Subcommittee Chair: Angela Vergara, angela.vergara@ucf.edu
Subcommittee members: Adelle Monteblanco, Salema Mohamed, and Estefany Londoño
History and Overview:
$2,500 will be awarded to support any aspect of doctoral research and/or publication and presentation of results from the date advanced to candidacy through one year after receiving the doctorate. Funds for travel are not available. The award will be presented at the annual Summer meeting of SWS in August. All applicants will have the opportunity to discuss their work with a member of the committee.
Eligiblility
The candidate must identify as a woman with a feminist orientation who is sensitive to studying women’s cancers and their impact on diverse groups of women, including those of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, language, religion, geographical areas, and other cultural perspectives. The candidate must have an approved prospectus for doctoral research. The topic should be useful academically and should also have pragmatic and practical applications such as informing and empowering women, demystifying the disease, and/or having implications for the breast cancer epidemic more broadly. The scholarship is intended for researchers who plan to present their findings and applications to lay audiences as well as social scientists
To apply for the Barbara Rosenblum Scholarship for the Study of Women and Cancer please follow the directions after logging into your membership profile at: sws.memberclicks.net
A complete application includes:
- submission of the awards form available via the SWS membership portal
- electronic copy of your CV
- electronic copy of your dissertation proposal or prospectus
Please do not send more than 15 pages. If the full proposal is longer, select the section or sections which most clearly describe what you are doing, who your subjects will be, and what methods you will use. If you are near completion, please include a brief statement describing the above and major findings.
Current Winner
Past Winners
2017, Deborah Ilaboya
2016, Cinzia Greco
2015, Jennifer James