YUSSSS EXCITING NEWS

[nanila]

My boss has been awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship!

The blurb for the fellowship says: "This scheme is for world-class scientists who would benefit from a period of long-term support to allow them to focus on research and collaboration based at an institution in the UK." Appointments are made for up to ten years (usually the full amount).

And my boss said:

“I am very excited to have been awarded a Royal Society Research Professorship,” said Professor Dougherty. “It will enable me to focus on the fantastic science which my instrument onboard Cassini will produce during the final 3 years of orbit around Saturn, as well as plan the instrument design and science we will do with the JUICE mission to orbit Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.”

*happy dance* EVERYTHING IS AWESOME

[PS Her appointment brings the grand total of female persons currently holding an RS Research Professorship to three (out of 17).]

Comments

[recessional]

[PS Her appointment brings the grand total of female persons currently holding an RS Research Professorship to three (out of 17).]


-.-

But yay her!

[davidgillon]

This!

[ursula]

That's great!

[hilarita]

And awesome company she's got it in!
It's really awesome!

[quoththeravyn]

Woo!

[ironed_orchid]

Hurrah!

[doccy]

I second (...well, third *s*) that emotion ;)

[emelbe]

Woo!

[silveradept]

Hooray for mold-breaking!

[nanila]

Re -.-: Yeah. OTOH, the RS also runs a scheme called the Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellowship, which is explicitly targeted at applicants who are female, disabled and/or have caring responsibilities (includes caring for family members other than biological children). Which is pretty cool.

[nanila]

Yes! :D I'm so pleased at the stability this will afford her (and by extension, her research group).

[nanila]

Yes it is. I might have to celebrate with some tacos.

[nanila]

\o/ \o/ Yes!

[nanila]

O frabjous day!

[nanila]

I AM EXCITE.

[nanila]

Indeed! May there be more of it.

[sfred]

Hurray!

[nanila]

\o/ Very exciting!

[soliano]

Yay for her! Shouldn't you have gotten it?

[sunflowerinrain]

Super news; congratulations to your boss.

Ah, don't we love the RS? :)

[nanila]

Haha, no! Definitely not!

[nanila]

I just love that the Dorothy Hodgkin fellowship definition is intersectional. :) I think it's a great tribute to her.

[lark_ascends]

Go your boss!! That is so awesome!!


(I hate those statistics, though. Gahhh.)

[nanila]

Yes! It is a very Good Thing.

There's been an eight-year gap between the last few appointments of female fellows and this year. :/