The growing literature on gender inequality in academia attests to the challenge that awaits
female researchers during their academic careers. However, research has not yet …

BACKGROUND: Peer review is used to determine what research is funded and published,
yet little is known about its effectiveness, and it is suspected that there may be biases. We …

Peer review is valued in higher education, but also widely criticized in terms of potential
biases, particularly gender. We evaluate gender differences in peer reviews of grant …

Previous studies have found little or no systematic differences in the rates at which female
and male scientists are awarded funding in international grant competitions. However, past …

Obtaining grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is increasingly
competitive, as funding success rates have declined over the past decade. To allocate …

Background Differential participation and success in grant applications may contribute to
women's lesser representation in the sciences. This study's objective was to conduct a …

Peer review is the foundation of quality assurance in scholarly research. Both for the social
study of science and for research policy, it is fundamental to understand the processes …

This paper examines the peer review procedure of a national science funding organization
(Swiss National Science Foundation) by means of the three most frequently studied criteria …

Narrative reviews of peer review research have concluded that there is negligible evidence
of gender bias in the awarding of grants based on peer review. Here, we report the findings …

Research grant funding influences the organisation of academic work and academic
careers. We problematise general approaches to gender bias in research grant funding and …