Nominations for the 4th Carolina Bori Science & Woman Award are open until October 31st. Promoted by the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science (SBPC), the award is aimed at women and young scientists with notorious talent for a promising scientific career. The new edition will award high school and undergraduate science students.
The nomination must be made by the Deans of Undergraduate and Research, Departments of Education, schools and organizers of Olympics and science fairs nationwide. In all, there will be six winners, three from high school and three from graduation, in the areas of humanities, biology, health, engineering, exact sciences and earth science.
The nominees for the award will be evaluated for their creativity and good application of the scientific method in scientific initiation projects, as well as their potential to contribute to science in the future. Students with outstanding performance in scientific activities such as fairs, scientific olympiads and similar activities will also be considered.
The winners will be announced on January 20, 2023. The award ceremony for the winners will be held on February 10, 2023, during the annual event held by SBPC, in the Salão Nobre of Centro Universitário Maria Antonia da USP , in Sao Paulo.
Registrations
Nominations, with the proper documentation, can be made until October 31, exclusively by online form. For the registration of the candidates nominated for the awards, it will be necessary to send an updated minibiography (with up to 500 characters, with spaces); updated resume on Lattes Platform and a letter of recommendation based on evidence that justifies the award (up to 2,000 characters, with spaces).
It is also necessary to attach the project or scientific activity carried out to the form, explaining the importance of the project/activity, its development, the objectives achieved and its relevance. The documentation should emphasize what was done by the student herself, identifying the activities carried out with the help of a mentor teacher.
If the indication is for outstanding performance in scientific activities – fairs, scientific olympics, scientific dissemination. – the documentation must prove the participation and performance in said activity.
Homage
Created in 2019, the Carolina Bori Ciência & Mulher Award is a tribute from the SBPC to outstanding Brazilian scientists and future Brazilian scientists of notorious talent, named after its first female president, Carolina Martuscelli Bori. The SBPC – which has already had three women presidents and today most of the board is female – created the award because it believes that honoring Brazilian scientists and encouraging girls to be interested in this universe is a remarkable action in its historical trajectory.
The awards ceremony takes place annually alternating two categories – “Women Scientists” and “Girls in Science” – during the Women and Girls in Science Symposium, to be held on February 11 (or later) in celebration of International Women’s Day. and Girls in Science, established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).
