Elsevier Foundation Announces $500,000 in New Grants

The winning proposals for the New Scholars grant are:

• AWIS Leading Women to create their own Personal Work/life Balance, Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, American Physical Society
• Child Care & Mentoring Support at the Annual Evolution Conference, University of the Pacific, Stockton California and Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington New Zealand
• Childcare at the EMBO Meeting, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
• A Program for the Personal and Professional Development of Women Scientists in Georgia, Maternal and Childcare Union Tbilisi Georgia

The newly launched Nurse Faculty Mentored Leadership Development Program is a three-year partnership. The program seeks to create a new model for mentoring new nurse faculty in partnership with Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), the leading global professional nurse organization. Mentoring has been found to be a critical factor in the retention and advancement of nursing faculty (for both mentors and mentees). The program will focus on the Assistant Professor level and strive to establish new standards and competencies for nurse leaders.