Gender differences in Dutch research funding over time: A statistical investigation of the innovation scheme 2012-2021.

Background In 2015, the Dutch research council, NWO, took measures to combat gender bias disadvantaging female applicants in a popular three-tiered funding scheme called the Talent Programme. The innovation scheme consists of three grants for different career stages, called Veni, Vidi and Vici. Objectives This paper studies the question whether or not NWO has been successful in removing gender differences in their funding procedure. Methods Using all available data from 2012 onwards of grant applications in the Talent Programme (16,249 applications of which 2,449 received funding), we study wh... Mehr ...