Being Female: a handicap for researchers in the competion for NCCR.

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Title
Being Female: a handicap for researchers in the competion for NCCR.
Title of the book
Forschungsförderung aus Geschlechterperspektive
Author(s)
Widmer E.D., Levy R., Giudici F.
Publisher
Rüegger Verlag
Address of publication
Zürich
ISBN
978-3-7253-0945-0
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Published
Issued date
2010
Editor
Leemann R. J., Stutz H.
Pages
157-180
Language
english
Abstract
The Swiss National Science Foundation made a call for National Centers fo Competence in Research (NCCR) for the first time in 1999 and 2004. Together, these announcements concerned all disciplines and led to 126 preproposals, which were put forward by 2134 men and women researchers. It can be assumed that this operation mobilised Swiss researchers who regarded themselves as particularly well qualified to conduct high-level research in their field. The article uses network analysis and regression analysis methods to examine to what extend women had a lower success rate than men in the two selection rounds because of their sex. On the whole, the findings attest the gender neutrality of the National Science Foundation's selection procedures. However, they also confirm the well-known fact that women scientists are less represented in the higher echelons of academia and concentrated in the social sciences and humanities, as well as showing that this concentration reduces women's chances of success in scientific competition. The article shows that unequal gender-specific success rates prior to the NCCR funding contest play a fairly significant role.
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