Strategies to prevent or reduce gender bias in peer review of research grants: a rapid scoping review

AC Tricco, SM Thomas, J Antony, P Rios, R Robson… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Objective To review the literature on strategies implemented or identified to prevent or
reduce gender bias in peer review of research grants. Methods Studies of any type of …

[HTML][HTML] Does gender matter in grant peer review?

R Mutz, L Bornmann, HD Daniel - Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2015 - econtent.hogrefe.com
One of the most frequently voiced criticisms of the peer review process is gender bias. In this
study we evaluated the grant peer review process (external reviewers' ratings, and board of …

Gender differences in grant peer review: A meta-analysis

L Bornmann, R Mutz, HD Daniel - Journal of Informetrics, 2007 - Elsevier
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 …

Female grant applicants are equally successful when peer reviewers assess the science, but not when they assess the scientist

HO Witteman, M Hendricks, S Straus, C Tannenbaum - Biorxiv, 2017 - biorxiv.org
Background Funding agencies around the world show gender gaps in grant success, with
women often receiving less funding than men. However, these studies have been …

Gender diversity of research consortia contributes to funding decisions in a multi-stage grant peer-review process

S Bianchini, P Llerena, S Öcalan-Özel… - Humanities and Social …, 2022 - nature.com
This study seeks to draw connections between the grant proposal peer-review and the
gender representation in research consortia. We examined the implementation of a multi …

Gender differences in peer reviews of grant applications: A substantive-methodological synergy in support of the null hypothesis model

HW Marsh, UW Jayasinghe, NW Bond - Journal of Informetrics, 2011 - Elsevier
Peer review serves a gatekeeper role, the final arbiter of what is valued in academia, but is
widely criticized in terms of potential biases—particularly in relation to gender. In this …

Gender effects in the peer reviews of grant proposals: A comprehensive meta-analysis comparing traditional and multilevel approaches

HW Marsh, L Bornmann, R Mutz… - Review of …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
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 …

The foundation and consequences of gender bias in grant peer review processes

R Morgan, K Hawkins, J Lundine - CMAJ, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
Women are underrepresented as authors of research articles, 2 and less frequently cited
than men. 7 An observational study of collaboration on journal articles, for example, found …

Assessment of potential bias in research grant peer review in Canada

R Tamblyn, N Girard, CJ Qian, J Hanley - Cmaj, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
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 …

Gender and other potential biases in peer review: cross-sectional analysis of 38 250 external peer review reports

A Severin, J Martins, R Heyard, F Delavy, A Jorstad… - BMJ open, 2020 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To examine whether the gender of applicants and peer reviewers and other
factors influence peer review of grant proposals submitted to a national funding agency …