Gender balance: Women are funded more fairly in social science

Paul J. Boyle, Lucy K. Smith, Nicola J. Cooper, Kate S. Williams and Henrietta O'Connor
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Paul J. Boyle: Paul J. Boyle is president and vice-chancellor of the University of Leicester, UK. From 2010 to 2014, he was chief executive of the United Kingdom's Economic and Social Research Council.
Lucy K. Smith: University of Leicester, UK.
Nicola J. Cooper: University of Leicester, UK.
Kate S. Williams: University of Leicester, UK.
Henrietta O'Connor: University of Leicester, UK.

Nature, 2015, vol. 525, issue 7568, 181-183

Abstract: UK data hold lessons for how to close the gender gap in bioscience grant applications, success and size, argue Paul Boyle and colleagues.

Date: 2015
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