As many of you have likely already seen, this year's call for DWP nominations stipulated that 2/3 of all letter writers would need to be in good standing with ESWIP.  The reasons for this change were exclusively related to the expense ESWIP bears as the coordinating body for the award.  

In lieu of this, the DWP committee and the ESWIP officers have agreed that if we were to receive enough donations to defray the cost of the award, we can revert back to the initial policy regarding SWIP membership rather than specific ESWIP membership for 2/3 of letter writers supporting nominations.

I am happy to report that Sally Haslanger is leading this charge and has been the first to donate to the DWP fund.  If you would like to contribute to this fund, proceeds of which will only be used for the purposes of maintaining and promoting the DWP award (the website currently mentions travel support; we will update this as soon as we are able), please see the ESWIP website.

You may donate using paypal or by check.  

We greatly appreciate all support of this incredibly important award. 

Very best,

Roxy