AWM Institutes New Research Prizes for Early-Career Women

摘要

Here is your quiz for today: Name five women who have won major prizes for their mathematics research. Having trouble? That's not surprising. A recent study [1] by the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) shows that, in most scientific disciplines, the number of women receiving prizes for research is not consistent with the representation of women in the research community. There are multiple plausible explanations for this imbalance, and a variety of approaches have been proposed for addressing the issue. Clearly, one key strategy is to increase the pool of women considered for such'prizes.