PLEN is excited to announce that we have received funding again this year for our Women & Science/Technology Policy Seminar, being held January 7-11, 2008 in Washington, DC. With the generous support of Abbott, PLEN will provide $200 SCHOLARSHIPS to 35 students participating in the Seminar. The scholarship will be used to help cover the seminar fees. We've extended the registration deadline to Friday, December 7th to accommodate additional registrations.

This program provides a wonderful opportunity for women studying science and technology to learn about the public policy dimensions of their work from women leaders in the field. Students participating in the seminar will have the opportunity to meet and learn from women leaders in the field of science/technology policy, discuss public policy issues relating to science and technology and learn how public policies effecting science and technology are shaped.

Students in past programs have met with women leaders from:

- The White House Office on Science and Technology Policy
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Capitol Hill
- Abbott
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

It's quick and easy to register for this program on PLEN's website at http://www.plen.org/sci_tech_reg.html.

Because PLEN has a limited number of scholarships available, we recommend that interested students register as soon as possible.