M. Hildred Blewett Fellowship

Applicants must:

• Currently be a U.S. or Canadian citizen or legal resident, or resident alien eligible to work in the United States or Canada
• Have completed work toward a PhD
• Provide written proof from a US or Canadian institution that the applicant will have institutional affiliation during the tenure of the grant. Institutional affiliation at the time of application is not necessary.

The nomination should include:

• One to three letters of recommendation, one of which may be from a designated mentor, must be uploaded through the application portal by person coordinating recommendation letter
• letter of institutional support during the tenure of the grant must be uploaded through the application portal

One of the letters, preferably from either the designated mentor or the institutional representative, should address the anticipated impact of the grant support and how it will enable advancement of the applicant’s career. Specifically, the letter should detail the applicant’s planned research roles, mentoring to be provided (if applicable), and how the grant is expected to contribute towards the applicant’s long-term professional goals.

Please also note that the fellowship is designed for assisting women, but is open to any physicist making a transition back into a professional career, consequently, funds are generally not available for renewal beyond one year of support.

In selecting fellowship recipients, the following criteria will be considered:

• Qualifications of applicant
• Status of career before break
• Steps the applicant has taken to return to physics research
• Relationship of the applicant to the research community
• Relationship of project and award to future plans
• Scholarly significance of the project
• Quality and feasibility of the project design and timeline

The award was established from a generous bequest from M. Hildred Blewett, an accelerator physicist who died in 2004. Hildred Blewett was passionate about physics and wanted to help women overcome obstacles by establishing the fellowship.