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Dear Reader,

In our eighth issue, we would like to inform you about the following topics:

- Latest deliverables from the GRANteD project
- Upcoming blog post
- Upcoming dissemination activities
Latest deliverables from the GRANteD project

In the last months, the GRANteD project has achieved great progress: Three deliverables from three different work packages have been submitted and were approved by the European Commission. Here, we want to shortly introduce you to these three deliverables.

D3.2: The Making of a Professor: A large-scale longitudinal Analysis to reveal Gender Disparities in Science Careers

The study examines gender disparities in grant-giving procedures and academic careers using a large data set consisting of researchers with PhD dissertations in Sweden from 1985 to 1994. The data set tracks the researchers’ careers until 2020 (i.e., for all or a large part of the pre-retirement period) – a period of about 40 years. It also includes information on publications in scientific journals and applications to Swedish funding agencies. It shows that in the natural sciences area, the results indicate a consistent male advantage in grant success. Considering that the results also indicate that number of grants has a statistically significant effect on time to professorship, the potential gender disparities in the grant-giving procedures can be assumed to (indirectly) affect women’s careers negatively. In the medical sciences area, the results indicate that men had an advantage concerning grant success in the period before 1997, but there are no such indications concerning the periods from 1997 and after, and the results concerning time to professorship point to an advantage for women when taking merits (grants and publications performance) into account.
D4.1: Conceptualizing, measuring and developing indicators

The deliverable reports the work done in Task 4.1 on developing several core variables for the model explaining gender bias in research funding procedures. Firstly, an alternative approach has been proposed and tested for measuring scholarly performance with bibliometric data. It avoids using individual indicators but is based on the latent dimensions underneath the indicator space. Secondly, the indicators for measuring researcher independence, based on earlier work have been further developed. Thirdly, it investigated whether gender differences in awards and prizes can be explained by gender bias, and the case investigated confirmed that. Fourthly, it has been explored how the role of team characteristics and how the new collected data can be used to include team characteristics in the model. Finally, this deliverable focused on the conceptual and measurement aspects of indicator development.
D5.1: Synthesis report on contextual factors, gender equality policy analysis and gender bias risk analysis

This GRANteD report constitutes a synthesis on contextual factors, gender equality policy analysis and gender bias risk analysis. It explores, first, national funding regimes and national gender equality regimes as broader macro contexts of the five GRANteD core RFOs (FWF – AT; NCN – PL; SFI – IE; SRC – SE; SRDA – SK). This contextual analysis includes how gender equality is or is not foregrounded in the research policies and legislation, as well as gender relations in the research sector. Second, gender equality policies and relevant regulations of the core RFOs have been mapped and analysed through timelines, framings, topics addressed, and measures. A grid for assessing gender bias risk in RFOs is introduced in the report as an innovative tool to map potential gender bias risk areas in RFOs, focusing on seven key areas: Strategy; Structure; Language and Communication; Evaluation; Transparency; Accountability; and Monitoring. Third, the five selected funding instruments included in the study are here analysed, adopting a similar framework for identifying potential gender bias risks.

If you are interested in the deliverables and their outcomes, please visit the GRANteD homepage.
Upcoming blog post: “Gender differences of potential applicants”

Some studies show that more men than women apply for research funding. There are a number of reasons for this finding, which can range from differences in gender proportions across disciplines to disparities in support structures at the universities during the application process. In fall 2022, a GRANteD blog post by Torger Möller, German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies (DZHW), will explore to what extent the application activity of women and men in various disciplines and career stages differs, using a survey of scientists in Germany. What reasons might account for the gender gap of potential applicants?

Stay tuned! The full blog post will be published on the GRANteD Website:
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Upcoming dissemination activities

Unpublished paper as outcome of the 20th Annual STS Conference 2022

Helene Schiffbänker contributed with findings from the GRANteD project to a joint conference paper. The paper is an outcome of the session on “Gender, Science and Technology in a Virtual Academia” held on the STS conference in May in Graz, Austria. The paper is not yet published but you will find it on our website soon.

26th International STI Conference 2022 | 07. – 09.09.2022 | Granada, Spain

Peter van den Besselaar, Torger Möller and Charlie Mom from the GRANteD project will present two main topics from deliverable 4.1 at the STI 2022 Conference in Granada. The 26th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators is held in collaboration with the European Network of Indicator Developers (ENID) and addresses the new issues and challenges that have appeared in Science, Technology and Innovation indicators. Read more here.

The GRANteD consortium wishes you a wonderful summer 🌞🍉🍦⛱️🌞!

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