Issue of April 10, 2026
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. 2026 Week of Action in Support of Federal Funding for the Sciences
2. Nominate someone or self-nominate for the Tinsley Prize
3. Request for Letters of Intent for 2027 Education Mini-Grant Program
4. Support Science Funding (Again): A Call to Action
5. Women With Impact: Reclaiming the Moon's Missing Half
6. Influential Women Launches Masterclass on Why Women Sell Themselves Short at Work
7. Experts highlight Sofya Kovalevskaya’s role as trailblazer for women in STEM, academia
8. British Council Scholarships for Women in STEM 2026-2027 - Applications are open
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.
Set aside some time during the Week of Action (April 13) to engage in advocacy for the sciences. The AAS provides a list of suggested actions for each day and encourages our community to also do what you believe to be impactful and timely.
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2026/04/2026-week-of-action
The Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize honors exceptionally innovative and creative research contributions in astronomy or astrophysics. Awarded biennially, it is open to candidates of any nationality, career stage, or subfield within the astronomical sciences.
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2026/04/nominate-someone-perhaps-yourself-tinsley-prize
The AAS Education & Professional Development (EPD) Mini-Grant Program funds workshops that strengthen the education practices of AAS members. The AAS Education Committee is now accepting Letters of Intent for the 2027 funding cycle. Please submit your Letter of Intent by 11:59 pm ET on Friday, 24 April 2026:
Read more at
https://aas.org/posts/news/2026/04/request-letters-intent-2027-education-mini-grant-program
This week, as Artemis II circled the Moon and took humans farther from Earth than ever before, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released its 2027 budget. That budget looks eerily similar to the budget released in 2025 that sought to gut support for NASA as well as funding for other agencies involved in science and research. This proposed budget, if passed, would cut $5.6 billion from NASA science, despite overwhelming support for NASA from Congress.
Read more at
https://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2026/04/support-science-funding-again-call-to.html
The SETI Institute article highlights Women With Impact, an art–science project by Bettina Forget that draws attention to the historical underrepresentation of women in lunar naming, once reflected in the fact that only 27 lunar craters were named after women
Read more at
https://www.seti.org/news/women-with-impact-reclaiming-the-moons-missing-half/
This masterclass reveals a truth most women have experienced, but few have named: they often end up in careers that don’t align with their actual talents. Why We Sell Ourselves Short at Work is a framework for discovering and articulating your hidden gifts, so you can finally advocate for yourself in interviews, promotions, and life.
Read more at
Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850–1891) was the first woman to earn a modern doctorate in mathematics (1874), and the first woman in Northern Europe to hold a full professorship (University of Stockholm, 1889). She made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, partial differential equations, and mechanics, including the Cauchy–Kovalevskaya theorem.
Read more at
The scholarship aims to increase opportunities for women in STEM and strengthen female leadership in science and innovation.
Read more at
https://opportunitydesk.org/2026/04/09/british-council-scholarships-for-women-in-stem-2026-2027/
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