Deadline: September 30, 2022.

The Johnson & Johnson Scholars Award Program aims to fuel development of female STEM²D leaders and feed the STEM²D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring women at critical points in their careers, in each of the STEM²D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.

The awards will fund early to mid-career women working within a STEM²D university department. The goal is to fuel the research passion of the awarded women and inspire career paths in their respective STEM²D fields. Johnson & Johnson is looking to identify global women leading in both their research fields and leading as mentors, to be a vision for girls and other women in STEM²D.

ELIGIBILITY

1. You must be a woman working in the field(s) of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Manufacturing and Design (STEM²D).
2. You must be an early to mid-career women working within a STEM²D university department at the time of application at an accredited academic university, institution or design school. Examples include a non-tenured assistant professor, assistant professor or associate professor.
3. The female scholar should have a minimum degree for the appropriate field:

• Science; M.D., Ph.D.
• Technology; Ph.D.
• Engineering; Ph.D.
• Math; M.S., Ph.D.
• Manufacturing; Ph.D.
• Design; M.A., M.S., MDes, MArch, MFA, MLA, Ph.D.

SCHOLARSHIP

The Scholars Award is a three-year award in the gross amount of $150,000, which will be paid to the University (the “Recipient”) for the benefit of the Johnson & Johnson Scholar and her research, with the understanding that the Recipient will administer the funds. 

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Judges will use the following criteria to evaluate the applications:

• Scientific/technical expertise exhibited
• Novelty/innovation of the research
• Potential impact of the research
• Feasibility of the research

APPLICATION

In addition to general contact details and demographics, the scholar applicant is responsible for the provision of documents into the application system, including non-confidential letters of recommendation.

• Submit a university or school department head letter of recommendation (Note: each university / institution can support one applicant per STEM²D discipline; six applicants in total).
• Write 1,000 words detailing your proposed area of research. One additional page can be added for images, or references.
• Submit your resume (three pages, font size 11), including a list of publications, presentations, abstracts, current financial support already obtained, other folio work and two references.
• Submit a brief outline of your budget for proposed research. (Note: a template is provided if needed.)

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