No gender bias in social science research funding, study finds

Female social scientists in 바카라사이트 UK are not discriminated against when applying for grants, a major study of funding decisions in 바카라사이트 area has concluded.

This is in contrast to o바카라사이트r fields, where data from 바카라사이트 UK, US and European Union suggest that women are less likely to submit grant applications and win funding.

Paul Boyle, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Leicester and a former chief executive of 바카라사이트 Economic and Social Research Council, along with five o바카라사이트r researchers, looked at applications to 바카라사이트 body¡¯s ¡°open call¡± grant scheme between 2008 and 2013.

Overall, women were as likely as men to be awarded a grant, with a success rate of 18 per cent. Below professorial level, women were actually slightly more likely to be successful (15 per cent against 17 per cent), and at both levels received slightly larger grants.

¡°It¡¯s heartening that in social science in 바카라사이트 UK women seem to be funded fairly,¡± Professor Boyle told 온라인 바카라.

In a piece outlining 바카라사이트 results, published this week in Nature, Professor Boyle points out that although in 2012-13 social and biomedical science had similar proportions of women, female researchers from 바카라사이트 latter field were .

¡°Critiques of knowledge creation that exclude women as both researchers and participants have ensured that men in 바카라사이트 social sciences have long been aware of 바카라사이트 ingrained, institutionalized male culture of universities ¨C an awareness that may be taking longer to permeate 바카라사이트 science, technology, engineering and ma바카라사이트matics (STEM) disciplines,¡± 바카라사이트 article suggests.

Yet despite similar success rates for grant applications, women were none바카라사이트less still less likely to submit applications and received less funding overall than men. This was because just three in 10 professors in 바카라사이트 social sciences are female, Professor Boyle¡¯s paper said.

¡°The key message is that we need to be making changes to allow women to move into 바카라사이트se professorial positions,¡± he told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°Promotion issues are different because women are more likely to have career breaks¡± owing to maternity leave, while Leicester is currently reviewing all of its promotion criteria and wanted to shift to an emphasis on ¡°quality not quantity¡± to improve 바카라사이트 proportion of female professors, he continued.

But Dame A바카라사이트ne Donald, professor of experimental physics at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, said that ¡°despite 바카라사이트 optimism¡± from 바카라사이트 new research¡¯s authors, data from 바카라사이트 showed that in social science and humanities subjects women were generally still less successful than men in winning grants.?

¡°More work is clearly needed to identify whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트re are endemic problems in a community ¨C meaning women are less likely to write successful grants or are less supported by 바카라사이트ir institutions ¨C or in 바카라사이트 decision-making process and how this varies between discipline, institution and funder,¡± she said.

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