L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science
The UNESCO L'Oréal Prize is an award conferred on scientists. First, under the name Helena Rubinstein International Awards for Women in Science, from 2000 under the title For Women in Science ( for women in science) Awards and Scholarships are awarded annually to researchers from all continents since 1998. UNESCO goal of the cooperation program of the World Organisation for Education, Science, Culture and Communication and the cosmetics company L' Oréal, to work towards improving the position of women in research is.
Five $ 100,000 U.S. doped prices for the life's work of researchers from the food or material sciences are awarded every year. Next, there are 15 scholarships of up to $ 40,000 for young researchers in life sciences for a stay abroad of up to two years.
Since around 2004 additional funding exist at national level; in Germany promote L'Oréal and the German Commission for UNESCO in cooperation with the Christiane Nüsslein- Volhard Foundation since 2006, young women with children up to 20,000 euros.