{"id":51,"date":"2017-08-30T10:34:17","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/vuwise\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2017-08-30T13:56:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T18:56:17","slug":"resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/vuwise\/resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VUWiSE aims to serve as an information source for women in science and engineering. The links below include background information on the status of women in science and engineering, websites for organizations similar to WiSE, and relevant on-campus and external resources for women in science and engineering at Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n<h2>Organizations Related to WiSE<\/h2>\n<h3>Organizations and clubs at Vanderbilt<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/WomensCenter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Cuninggim Women&#8217;s Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/women-on-track\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt Women on Track<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>National organizations<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenchemists.sites.acs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/anitaborg.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anita Borg Institute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awc-hq.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">Association for Women in Computing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/awmmath\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association for Women in Mathematics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.awis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Association for Women in Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ieee.org\/membership_services\/membership\/women\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">IEEE Women in Engineering<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncwit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Center for Women and Information Technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/womeninscience.nih.gov\/index.asp\" target=\"_blank\">NIH Women in Biomedical Careers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wocrn.nih.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">NIH Women of Color Research Network<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/societyofwomenengineers.swe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Society of Women Engineers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/women.nasa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women@NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aip.org\/statistics\/trends\/gendertrends.html\" target=\"_blank\">Women in Physics-AIP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>External Funding and Scholarship Opportunities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hertzfoundation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hertz Foundation Applied\u00a0Sciences Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ndseg.asee.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nsfgrfp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">NSF Graduate Research Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources for Academic Travel<\/h2>\n<h3>Undergraduate Students<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/academics\/academicresources\/researchopportunities\/\">http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/academics\/academicresources\/researchopportunities\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Medical Students<\/h3>\n<p>Medical Students Travel FAQs:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/student-research\/student-travel-frequently-asked-questions\">https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/student-research\/student-travel-frequently-asked-questions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/student-research\/student-travel\">https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/student-research\/student-travel<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Graduate Students<\/h3>\n<p><strong>All Graduate Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu\/gsc\/custom_pages\/travelgrant2015.php\">http:\/\/studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu\/gsc\/custom_pages\/travelgrant2015.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/studentorgs.vanderbilt.edu\/gsc\/custom_pages\/travelgrant2015.php\">http:\/\/gradschool.vanderbilt.edu\/forms\/15-16_Final_graduate_student_travel_grant_application.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vanderbilt Kennedy Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu\/vkc\/about\/policies\/travel_awards_eligibility\/\">http:\/\/vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu\/vkc\/about\/policies\/travel_awards_eligibility\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Resources by\u00a0Department<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Department of History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/history\/graduate\/funding.php\">http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/history\/graduate\/funding.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Biological Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gisela Mosig Travel Fund:<a href=\"http:\/\/http\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biosci\/graduate\/mosigtravelfunds.php\">\u00a0http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/biosci\/graduate\/mosigtravelfunds.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Political Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apsanet.org\/\">http:\/\/www.apsanet.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spsa.net\/?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=62&amp;Itemid=98\">http:\/\/spsa.net\/?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=62&amp;Itemid=98<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of Biostatistics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/biostatistics\/graduate\/current-program\/student-travel\/travel-awards\/\">http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/biostatistics\/graduate\/current-program\/student-travel\/travel-awards\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Molecular Physiology and Biophysics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/mpb\/graduate-student-travel-awards\">https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/mpb\/graduate-student-travel-awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>School of Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/research\/InternationalInitiative\/FundingandGrantResources.php\">http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/research\/InternationalInitiative\/FundingandGrantResources.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Department of English<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/graduate\/funding-for-phds.php\">http:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/english\/graduate\/funding-for-phds.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Travel grants described near the end of the page)<\/p>\n<h3>Other Graduate Travel Awards<\/h3>\n<p><strong>American Jewish Historical Society<\/strong>:\u00a0The AJHS awards travel stipends and research stipends to graduate students to help undertake research at the AJHS in New York or Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajhs.org\/scholarship\/Awards.cfm\">http:\/\/www.ajhs.org\/scholarship\/Awards.cfm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Association of Centers for the Study of Congress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate Student Travel Grant<\/p>\n<p>This grant supports graduate-level research conducted at member repositories of the ACSC. Each application will be evaluated on its merits. Primary consideration will be given to projects involving the substantive study of issues related to the study of Congress. Each proposal should be aimed at a discrete end product such as a book, dissertation, thesis, article, documentary, film, exhibit, website, or social networking site.