OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award

The OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards for Early-Career Women Scientists in the Developing World are awarded annually to early-career women scientists in selected developing countries in four regions: Latin America and the Caribbean, East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific, Central and South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.[1][2]

The Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), the Elsevier Foundation, and The World Academy of Sciences have partnered to recognize achievements of early-career women scientists in developing countries since the award was launched in 2011 as the Elsevier Foundation-OWSD Awards for Young Women Scientists from the Developing World.[3][1] The award program is open to female scientists who live and work in one of 81 developing countries.[1] Nominations are generally submitted within ten years of the nominee earning a PhD.[4][5]

The maximum number of recipients is currently restricted to five per year: one from each of the four OWSD-recognized regions, plus one additional outstanding candidate, and the awards are granted with a rotating theme annually among three general fields: biological sciences (agriculture, biology and medicine), engineering/innovation & technology, and physical sciences (including chemistry, mathematics and physics).[6][1] There were six awardees in 2022 as two outstanding candidates were recognised.

As of 2014, the award included an honorarium of US$5,000, an entire year of access to Elsevier's ScienceDirect publication database, and an expense-paid trip to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where the awarding ceremony is held.[4]

Recipients

Recipients have included:

2011

The 2011 awards recognized eleven contributors to biology, physics, and chemistry.[7]

  • Mahfuza Begum, biologist, Bangladesh
  • Rukmani Mohanta, physicist, India
  • Farzana Shaheen, chemist, Pakistan
  • Janet Ayobami Adermola, physicist, Nigeria
  • Aderoju Amoke Osowole, chemist, Nigeria
  • Denise Evans, biologist, South Africa
  • Nahla Ismail, chemist, Egypt
  • Lubna Tahtamoouni, biologist, Jordan
  • María Magdalena González Sánchez, astrophysicist, Mexico
  • Lisset Hermida Cruz, biologist, Cuba
  • Silvina Pellegrinet, chemist, Argentina

2013

The 2013 awards were focused on medical science and public health.[5]

  • Adediwura Fred-Jaiyesimi, pharmacologist, Nigeria
  • Nasima Akhter, medical scientist, Bangladesh
  • Dionicia Gamboa, molecular biologist, Peru
  • Namjil Erdenechimeg, biochemist, Mongolia
  • Huda Omer Basaleem, community health researcher, Yemen

2014

The 2014 awards were focused on chemistry.[8]

2015

In 2015, the awards were focused on physics and mathematics.[8]

  • Nashwa Eassa, nano-particle physicist, Sudan
  • Dang Thi Oanh, computational mathematician, Thailand
  • Mojisola Oluwyemisi Adeniyi, atmospheric physicist, Nigeria
  • Mojisola Usikalu, radiation physicist, Nigeria
  • Rabia Salihu Sa'id, environmental physicist, Nigeria

2016

The 2016 awards focused on medical science and public health.[9]

  • Sri Fatmawati, pharmacologist, Indonesia
  • Sushila Maharjan, biochemistry researcher, Nepal
  • Magaly Blas, public health specialist, Peru
  • Etheldreda Nakimuli-Mpungu, psychiatric epidemiologist, Uganda
  • Ghanya Naji Mohammed Al-Naqeb, nutritional researcher, Yemen

2017

The 2017 awards were focused on engineering and technology.[10]

  • Tanzima Hashem, computer scientist, Bangladesh
  • María Fernanda Rivera Velásquez, environmentalist, Ecuador
  • Felycia Edi Soetaredjo, environmental energy specialist, Indonesia
  • Grace Ofori-Sarpong, environmental resource management, Ghana
  • Rania Mokhtar, scientific project coordinator, Sudan

2018

The 2018 awards focused on mathematics, chemistry, and physics.

  • Hasibun Naher, applied mathematician, Bangladesh
  • Germaine Djuidje Kenmoe, physicist, Cameroon
  • Silvia González Pérez, computational chemist, Ecuador
  • Dawn Iona Fox, environmental chemist, Guyana[11]
  • Witri Wahyu Lestari, organometallic chemist, Indonesia[12]

2019

The 2019 awards focused on medical science and public health.[1]

  • Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, ethnobotonist, Bolivia
  • Uduak Okomo, health services, Nigeria
  • Tabassum Mumtaz, environmental biotechnologist, Bangladesh
  • Amira Shaheen, public health researcher, Palestine[13]
  • Tista Prasai Joshi, chemist, Nepal

2020

The 2020 awards recognised researchers working in engineering, innovation and technology.[14]

  • Susana Arrechea, chemical engineer and nanotechnologist, Guatemala
  • Champika Ellawalla Kankanamge, environmental engineer, Sri Lanka
  • Chao Mbogo, computer scientist, Kenya[15]
  • Samia Subrina, electronic engineer and nanotechnologist, Bangladesh
  • Fathiah Zakham, bioengineer and microbiologist, Yemen

2021

The 2021 awards recognised researchers in the physical sciences.[16]

  • María Eugenia Cabrera Catalán, particle physicist, Guatemala[17]
  • Khongorzul Dorjgotov, financial mathematician, Mongolia
  • Ghada Dushaq, applied physicist and nanotechnologist, Palestine
  • Imalka Munaweera, synthetic chemist and nanochemist, Sri Lanka
  • Marian Asantewah Nkansah, environmental chemist, Ghana

2022

The 2022 awards recognised six researchers in climate action and the environment.[18][19]

  • Abeer Ahmed Qaed Ahmed, microbiologist, Yemen
  • Heyddy Calderon, hydrologist, Nicaragua
  • Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, aquatic ecologist, Bangladesh[20]
  • Flor de Mayo González Miranda, environmental engineer, Guatemala
  • Myriam Mujawamariya, forest ecologist and ecophysiologist, Rwanda
  • Ashani Savinda Ranathunga, geotechnical engineer, Sri Lanka

References

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  5. ^ a b "The Elsevier Foundation, OWSD and TWAS call for nominations for 2014 Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
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  7. ^ "Eleven Women Scientists Announced as Winners of Elsevier Foundation OWSD Awards". Elsevier. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
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  9. ^ Bert, Alison (10 March 2016). "Translating life into science – 5 women tell their stories". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  10. ^ Schmitz, Laura (16 February 2017). "Women engineers to receive awards for innovative research in developing countries". Elsevier. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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  12. ^ "26 Fantastic Female Scientists". Asian Scientist Magazine. 8 March 2019.
  13. ^ Walker, Kira (3 March 2019). "Improving healthcare response to gender-based violence in Palestine". Nature Middle East. doi:10.1038/nmiddleeast.2019.32.
  14. ^ "2020 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards announced in Seattle | OWSD". owsd.net. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  15. ^ Simiyu, John Paul (13 February 2020). "Kenyan Woman Writes History in USA". Kenyans.co.ke.
  16. ^ "2021 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Awards announced | OWSD". www.owsd.net. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  17. ^ Chan, Ana (15 December 2021). "La huellas de las mujeres y las niñas en la ciencia". República (in Spanish).
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  19. ^ "Six talented women climate scientists from developing countries awarded the 2022 OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award". EurekAlert!. 11 February 2022.
  20. ^ "OWSD-Elsevier Foundation Award: Bangladesh's Gawsia among top women climate scientists". United News of Bangladesh. 14 February 2022.
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