominations can only be submitted electronically through the online-dedicated platform: www.forwomeninscience.com and must be written in English.
Having a new application platform, previous nominators will be asked to reset their password the first time they will log in for data security reasons (in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation). If new to the system, the nominator will need to create a user ID and password.
An application is considered complete only if it includes all the following documents:
- A brief explanation of why the nominator considers the candidate eligible for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards (200-400 words).
- A suggested quotation for the general public if the candidate is selected. This should be a concise statement (maximum of 40 words) describing the key technical or professional accomplishment for which the candidate deserves the Award. Note that the Jury will approve the final official Laureates’ statements.
- A detailed Curriculum Vitae (maximum 2 to 3 pages). The nominator must include in the CV (or in the publications list) any reference to the candidate’s scientific social networks and/or websites (such as ResearchGate, ORCID, personal website).
- A list of all the publications of the nominee.

- A list of the most significant patents starting with the most recent one.
- A list of the 10 most significant publications in order of importance with: a brief summary explaining their significance and why they are so relevant according to the Nominator (less than 150 words by publication); the number of citations for each paper excluding auto-citations, and the impact factor of each journal, if relevant. Please, add a link to access all publications mentioned in the list. If for some of the publications the related links are not available, please upload them in pdf, if possible, or at least provide fully detailed article references including all the authors.
- Three to five letters of recommendation from eminent scientists outside the candidate’s home institution.

Nominations that are incomplete or received after June 28th 2023, as well as applications that do not meet the requirements mentioned above, will not be taken into consideration.
Nominations are valid for two Life and Environmental Sciences Awards cycles. Unsuccessful nominations submitted for the 2024 edition will be held on file and nominators will be invited to update their candidates' information when the next call for nominations for the International Awards in Life and Environmental sciences goes out (April 2025 for the 2026 edition).

• APRIL 30, 2024Start of the call for application/nomination
• JULY 8, 2024Closing of the call for application/nomination
• NOVEMBER 15, 2024Candidates' final selection