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.congresscenters.org\/awards\">http:\/\/www.congresscenters.org\/awards<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research Travel Grants Program<\/p>\n<p>The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation awards grants in support of research in the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library. Library collections focus on federal policies, U.S. foreign relations, and national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. There are earlier and later materials depending upon the researcher&#8217;s topic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov\/library\/foundationgrants.asp\">http:\/\/www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov\/library\/foundationgrants.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of San Francisco:\u00a0Center for the Pacific Rim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Travel Grants<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility:\u00a0 Preference will be given to applicants who will be in residence at the Institute for a minimum of one week (five working days).<\/p>\n<p>The Institute annually awards travel grants to encourage individuals to use its library and archival collections for their research. Research topics may include, but are not limited to Chinese-Western cultural exchange, interaction and\/or encounters, Jesuit interaction with China from the late Ming through early 20th century, and\/or the history of Christianity in China.\u00a0 Travel grant recipients are invited to participate in Ricci Institute and Center for the Pacific Rim events during the time of their residency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usf.usfca.edu\/ricci\/\/institute\/scholarships\/travel.htm\">http:\/\/usf.usfca.edu\/ricci\/\/institute\/scholarships\/travel.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Southern Indiana:\u00a0Center for Communal Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Research Travel Grant<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility: Applicants may be graduate students or established scholars in the United States or abroad from any discipline that involves the study of communalism (such as history, English, anthropology, sociology).<\/p>\n<p>The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana invites applications for a travel grant to fund research at the Communal Studies Collection at USI&#8217;s David L. Rice Library. The Communal Studies Collection&#8217;s rich archival materials contain information on over 600 historic and contemporary communal societies, utopias, and intentional communities. Strengths include the Harmonists and Owenites who settled nearby New Harmony, Indiana, but the breadth of the collections cover American communalism more broadly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usi.edu\/libarts\/communal\/announce.asp\">http:\/\/www.usi.edu\/libarts\/communal\/announce.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Texas, Austin:\u00a0Briscoe Center for American History<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Travel Awards<\/p>\n<p>Through the Smith Travel Award, the Briscoe Center for American History will assist master&#8217;s, doctoral, and postdoctoral researchers with costs associated with travel to Austin, Texas. The award is intended for scholars who need to conduct in-depth research in the holdings of the Briscoe Center and who reside outside of the Austin metropolitan area.\u00a0 As a leading history research center, the Center collects, preserves, and makes available documentary and material culture evidence encompassing key themes in Texas and U.S. history. Research collection strengths include: American South; Civil Rights and Social Justice; Congressional and Political; Energy and Natural Resources; Archives of American Mathematics; Military History; Music; News Media History; Photography; Texas History; Professional Touring Entertainment; University of Texas; and Western Americana.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ttp\/\/www.cah.utexas.edu\/research\/smith_travel_require.php\">http:\/\/www.cah.utexas.edu\/research\/smith_travel_require.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington University Libraries:\u00a0Department of Special Collections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Travel Grants<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility: Faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and independent scholars may apply.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Special Collections at Washington University Libraries in St. Louis, Missouri awards travel reimbursement grants to faculty, graduate students, undergraduates, and independent scholars who would like to use the department&#8217;s collections for research.\u00a0 The Department of Special Collections is a multi-faceted research institution that contains materials related to a wide variety of academic disciplines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/library.wustl.edu\/units\/spec\/tg\/tg2013.html\">http:\/\/library.wustl.edu\/units\/spec\/tg\/tg2013.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guatemala Scholars Network<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/gsn\/travel-funds\">http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/gsn\/travel-funds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>International Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/gss\/travel\/student-international-travel.php\">http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/gss\/travel\/student-international-travel.php<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Work and Family Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/healthandwellness.vanderbilt.edu\/child-family-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt Child and Family Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/gradschool\/current_students\/policy_on_parental_leave\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt Graduate School Policy on Parental Leave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/vandymoms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vandy\u00a0Moms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Selected Readings and Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/06\/magazine\/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in-science.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Why are there still so few women in science?&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Eileen Pollack. New York Times. 2013.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalpostdoc.org\/?page=ElsevierGuidebook\">Elsevier Advancing Postdoc Women Guidebook\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/leanin.org\/\">Lean In<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VUWiSE aims to serve as an information source for women in science and engineering. The links below include background information on the status of women in science and engineering, websites for organizations similar to WiSE, and relevant on-campus and external resources for women in science and engineering at Vanderbilt. 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