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| | name = Kovalevskaia Fund | |||
| | formation = 1985 | |||
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| The '''Kovalevskaia Fund''' is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to support and encourage women in developing countries in science, mathematics, engineering, and medicine. Named for the 19th century Russian mathematician and feminist ], it was founded in 1985 by ] and her husband ], soon after the publication of A. H. Koblitz's biography<ref>''A Convergence of Lives: Sofia Kovalevskaia -- Scientist, Writer, Revolutionary'', Birkhäuser, 1983 (2nd ed., Rutgers University Press, 1993).</ref> of Kovalevskaia. Initially formed as a subcommittee within the U.S. Committee for Scientific Cooperation with Vietnam, it soon was established as an independent foundation in order to work in other countries as well.<ref>Ann Hibner Koblitz and Neal Koblitz, "The Kovalevskaia Fund," ''The Mathematical Intelligencer'', vol. 22, no. 2 (2000), p. 62-65.</ref><ref>Ann Hibner Koblitz, "Las actividades de la Fundación Kovalévskaia," ''Anales de la Academia de Ciencias de Cuba'', vol. 7, no. 2 (2017), p. 98-104.</ref><ref>Neal Koblitz, ''Random Curves: Journeys of a Mathematician'', Springer-Verlag, 2007.</ref> | |||
| The Kovalevskaia Fund finances prizes and awards for women scientists in Vietnam,<ref>http://english.vov.vn/society/women-union-marks-30-years-of-kovalevskaia-prize-313984.vov</ref> Mexico,<ref>http://www.smm.org.mx/sofia-kovalevskaia</ref>, Peru,<ref name="peru">http://www.unmsm.edu.pe/eventos/adjuntos/III_EMPCM_Triptico_Final.pdf</ref> Cuba,<ref>http://www.sierramaestra.cu/index.php/cuba/16362-reciben-cientificas-cubanas-premio-sofia-kovalievskaia</ref> and southern Africa.<ref>https://masamu.auburn.edu/pm/kovawards</ref> The Kovalevskaia Fund does not select prize winners; rather, the competitions for the awards are run by the partner organizations in the recipient countries. These are: the ],<ref>http://hoilhpn.org.vn/newsdetail.asp?CatId=66&NewsId=819&lang=EN</ref> the Sociedad Matemática Mexicana (]),<ref>http://www.smm.org.mx/</ref> the Grupo Mujeres Peruanas en Ciencias Matemáticas (Group of Peruvian Women in the Mathematical Sciences),<ref name="peru"/> the Academia de Ciencias de Cuba (Cuban Academy of Sciences),<ref>http://www.academiaciencias.cu/</ref> and the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association.<ref>http://samsa-math.org/</ref> | |||
| In August 2016 the Kovalevskaia Fund cosponsored and helped finance the | |||
| ] workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico on "Women in Mathematics in Latin America."<ref>http://www.birs.ca/cmo-workshops/2016/16w5003/report16w5003.pdf</ref> | |||
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