Grants

Chemical Heritage Foundation

To increase awareness of the role of women in chemistry during the International Year of Chemistry

  • Amount $255,000
  • City Philadelphia, PA
  • Investigator Denise Creedon
  • Year 2011
  • Program Public Understanding
  • Sub-program New Media

Made in recognition of the International Year of Chemistry, this grant supports a year-long slate of activities planned by the Chemical Heritage Society (CHS) to inspire and educate the public about the critical role of chemistry and chemists in contemporary society and to increase public understanding of the role of women and minority women in chemistry. Activities supported under this grant include the recording, transcription, and editing of ten interviews with women chemists, the production of seven 12-to-15 minute web profiles of women in chemistry to be distributed online through the Chemical Heritage Society's website, and the inclusion of an additional section to the CHS website dedicated to the Women in Chemistry product. Additional funds are provided to allow CHS to develop and implement an outreach strategy to disseminate these new online materials widely through social media.

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