Welcome to Women in Quantum!
Our members enjoy access to resources geared towards giving them a voice and say in the wider QIS community, as well as opportunities to collaborate & network, and have fun with fellow female quantum academics, students, entrepreneurs, investors and government representatives.
Denise Ruffner
President & Founder, Women in Quantum
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These organizations proudly support Women in Quantum and diversity with their generous donation. We encourage you to consider them for your next step in your quantum career.
Outside of donations, we offer various sponsorship packages. Please take a look and reach out to us to discuss what fits your needs best.
Our programs
Community
We offer the largest Women in Quantum community globally with more than 9,000 members in over 40+ countries.
There is a virtual community for paying members, as well as events & networking throughout the year both online and in-person.
Mentoring
Together with Keysight Technologies we offer a professionally run mentoring program to our members.
Here our dedicated mentors help you with basic business skills, soft skills and quantum tech 101.
Cohorts typically run for 3 months and it is up to the mentee to lead the relationship with their mentor.
Details on the mentoring page.
Careers
One of our main goals is to help women in quantum to be successful professionally.
We offer a resume database to employers, a job posting board and career fairs at some of the largest quantum tech conferences globally.
Details on the career page.
Women in Quantum Awards
At Q2B 2021 we awarded the first ever Women in Quantum Awards. Our goal is to recognize outstanding achievements in the fields of science, entrepreneurship, community and quantum building.
Details on our first cohort can be found here.
Scholarships
We offer need based scholarships to help deserving women in quantum to attend conferences, school or other important events that will help further their growth.
Our first scholarship went to Joanna Lis from JILA at the University of Colorado. Please read about her experience here.
Our events are by women in quantum for women in quantum
Our upcoming events
We host co-located events at some of the industry’s largest conferences and summits globally. Typically, we will have a talk by WIQ, as well as our own session with a lunch, speaker, a panel and an in-person mentoring session.
To view the full events calendar click here.
