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Project ENHANCE is a three-year National Science Foundation grant–funded study seeking to understand the experiences of women scientists and engineers. Using the chemical industry as the model sector, the goals of this are to document and analyze the career paths of women formally trained in science and engineering and to identify effective corporate practices in the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women.

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November 17, 2006: Read the report - It's Elemental: Enhancing Career Success for Women in the Chemical Industry

It’s Elemental: Enhancing the Career Success of Women in the Chemical Industry is the report on the findings from Project ENHANCE. It's Elemental represents another important goal of Project ENHANCE—to share the results of this research effort with women and leaders in industrial chemistry.

The project goal of identifying factors that facilitate or hinder the career success of women scientists and engineers working in industry is helpful only to the extent that these data will be utilized effectively in enhancing women’s success in industrial workplaces. To this end, the National Science Foundation generously funded the creation and dissemination of It’s Elemental.

February 17, 2006: Project ENHANCE's presentation at the 230th American Chemical Society National Meeting in Washington, DC on August 29, 2005 (click to download)