We are a national network of women in academic chemistry dedicated to providing support, encouragement, and mentorship for young women considering careers in academia.

Our Mission:

1.Provide a structure for effective mentoring.

2.Develop a vertical mentorship network that focuses on mentoring at all points in the academic pipeline—undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral and faculty career stages.

3.Provide women chemists with a virtual ‘extended peer network’ to augment the peer support networks available at their home institution.

4.Regularly engage women chemists in discussions about issues women face in chemistry.

5.Make academic chemistry a more comfortable and welcoming environment for women.

6.Increase the number of women pursuing careers in academic chemistry.

7. 7.Improve the gender balance in chemistry departments across the U.S.