Gender Snapshot Grants commencing in 2015

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Table 1:  Success Rates by Scheme by Gender 

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on proposals, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.  

Note 2: An individual research participant may be involved in more than one project in one or more scheme rounds. The participant is counted more than once in these cases.

2015

Scheme	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
ARC Future Fellowships	110	21	19.1%	205	29	14.1%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	4	15.4%	89	11	12.4%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	498	73	14.7%	895	126	14.1%
Discovery Indigenous	54	22	40.7%	47	13	27.7%
Discovery Projects	2696	473	17.5%	8054	1479	18.4%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	23	12	52.2%	180	94	52.2%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	41	9	22.0%	260	83	31.9%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	316	137	43.4%	1331	644	48.4%
Linkage Projects	854	291	34.1%	2443	889	36.4%

Note - The data has not included a total of 33 researchers with 'unknown' gender in submitted proposals.

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Table 2: Participation Rates by scheme by Gender

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on proposals, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database. 

Note 2: An individual research participant may be involved in more than one project in one or more scheme rounds. The participant is counted more than once in these cases.

2015

Scheme	Submitted			Participation rate
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men
ARC Future Fellowships	110	205	315	34.9%	65.1%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	89	115	22.6%	77.4%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	498	895	1393	35.8%	64.2%
Discovery Indigenous	54	47	101	53.5%	46.5%
Discovery Projects	2696	8054	10750	25.1%	74.9%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	23	180	203	11.3%	88.7%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	41	260	301	13.6%	86.4%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	316	1331	1647	19.2%	80.8%
Linkage Projects	854	2443	3297	25.9%	74.1%

Note - The data has not included a total of 33 researchers with 'unknown' gender in submitted proposals.

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Table 3:  Success Rates by Gender of Project Leader by scheme

Note 1: Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

Note 2: An individual research participant may be involved in more than one project in one or more scheme rounds. The participant is counted more than once in these cases.

2015

 

Scheme	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	4	15.4%	89	11	12.4%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	498	73	14.7%	895	126	14.1%
Discovery Indigenous	16	7	43.8%	16	3	18.8%
Discovery Projects	934	158	16.9%	2751	506	18.4%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	1	0	0.0%	10	5	50.0%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	2	0	0.0%	15	5	33.3%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	30	10	33.3%	129	56	43.4%
Linkage Projects	190	60	31.6%	518	191	36.9%

 

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Table 4:  Participation Rates by Gender of Project Leader by scheme 

Note 1: Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database. 

Note 2: An individual research participant may be involved in more than one project in one or more scheme rounds. The participant is counted more than once in these cases.

2015

Scheme	Submitted			Participation rate
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men
ARC Future Fellowships	110	205	315	34.9%	65.1%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	89	115	22.6%	77.4%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	498	895	1393	35.8%	64.2%
Discovery Indigenous	16	16	32	50.0%	50.0%
Discovery Projects	934	2751	3685	25.3%	74.7%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	1	10	11	9.1%	90.9%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	2	15	17	11.8%	88.2%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	30	129	159	18.9%	81.1%
Linkage Projects	190	518	708	26.8%	73.2%

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Table 5: Success Rates by Two-Digit Field of Research Division by Gender

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on proposals, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

Note 2: Two Digit Field of Research Division is determined by the Field of Research Code assigned to the proposal by investigators

Note 3: NCGP Schemes included: Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships,Linkage Projects, Linkage Infrastructure Equipment and Facilities, Industrial Transformation Research Hubs, Industrial Transformation Training Centres, ARC Centres of Excellence and Special Research Initiatives.

2015

 

Discipline	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
01 - Mathematical Sciences	77	13	16.9%	526	94	17.9%
02 - Physical Sciences	113	45	39.8%	835	236	28.3%
03 - Chemical Sciences	145	39	26.9%	677	166	24.5%
04 - Earth Sciences	161	53	32.9%	687	209	30.4%
05 - Environmental Sciences	154	26	16.9%	532	134	25.2%
06 - Biological Sciences	538	116	21.6%	1533	415	27.1%
07 - Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	81	13	16.0%	309	61	19.7%
08 - Information and Computing Sciences	173	38	22.0%	999	202	20.2%
09 - Engineering	442	94	21.3%	3152	843	26.7%
10 - Technology	131	47	35.9%	749	257	34.3%
11 - Medical and Health Sciences	290	50	17.2%	372	76	20.4%
12 - Built Environment and Design	109	11	10.1%	271	44	16.2%
13 - Education	277	67	24.2%	230	62	27.0%
14 - Economics	70	22	31.4%	200	66	33.0%
15 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services	186	20	10.8%	364	47	12.9%
16 - Studies in Human Society	542	122	22.5%	607	104	17.1%
17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	363	50	13.8%	478	107	22.4%
18 - Law and Legal Studies	119	21	17.6%	144	19	13.2%
19 - Studies in Creative Arts and Writing	142	39	27.5%	205	66	32.2%
20 - Language, Communication and Culture	267	55	20.6%	238	50	21.0%
21 - History and Archaeology	177	85	48.0%	243	90	37.0%
22 - Philosophy and Religious Studies	61	16	26.2%	153	20	13.1%

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Table 6a: Success Rate by Career Age and Gender: All named participants

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on proposals, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

Note 2: Career age is calculated on basis of reported PhD award date in submitted proposals to the ARC and the last day of submission in the scheme each round. It is possible that the same person reported a different PhD award date in the database and where this is the case, the earliest PhD date was taken as the PhD date for use in analysis here.

