Sentences with phrase «funding opportunities for women»

Below is our compilation of funding opportunities for women in science.

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«Enormous untapped investment opportunity exists for venture capitalists smart enough to look at the numbers and fund women entrepreneurs,» said Babson professor, report author, and Diana Project ™ co-founder Candida G. Brush.

There are new offerings, like Calvert Foundation's Women Investing in Women Initiative for fixed income and the PAX Ellevate Global Women's Index Fund or Morgan Stanley's Parity Portfolio for public equities, and initiatives like The Women Effect bringing a new community together to accelerate deployment of interested capital into gender - lens investment opportunities.

«It's a blind spot in the economy and an opportunity for investors,» said Sara Brand, founding general partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early - stage venture capital fund investing in women - led businesses in the fields of consumer health and environmentally sustainable products and technologies.

There is so much «opportunity» in the future for funding women entrepreneurs in the VC space.

Working alongside Cocoa Horizons, they aim to create new opportunities for women to enable them to earn a better living, by helping to fund the training of women farmers to help them set up and manage a farm from scratch.

In Media and Entertainment, her focus is on various programs to provide women opportunities in film and onstage, including a $ 5M fund for women filmmakers and playwrights.

The report proposes funding for nonprofits that support women in public life, workshops on running for office for female college students, more mentorship opportunities and a dedicated staffer for the Women's Cawomen in public life, workshops on running for office for female college students, more mentorship opportunities and a dedicated staffer for the Women's CaWomen's Caucus.

Five early - career scientists will be receiving funding and opportunities for professional development after winning the 2017 Marion Milligan Mason Awards for Women in the Chemical Sciences.

Many of the students attending ERN are drawn from programs funded by NSF's Division of Human Resources Development, which provides several opportunities for underrepresented minorities, women, and people with disabilities to pursue research and education in STEM fields.

Other strategies that could stimulate women to stay in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate women with young children keeping these women in the game; b) increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for women and men to lead committees and research groups.

A wide array of civil rights and minority groups appreciate the help they receive from the NEA, including the NAACP ($ 25,000), Congressional Black Caucus Foundation ($ 170,000), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund ($ 10,000), the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network ($ 7,500), the National Women's Law Center ($ 10,000), Rainbow PUSH Coalition ($ 5,000), People for the American Way ($ 128,000), National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund ($ 12,500), National Black Caucus of State Legislators ($ 5,500), National Association for Multicultural Education ($ 5,000), National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education ($ 17,500), and something called the Hip Hop Caucus Education Fund ($ 10,000).

And just to make sure her effort to revise history and bury the truth goes over successfully, the woman whose company relies on public funds to pay her excessive salary is making sure that there is no opportunity for those impacted by her policies to be able to raise questions at the event.

A graduate of the University of Virginia, Sara is a 2016 Stevie Award Winner for «Female Innovator of the Year;» a Global Shaper with the World Economic Forum; an American Express Ashoka Emerging Innovator; a Cordes Fellow with the Opportunity Collaboration; a Peace X Peace 2012 Women, Power, & Peace Award Winner (Generation Peace Award); the only U.S. recipient of the Youth Leader Award in the Americas by the Inter-American Development Bank Annual Board of Governors Meeting; an Ashoka Activating Empathy Award Winner; a three - time Beyond Sport Award Finalist; named a «Woman Entrepreneur» by World Resources Institute New Ventures Mexico; a Creative Community Fellow with National Arts Strategies; a StartingBloc Fellow; a Finalist Nominee Social Entrepreneur / Innovator for the Women's Information Network 18th Annual Young Women of Achievement Award; 1 of 3 Artists Transforming the World by the Arts and Healing Network; Global Good Fund Fellow; honored among The Jewish Week NY's «36 Under 36»; and a Susan Schiffer Stautberg Leadership Fellow.

Prior to joining Cohen Milstein in 1997, Ms. Webber received a Women's Law and Public Policy fellowship which funded the first of her four years at the Washington Lawyers» Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in their Equal Employment Opportunity Project.

Given the funding, it would be attractive for employers to give this scheme a try and provide more opportunities for women returning to the workplace based on their skills.

Recognizing the opportunity to use the MIECHV program to help improve new mothers» mental health, many states are building on promising approaches to address postpartum depression directly through home visiting programs in effective, innovative ways.27 In 2014, 68 percent of state MIECHV - funded programs increased screenings for maternal depressive symptoms and improved referral rates among pregnant women or women enrolled in home visiting programs.28 Additionally, 70 percent of state programs reported improvements to parents» emotional well - being by successfully lowering reported parental stress and reducing rates of depressive symptoms among participating families.29 For example, Moving Beyond Depression is a program that uses in - home cognitive behavioral therapy to ameliorate, not just screen for, maternal depressifor maternal depressive symptoms and improved referral rates among pregnant women or women enrolled in home visiting programs.28 Additionally, 70 percent of state programs reported improvements to parents» emotional well - being by successfully lowering reported parental stress and reducing rates of depressive symptoms among participating families.29 For example, Moving Beyond Depression is a program that uses in - home cognitive behavioral therapy to ameliorate, not just screen for, maternal depressiFor example, Moving Beyond Depression is a program that uses in - home cognitive behavioral therapy to ameliorate, not just screen for, maternal depressifor, maternal depression.

For example, families who receive benefits through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC — the federally funded health and nutrition program for women and their children — may not know that they also qualify for home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportuniFor example, families who receive benefits through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC — the federally funded health and nutrition program for women and their children — may not know that they also qualify for home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportunifor Women, Infants, and Children, or WIC — the federally funded health and nutrition program for women and their children — may not know that they also qualify for home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportuWomen, Infants, and Children, or WIC — the federally funded health and nutrition program for women and their children — may not know that they also qualify for home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportunifor women and their children — may not know that they also qualify for home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportuwomen and their children — may not know that they also qualify for home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportunifor home visiting services, meaning that these families miss out on an important opportunity.

«Today, some of our elected officials squandered the opportunity to leave a legacy of standing up for New Jersey women and saving lives,» said Christine Sadovy, Legislative Director with Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey.

Sixty - two golfers enjoyed beautiful weather for a great day of golfing and the opportunity to raise funds for the Women & Children's Shelter of Barrie recently, when the Barrie & District Association of Realtors held its 8th Annual Charity Golf Tournament.