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Links to news about meetings, fellowships, awards, conferences etc. that are dedicated to issues related to women in physics.

GenHET (Gender in High Energy Theory)
Permanent working group hosted by the CERN Theory  Department.

Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
This scheme offers a recognised first step into an independent research career for outstanding scientists and engineers at an early stage of their research career who require a flexible working pattern due to personal circumstances, such as parenting or caring responsibilities or health issues.

1st Workshop on High Energy Theory and Gender
26-28 September 2018, CERN

Helmholtz Young Investigators Groups
Fostering the early academic independence of young researchers.

Helmholtz Distinguished Professorship funding to recruit top-level international female scientists (W3)       Funding program for leading female scientists.

Simons Emmy Noether Fellowship Program
Awarded annually and supported by the Simons Foundation, honours her legacy by supporting and encouraging early- and mid-career women and all under-represented groups in physics.

American Physical Society M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship (Application Deadline: June 1 each calender year)
The fellowship enables women to return to physics research careers after having had to interrupt those careers.

American Physical Society Maria Goeppert Mayer Award (Application Deadline: July 1 each calender year)
The award recognizes and enhances outstanding achievements by women physicists in the early years of their careers and provides opportunities for them to present these achievements to others through public lectures.

European Physical Society Emmy Noether Distinction for Women in Physics (Nominations may be submitted at any time)
This distinction will be awarded to highlight noteworthy women physicists and to identify role models that will help
to attract women to a career in physics.

UNESCO-L'ORÉAL International Fellowships for Women with Children (Application Deadline: December 31 each calendar year)
For outstanding female Ph.D. scientists with children

TANDEM Mentoring Programs
The programs for female students, Ph.D. students and postdocs at the RWTH Aachen University, which focus on career development and equal opportunities.

Physikerin der Woche 2021                                                                                                                                     Since January 2018, the working group on equal opportunities (AKC) of the German Physical Society (DPG) highlights weekly women in physics in Germany or German women in physics abroad.