Fewer women receive research grants – but the reasons are more complicated than you'd think
- Written by: Isabelle Kingsley, Senior Research Associate at the Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockIt likely comes as no surprise that women receive a smaller share of research funding than men. But untangling the underlying reasons is no small feat.
A recently published international review spanning 45 years found that women accounted for just under a quarter of awards.
But our own study of 48,061 grants awarded in Australia by the Au...