SWS Barbara Rosenblum Scholarship for the Study of Women and Cancer
Sociologists for Women in Society
Award: $2,500
To encourage doctoral research in sociology, anthropology, psychology and related fields on women’s experience of breast cancer and other reproductive cancers and the prevention of these cancers. Qualifications: Candidates 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. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on committee criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit award form; electronic copy of applicant CV; electronic copy of your dissertation proposal or prospectus. Focus: Oncology.