Note 3: NCGP schemes with career age data available included: Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships and Linkage Projects schemes.

2015

Gender	<5yrs			5–10yrs			10–15yrs			15–20yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
female	888	162	18.2%	976	191	19.6%	845	178	21.1%	615	140	22.8%
male	1704	299	17.5%	1979	384	19.4%	1975	402	20.4%	1780	393	22.1%

 

Gender	20–25yrs			25–30yrs			30+yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
female	380	79	20.8%	175	35	20.0%	174	43	24.7%
male	1422	343	24.1%	994	237	23.8%	1383	341	24.7%

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Table 6b: Success Rate by Career Age and Gender: Chief Investigator

Note 1: This includes all Chief Investigators on proposals. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

Note 2: Career age is calculated on basis of reported PhD award date in submitted proposals to the ARC and the last day of submission in the scheme each round. It is possible that the same person reported a different PhD award date in the database and where this is the case, the earliest PhD date was taken as the PhD date for use in analysis here.

Note 3: NCGP schemes with career age data available included: Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships and Linkage Projects schemes.

2015

Gender	<5yrs			5–10yrs			10–15yrs			15–20yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
female	814	149	18.3%	845	165	19.5%	712	147	20.6%	512	122	23.8%
male	1508	254	16.8%	1588	296	18.6%	1477	300	20.3%	1278	278	21.8%

 

Gender	20–25yrs			25–30yrs			30+yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
female	280	52	18.6%	131	25	19.1%	121	31	25.6%
male	990	250	25.3%	678	161	23.7%	898	235	26.2%

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Table 6c: Success Rate by Career Age and Gender: Project Leader/Fellow/Awardee 

Note 1: This includes Project Leaders (1st named Chief Investigators) and Fellows/Awardees on proposals. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

Note 2: Career age is calculated on basis of reported PhD award date in submitted proposals to the ARC and the last day of submission in the scheme each round. It is possible that the same person reported a different PhD award date in the database and where this is the case, the earliest PhD date was taken as the PhD date for use in analysis here.

Note 3: NCGP schemes with career age data available included: Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships and Linkage Projects schemes.

2015

Gender	<5yrs			5–10yrs			10–15yrs			15–20yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
female	485	74	15.3%	412	69	16.7%	339	68	20.1%	263	58	22.1%
male	979	139	14.2%	777	120	15.4%	782	143	18.3%	651	136	20.9%

 

Gender	20–25yrs			25–30yrs			30+yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
female	141	19	13.5%	69	16	23.2%	55	15	27.3%
male	515	133	25.8%	340	79	23.2%	414	113	27.3%

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Table 7: Success Rates for Future Fellowship Level by Gender

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on proposals, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified their gender were included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

2015

Salary Level	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Level 1	35	9	25.7%	75	13	17.3%
Level 2	34	7	20.6%	80	9	11.3%
Level 3	41	5	12.2%	50	7	14.0%
All levels	110	21	19.1%	205	29	14.1%

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Table 8: Success rate by STEM/HASS discipline area by Gender in Fellowship/Award schemes

Note 1: Discipline area is determined by Field of Research Code assigned by Investigators. STEM (01 – Mathematical Sciences, 02 – Physical Sciences, 03 – Chemical Sciences, 04 – Earth Sciences, 05 – Environmental Sciences, 06 – Biological Sciences, 07 – Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, 08 – Information and Computing Sciences, 09 – Engineering, 10 – Technology, 11 – Medical and Health Sciences, 17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences); HASS (12 – Built Environment and Design, 13 – Education, 14 – Economics, 15 – Commerce, Management, Tourism & Services, 16 – Studies In Human Society, 18 – Law and Legal Studies, 19 – Studies In Creative Arts and Writing, 20 – Language, Communication and Culture, 21 – History and Archaeology, 22 – Philosophy and Religious Studies)

Note 2: Only researchers who identified their gender were included. A very small number of researchers did not identify their gender in the ARC database.

Note 3: NCGP schemes included: Australian Laureate Fellowships, Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.

2015

Discipline	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)	400	64	16.0%	951	135	14.2%
HASS (Humanities Arts and Social Sciences)	234	34	14.5%	238	31	13.0%

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