Max Planck Society seeks to hire more women as faculty

In November Germany’s renowned Max Planck Society launched a women-only hiring initiative to help tackle the underrepresentation of women in scientific research. Over the next four years, the society will put more than US$35 million (€30 million) towards the ‘Lise Meitner excellence programme’ – named after the distinguished 20th-century chemist, writes Katarina Zimmer for The Scientist. More...