5/9/17:  Spoke to Leslie at Women in Philanthropy:

Looks like they will be soliciting applications in the January 2018, they will select 3 in late spring who are invited to make presentations.  Then a selection is made in Jan. 2019 (the members vote on how much money to give to each, with knowledge of the budget that was submitted) and the money would come in the summer 2019.

She said there are no restrictions on what they fund (salary, travel, equipment are all ok for example).  They like to fund one science proposal per year, and have been low on science proposals lately.  She said like to support excellence at Ohio State and didn't think that degree of risk was a major factor, more that it is exciting.

https://osu.edu/giving/donor-communities/women-and-philanthropy/