For Immediate Release
RFS 2nd Annual Awards in Science Announced: Outstanding Contributions from Women and Minorities
Contact: Kathryn Ryan
914-740-2250
kryan@liebertpub.com
New Rochelle, NY, July 17, 2023—The 2022 Rosalind Franklin Society (RFS) Awards in Science, recognizing outstanding peer-reviewed research by women and underrepresented minorities in STEM, were released today. The anthology of award winners is available digitally on the Rosalind Franklin Society website as well as in print.
RFS, in partnership with Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., launched this prestigious annual award for the best paper by a woman or under-represented minority in science in each of the publisher’s more than 100 peer-reviewed journals with the goal of highlighting the important contributions of these scientists and providing role models and mentors for younger scientists following in their footsteps. A total of $100,000 has been allocated for this year’s award winners.
The anthology includes a biography of each winner and an abstract of their selected work, and is a remarkable compendium of research in science, engineering, and medicine that has been accomplished by outstanding investigators who, early in their careers, were not considered “real” scientists, engineers, or medical researchers because they did not fit the stereotypical scientist, engineer, or physician role.
The RFS Awards in Science 2022 was produced with generous support from the Rita Allen Foundation, Lyda Hill Philanthropies, and the Warren Alpert Foundation.
For interview requests or to receive a copy of the anthology, please contact Kathryn Ryan at the publisher.
About the Rosalind Franklin Society
The Rosalind Franklin Society is an honorific, interdisciplinary, and international society which recognizes, fosters, and advances the important contributions of women in the life sciences and affiliated disciplines. In so doing, the Society honors the under-recognized achievements of the late Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958), a British x-ray crystallographer whose work producing x-ray images of DNA was crucial in the discovery of its structure by James Watson and Francis Crick. Franklin symbolizes progress for women in science but her accomplishments were not recognized during her lifetime, awarded posthumously, nor are they completely acknowledged today. To celebrate the life, work, and symbolic power of this remarkable heroine in science, the Society recognizes the work of outstanding women scientists, fosters greater opportunities for women in the sciences, and motivates and educates by examples young generations of women who have this calling.
About Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. is a global media company dedicated to creating, curating, and delivering impactful peer-reviewed research and authoritative content services to advance the fields of biotechnology and the life sciences, specialized clinical medicine, and public health and policy. We believe that specialist information powers better research, productivity, and outcomes, and since our founding in 1980, we have focused on identifying areas of the greatest need in the fields we serve. Today, our exceptional educational content and technology-enabled services inform leading researchers and clinicians around the globe, equip them with the tools and applications to make a difference in the lives of others, and enable them to make the next great scientific and medical breakthroughs.