Premio For Women in Science (FWiS)

Premio For Women in Science (FWiS)

Funds recognition and opportunities for women scientists in Chile to strengthen real-world implementation.

⚠ This may reflect a past cycle — verify the current call on the funder's site.

Premio For Women in Science (FWiS) 2026 is an individual recognition award administered by ANID — Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo — in co-partnership with L'Oréal Groupe and UNESCO. The prize targets early-career women scientists who are Chilean nationals or permanent residents, and is restricted entirely to individual applicants; institutional, nonprofit, and for-profit entities are ineligible to apply. Applications are submitted in Spanish through the ANID SPL platform, and the 2026 edition carried a deadline of 13:00 Chile time on 28 May 2026.

The prize is structured as a recognition award rather than a project grant: laureates receive public acknowledgement and financial support, though the monetary value per laureate and the total number of prizes awarded in the 2026 cycle are not documented in the available record — the Bases PDF was not extracted. The L'Oréal–UNESCO network through which FWiS operates globally provides international visibility to selected Chilean scientists, and ANID's local administration ensures alignment with national science-policy priorities for gender equity in research.

Because the 2026 deadline has passed, the award is currently in evaluation. Chilean early-career women researchers considering future cycles should monitor ANID's SPL portal for the Bases Concursales release, which governs discipline scope, age or career-stage thresholds, and the number of prizes. Strong applications typically document original scientific contributions and demonstrate career trajectory.