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AWIS provides a unique national platform where essential research meets advocacy, innovation and practice in supporting the advancement of women in STEM.
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Eco-Friendly Pest Control for a Sustainable Future
AWIS member Dr. Fatma Kaplan is a genius in eco-friendly sciences. We spoke with Dr. Kaplan about how she is using science to create large-scale, positive change.
How Activate is Building a More Inclusive Fellowship
Activate is a non-profit which supports entrepreneurial scientists and engineers through a paid, two-year fellowship. In this case study, Activate reflects on its work with AWIS to improve its fellow recruitment outreach.
STEM to Market: Networking Assessment Tool
This AWIS Fact Sheet discusses methods to accelerate inclusion and diversity in the workplace.
A High-Tech Solution to Health Care Inequality in Pakistan
Sixty-three percent of doctors in Pakistan are women but only 23 percent are actually practicing medicine.
Capitalizing on the Entire Potential Innovative Capacity of Academia
The AWIS study highlights barriers to participation and AWIS’ policy recommendations to technology transfer programs and universities. The recommendations should increase and assist in broadening the outreach and make the most of the human and intellectual capital at universities.
Best Practices for Intentional Investing
This AWIS Fact Sheet outlines actions investors can take to create positive change in STEM entrepreneurship while keeping profits.
Best Practices for Incubators and Accelerators
Entrepreneurship-support organizations can effectively incorporate inclusion into their outreach, programming, and activities.
Biotech Boom, A Bust For Women
Lack of gender and racial diversity in company leadership can have implications for long-term success. Biotech companies lead the way in the IPO market.
Revolutionizing the STEM Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
Encountering bias in the funding of their ventures, women’s businesses are smaller on average
and are financed at a lower rate than men’s.
Capitalizing On the Entire Potential Innovative Capacity of Academia: Recommendations for Universities and Technology Transfer Offices
Broaden outreach by technology transfer offices in a way that is inclusive to draw more women and underrepresented minorities into the innovation and entrepreneurship space to capitalize on the entire intellectual and creative potential of our university system and nation.
STEM to Market
STEM to Market combines your scientific expertise with the specialized knowledge, mentorship, and community you need to build a solid foundation and navigate the challenging technology transfer and start-up worlds.
The Impact of the AWIS National Summits
How do we construct a well-informed roadmap for inclusion on contemporary issues such as entrepreneurship, advanced manufacturing, and technology transfer in innovation ecosystems – and what role do companies, academic institutions, and government play in advancing STEM talent?
Creating Equitable STEM Workplaces By Addressing Unconscious Bias
Unconscious biases are social stereotypes held by both women and men. Research shows biases negatively impact STEM workplaces in a number of areas.
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