The L’Oréal Foundation, in collaboration with the French Academy of Sciences and the French National Commission for UNESCO, presented Monday, October 8, 2018, as part of the Science Festival Week, the French L’Oréal-UNESCO for women and science awards.

The 30 fellows (20 doctoral students and 10 postdoctoral students), selected from almost 900 candidates for their academic qualifications, have received a scholarship to be accompanied by them in their subsequent career and support their research. They also benefit from a leadership training program. Among them is Delphine Geyer from ENS de Lyon.

Delphine Geyer is currently a PhD student at the Physics laboratory and works on the active ingredient. The young woman received a scholarship of 15,000 €.