Issue of August 1, 2025
eds: Jeremy Bailin, Sethanne Howard, Ferah Munshi, Stella Kafka, and Ben Keller
[We hope you all are taking care of yourselves and each other. --eds.]
This week's issues:
1. House FY2026 Appropriations Report: NASA, NSF, and DOE Details
2. Space for Students Part 10: Natasha Patel
3. Prof. Michele Dougherty becomes first female Astronomer Royal
4. Call to contribute: Documenting & Celebrating Women’s Contributions to the Physical Sciences
5. Girls’ STEM Skills Slipped During COVID. Here’s What to Do
6. Advancement and Inclusion of Women in STEM: FY25 SWE Senate Strategic Initiative Subteam explores barriers to effective allyship.
7. Perimeter Institute’s Emmy Noether Workshop Fosters Collaboration for Women in Science
8. Job Opportunities
9. How to Submit to the AASWOMEN newsletter
10. How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the AASWOMEN newsletter
11. Access to Past Issues
An online version of this newsletter will be available at http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/ at 3:00 PM ET every Friday.
An outline of the division-level NASA science allocations from the FY2024 enacted budget, the FY2026 PBR, the FY2026 Senate CJS report, and the FY2026 House CJS report. The House report directs NASA to continue making progress towards the scientific goals outlined in the decadal surveys.
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/07/house-fy2026-appropriations-report-nasa-nsf-and-doe-details
As part of our popular "Career Profile series", we highlight Natasha Patel, an Astronomy and Astrophysics Major and Mathematics and Computational Sciences minor at Schreyer Honors College at Penn State and Penn State Eberly College of Science. Natasha is an outreach and research assistant with the McEntaffer Group and just last semester held an incredible internship at the Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre in Gujarat, India, an institution foundational to India’s scientific outreach and space education efforts.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2025/07/space-for-students-part-10-natasha-patel.html
Professor Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed Astronomer Royal in the post's 350-year history and will act as the official adviser to King Charles III on astronomical matters.
Read more at:
https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/michele-dougherty-becomes-first-female-astronomer-royal
The American Institute of Physics is launching a major initiative documenting and celebrating women’s contributions to the physical sciences. As part of this initiative, women at all stages of their physical science careers are invited to document their experiences and to contribute them for consideration for inclusion in the collections of AIP’s Niels Bohr Library and Archives.
Read more at:
For girls in STEM, moving forward will require renewed attention to addressing achievement gaps, targeted support, and careful monitoring.
Read more at
The FY25 SWE Senate Strategic Initiative Subteam focused on exploring the current state of allyship within SWE, defining effective allyship, and identifying areas for improvement and growth. By examining existing challenges, available resources, and best practices, we provided actionable recommendations that enhance ally engagement.
Read more at
The Simons Emmy Noether Fellowship Program, supported by the Simons Foundation, supports and encourages early- and mid-career women and all under-represented groups in physics.
For those interested in increasing excellence and diversity in their organizations, a list of resources and advice is here:
https://aas.org/comms/cswa/resources/Diversity#howtoincrease
- Postdoctoral fellowship for female scientists at Paderborn University (Germany)
https://www.uni-paderborn.de/en/news-item/150234
- Postdoc on galaxy formation simulations, at University of Pennsylvania
https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30295
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