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Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education
(POWRE), the National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative designed to
facilitate the careers of individual women scientists was conceived in the wake
of the November, 1994 Republican sweep of Congress. With a thought of
keeping the money for the gender-based program more secure, POWRE
became a cross-directorate program funded by the research directorates. The
complete four-year cohort of all POWRE awardees (1997–2000) responded
to questions regarding career opportunities and challenges and laboratory
climate. 389 of the population of 598 POWRE awardees (65 percent)
responded to the e-mail, with the respondents being representative of the
awardees with regard to discipline |
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