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Gender Differences in Grant Submissions across Science and Engineering Fields at the NSF.


ABSTRACT: There has been great growth in women's participation in the US academic doctoral workforce, but underrepresentation remains in all science and engineering fields, especially at high academic ranks. We obtained estimates of the numbers of professorial women and men in fields likely to seek funding from the National Science Foundation and aligned those numbers with each of six research directorates to investigate temporal trends in submission patterns. We found that women are as likely to be funded as men, but the percentage of women submitting proposals was less than expected in every field but engineering. Women are as likely as men to be employed at the most research active institutions, but women are less likely than men to self-report research as their primary work activity in almost all fields but engineering. This work imbalance ultimately limits the diversity of basic science research ideas in science and engineering.

SUBMITTER: RissleR LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7498325 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gender Differences in Grant Submissions across Science and Engineering Fields at the NSF.

RissleR Leslie J LJ   Hale Katherine L KL   Joffe Nina R NR   Caruso Nicholas M NM  

Bioscience 20200729 9


There has been great growth in women's participation in the US academic doctoral workforce, but underrepresentation remains in all science and engineering fields, especially at high academic ranks. We obtained estimates of the numbers of professorial women and men in fields likely to seek funding from the National Science Foundation and aligned those numbers with each of six research directorates to investigate temporal trends in submission patterns. We found that women are as likely to be funde  ...[more]

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