Very Early Career Woman Physicist award call

The IOP's Women in Physics Group announce the 2014 call for nominations to the Shell and Institute of Physics Very Early Career Woman Physicist of the Year.

This is the 8th year of the award, which has a ?1000 prize. Applications are invited from women at the start of their careers in physics who have made a substantial contribution to the subject and have undertaken activities to support and encourage others in the field. The prize is awarded annually to a woman who is within five years of the award of her first degree in physics (Bachelor's or Master's), allowing for career breaks, and is either working as a physicist or is engaged in postgraduate study in physics.

The deadline for applications is 30th May 2014.

Shortlisted applicants will give a presentation of their work at a major Institute of Physics Women in Physics event on the 22nd October 2014.

Full details can be found at
http://www.iop.org/activity/groups/subject/wip/prize/page_40704.html