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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>{{cite journal|last1=Koblitz|first1=Ann Hibner|last2=Koblitz|first2=Neal|title=The Kovalevskaia fund|journal=The Mathematical Intelligencer|date=12 January 2009|volume=22|issue=2|pages=62–65|doi=10.1007/BF03025378}}</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> |
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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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Koblitz|first1=Ann Hibner|last2=Koblitz|first2=Neal|title=The Kovalevskaia fund|journal=The Mathematical Intelligencer|date=12 January 2009|volume=22|issue=2|pages=62–65|doi=10.1007/BF03025378}}</ref> It was founded in 1985, and was originally aimed at promoting women in the sciences in Vietnam; it grew out of Ana's work on the history of women and science and Neal's experience in the ], and their efforts to help promote science in Vietnam afterwards.<ref name=princeton>{{cite book|last1=Tucker|first1=William H.|title=Princeton Radicals of the 1960s, Then and Now|date=2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476663012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujSSCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA217|language=en}}</ref> For the first grants were made solely in Vietnam, but were eventually extended to six other developing countries.<ref name=princeton/> |
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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> |
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