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Immersing children in the world of science and medicine “Nurse, pass me the scissors please,” asks Aysha, 10 years old, professionally stretching out his arm to receive the instrument. When he grows up he wants to be “a foot doctor,” […]

by Laura Schmitz Over the past 10 years, the Elsevier Foundation has invested a decade of programming and millions of dollars to advance women in science. This year it added new partnerships supporting underserved youth and science and health education in New York, […]

    Your brilliant mind and excellent ideas are needed to make the chemistry industry more sustainable! The Elsevier Foundation Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge calls for action to bring the world one step closer to more sustainability. Chemists play […]

Apply for the Elsevier – TWAS Sustainability Visiting Expert Program until September 1st! The program aims to provide institutions and research groups in developing countries, especially those with limited outside contacts, with the opportunity to establish long-term links with world […]

INASP/Research4Life contest highlights critical role of doctors, researchers and librarians in advocating for an evidence-based policy To highlight the critical role that doctors, researchers, librarians and policymakers play in advocating their leaders to support research in their institutions and countries, […]

Send us your story of successful advocacy which has improved the research environment! Send us your story of successful advocacy which has improved the research environment at your institution, or the health, educational, environmental, social or economic wellbeing of your […]

Why are women’s innovations so important in the developing world? It is well known that women generally take fewer STEM courses than men in college and that the numbers of women in science tend to taper off the further up […]

Have you ever seen an operation room from the inside? Or wanted to understand how a hospital works without actually being sick? On June 5th, eight Elsevier colleagues joined the IMC Weekend School and a group of 40 kids during […]

Elsevier Foundation contest offers €75K in prizes for innovative solutions to challenges in developing countries This year, the Elsevier Foundation is running this contest. They are seeking applications for projects that use green and sustainable chemistry solutions to tackle some […]

The “Train the Trainers” ‪HINARI‬ workshop has officially started at the ‪‎Bangladesh‬ Medical Research Council! Our partner Research4Life currently hold the HINARI/Research4Life “Train the trainers” workshop in ‪Bangladesh‬. More than 20 librarians attend the workshop in Dhaka. The trainers work […]

  Elsevier was honored by the Accessible Books Consortium for for Accessible Publishing at the London Book Fair yesterday   The winners of the 2016 Accessible Books Consortium (ABC) International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced during a popular awards […]

For the winners of the Elsevier Foundation Award, early experiences led them to research that would change lives There came a point early in these women’s lives where they knew the path they would follow in the world of science. […]