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Academic chemistry is haemorrhaging talented female researchers. However, a barrage of new initiatives aims to stem the flood.

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Fig. 1: Women in academic chemistry.

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Cathleen Crudden: https://www.chem.queensu.ca/crudden-cathleen

National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) ADVANCE program: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5383

Dorothy Hodgkin fellowships: https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/

Daphne Jackson Trust: https://daphnejackson.org/

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Peplow, M. Women’s work. Nat Rev Chem 3, 283–286 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-019-0098-y

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