2003

Recognition

Fellow Felicity Aston (2014 Courage Award) is the first woman to ski alone across Antarctica

The WINGS Fellows Program recognizes extraordinary women who are making discoveries and finding solutions to global problems through bold research, conservation and exploration projects. Further, the WINGS Fellows program has become a powerful network for women working in the field sciences to actively engage in interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration. Each newly inducted Fellow is recognized at the Women of Discovery Gala and receives a $10,000 grant to support her work.

Listen to the 2019 Women of Discovery cohort discuss the value of the Women of Discovery award and being part of the WINGS community:

Selection Process

Darlene Lim (2019 Air & Space Award) leads research programs that connect and interweave science, engineering, operations and human-robotic exploration in some of the most hostile and extreme conditions on Earth

Fellows are nominated by the WINGS Fellows Network, the WINGS Board of Directors, and advisory committees. Nominations are reviewed by the Nominations Committee, which is composed of WINGS Fellows and Board Members. The Nominations Committee presents its findings to the Board of Directors for consideration and final Fellow awards.

WINGS WorldQuest Fellows are women of any race, culture or age who:

are actively engaged in field work focused on investigating questions about the nature of our world;
have demonstrated the ability to think outside of the box and follow an uncommon path;
have shown promise for contributing to important future advances in sciences and humanities; and
share a commitment to contributing to WINGS’s education and outreach mission, including being role models for the next generation.

WINGS WorldQuest does not accept unsolicited nominations for Women of Discovery Awards or WINGS Fellows.