Calling all female scientists! Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 L'Oreal-UNESCO UK & Ireland Women in Science Fellowships (worth £15,000). The L'Oréal UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women In Science are awards offered annually by L'Oréal UK & Ireland with the support of the UK National Commission for UNESCO, the Irish National Commission for UNESCO and the Royal Institution of Great Britain to promote, enhance and encourage the contribution of women pursuing their research careers in the UK or Ireland in the fields of the life and physical sciences.

Four UK and Ireland Fellowships will be awarded in 2010 to outstanding women scientists in the early stages of their career to enable and/or facilitate promising scientific research. The Fellowships are tenable at any UK or Irish university or research institute to support a 12-month period of postdoctoral research in any area of the life or physical sciences.

For more information on the awards and to download a application form please visit the For Women in Science website here 

Deadline : 7th April 2010 Midnight (GMT)