Gender gap in grant applications for EPSRC funding

Underrepresentation of women in the engineering and physical sciences remains one of  EPSRC’s (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) largest equality, diversity and inclusion challenges and is a well-known issue in the engineering and physical sciences community. EPSRC recently published a report on the gender balance of their grant portfolio.

It presented a stark picture of under-funding of women scientists. This interesting post summarises some of the findings of the report and discusses their implications.