1. News Feature: A lab of her own.
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Schubert, Charlotte and Sinha, Gunjan
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MOLECULAR biology , *RESEARCH grants , *SCHOLARSHIPS , *ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. , *WOMEN in science , *WOMEN scientists - Abstract
This article studies reasons as to why women drop out of research works due to family affairs, monetary problems and responsibilities. The article gives information about the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), which supports scientists who take time to rear family. The EMBO restart grants are just one of a handful of fellowships in Europe and the U.S. intended to kick-start a scientific career after a break. Others include the UK's Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships, the Swiss National Science Foundation's Marie Heim-Vogtlin grants, and ADVANCE fellowships from the U.S. National Science Foundation. The fellowships aim to patch what was been called the "leaky pipeline" for women in science.
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- 2004
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