Women in Chemistry

Resources

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus

• Women Chemists Committee (WCC) serves the membership of the American Chemical Society by attracting, developing and promoting women in the chemical sciences. They sponsor a Retreat for Women in Chemistry towards the end of August each year.
• Women in Science (WiS) is an organization open to undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff, as well as anyone who supports and promotes women in the sciences. 
• Women in Engineering (WIE) program is dedicated to providing a welcoming and supportive environment for women students in the College of Engineering. The wide range of WIE programs include student recruiting, workshops and seminars, undergraduate advising, orientation for new students, and a residential camp for high school girls.
• Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. The mission of GradSWE is to promote diversity in graduate education in engineering and science to enable innovative and creative solutions to the future technical challenges of society.

National Organizations & Programs

• Association for Women in Science
• Graduate Women in Science (Sigma Delta Epsilon)
• Iota Sigma Pi - National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry
• Women in Science and Technology Program, Argonne National Laboratory
• Big Ten Academic Alliance (used to be the Committee on Institutional Cooperation)
• A Guide for Women in STEM: Closing the Gender Gap

Fellowships, Grants, and Awards

• American Chemical Society Women Chemists Committee
• American Association of University Women (AAUW) - Fellowships, Grants, and Award

Faculty Development

• ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Science and Engineering Careers, NSF, listing of available awards
• The Committee on the Advancement of Women Chemists (COACh) The programs of COACh are designed to increase the number of women chemists entering academic chemistry departments, succeeding up the ranks and achieving leadership roles. The University of Illinois Department of Chemistry was the first in the U.S. to offer "COACH" workshops to our female graduate students and postdocs.