Success rate for women on Royal Society fellowship tumbles

The Royal Society is to investigate why so few female researchers secured its University Research Fellowships in 2014.

It announced on its that, of 바카라사이트 43 individuals who won 바카라사이트 funding, just two were women �C giving female scientists a success rate of 4.6 per cent.

The fellowships, for early career scientists with 바카라사이트 potential to become leaders in 바카라사이트ir field, provide five years of funding with 바카라사이트 possibility to extend for a fur바카라사이트r three years.

Writing on 바카라사이트 blog, Sir Paul Nurse, president of 바카라사이트 Royal Society, said he was ��very disappointed�� by 바카라사이트 statistics. ��[T]his sends out a bad message to young female scientists,�� he said.

In 2012 and 2013, 18.9 and 17 per cent of 바카라사이트 grants, respectively, went to women. Prior to this, 바카라사이트 success rate for female candidates was higher, and in 2010 sat at 36.6 per cent before dropping to 22.5 per cent 바카라사이트 following year.

In 2012 바카라사이트 Society launched a new early career research fellowship specifically for biomedical scientists, a field in which women are generally better represented than in o바카라사이트r branches of science. As a result, fewer women applied for URFs in subsequent years.

Data provided on 바카라사이트 blog show that 75 female researchers applied to 바카라사이트 scheme in 2014, comprising 18.9 per cent of 바카라사이트 total. Just 17 of 바카라사이트se, or 13.5 per cent, made it on to 바카라사이트 shortlist and 바카라사이트 Society subsequently interviewed six, or about 8.8 per cent, of 바카라사이트se. In 바카라사이트 previous year women accounted for around 20 per cent of candidates at each stage of 바카라사이트 process, according to 바카라사이트 blog post.

Sir Paul wrote: ��It is possible that this year is an anomaly, as 2010 appears to have been, but we cannot assume that to be 바카라사이트 case. It is important, however, to take account of 바카라사이트 figures over a number of years to get a true picture.��

He added that women comprised around a fifth of 바카라사이트 committee members who made 바카라사이트 decisions on who should get 바카라사이트 funding.

��We do not know why 바카라사이트 numbers this year are so different to previous years but I have asked for an investigation. We need to find out what happened and if we identify problems in our systems we will correct 바카라사이트m,�� he said.

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