Gender Differences in Australian Research Grant Awards, Applications, Amounts, and Workforce Participation
Gender differences in the outcomes of competitive grant programs have been detected, though the evidence is mixed. We modelled twenty years (2000–2020) of Australian national competitive grants and funding amounts according to lead investigator gender. We also explored if gender differences in awarded grants mirrored application rates and/or estimates of research workforce participation by gender. The dataset contained 46,912 awarded grants. We incorporated grant application and research workforce data. We found that fewer awarded grants were led by women than men; however, overall success rates of grant applications did not vary according to lead investigator gender. There were fewer women than men in the research workforce. The award rate (awarded grants relative to workforce participation) was slightly higher for women than men. Most of the observed gender differences were largest at senior-career levels. Gender differences in the number of awarded grants reduced over the period of the study, with the strongest temporal trend amongst senior-career researchers. Overall, success rates approximately halved over the 20-year period. The degree of decline varied by career seniority and gender. Gender differences in awarded grants varied by field of research, broadly mirroring differences in application and workforce participation rates within each field of research. Funding amounts per awarded grant did not vary by the gender of the lead investigator. Together these patterns imply that fewer women in the research workforce and leading grant applications have resulted in fewer awarded grants led by women than by men
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[2023]
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Authors: | Kingsley, Isabelle ; Slavich, Eve ; Harvey-Smith, Lisa ; Johnston, Emma L. ; Williams, Lisa A. |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Subject: | Australien | Australia | Geschlecht | Gender | Weibliche Arbeitskräfte | Women workers |
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