Gender Snapshot Grants commencing in 2014
- Success rates for women exceeded those of men under the Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships, Industrial Transformation Training Centres and Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities schemes.
- Success rates for women and men were similar under the Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Discovery Indigenous and Linkage Projects schemes.
- The success rate for women at 18.3% was slightly lower than for men at 20.0% under the Discovery Projects scheme and under the ARC Centres of Excellence scheme at 48.8% and 52.3% respectively.
- Success rates for women Project Leaders are higher than those of men under ARC Centres of Excellence, Industrial Transformation Training Centres and Australian Laureate Fellowships schemes; while the success rates for women and men Project Leaders are similar under the Discovery Projects, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award and Future Fellowships schemes.
- Women had higher success rates in the two digit Field of Research (FOR) divisions of 07–Agricultural and Veterinary Science, 09–Engineering, 11–Medical and Health Sciences, 12–Built Environment and Design, 14–Economics, 19–Studies in Creative Arts and Writing and 21–History and Archaeology.
- Across all schemes, the participation rates for women were lower than the rates of men, ranging from 15.6% for Industrial Transformation Training Centres to 44.4% for Discovery Indigenous. Participation continues to be monitored by the ARC.
Notes
- The data in this snapshot includes researchers who identified their gender. A very small number of researchers did not provide gender in the ARC database. From 2016 the ARC will be able to report more broadly including data on researchers who identify as female, male, indeterminate/intersex and unspecified.
- The data in this snapshot reflects proposals with funding commencing in 2014.
- The information contained in this dataset is limited to that which was current at the time project proposals were approved for funding and accordingly excludes any post-award variations that may subsequently have been approved.
Tables
- Table 1: Success Rates by Scheme by Gender
- Table 2: Participation Rates by scheme by Gender
- Table 3: Success Rates by Gender of Project Leader by scheme
- Table 4: Participation Rates by Gender of Project Leader by scheme
- Table 5: Success Rates by Two-Digit Field of Research Division by Gender
- Table 6a: Success Rate by Career Age and Gender: All named participants
- Table 6b: Success Rate by Career Age and Gender: Chief Investigator
- Table 6c: Success Rate by Career Age and Gender: Project Leader/Fellow/Awardee
- Table 7: Success Rates for Future Fellowship Level by Gender
- Table 8: Success rate by STEM/HASS discipline area by Gender in Fellowship/Award schemes
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.
2014
|
|
Women |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheme |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
ARC Centres of Excellence |
123 |
60 |
48.8% |
406 |
212 |
52.2% |
|
ARC Future Fellowships |
262 |
50 |
19.1% |
564 |
99 |
17.6% |
|
Australian Laureate Fellowships |
19 |
4 |
21.1% |
71 |
12 |
16.9% |
|
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award |
553 |
76 |
13.7% |
911 |
124 |
13.6% |
|
Discovery Indigenous |
36 |
11 |
30.6% |
45 |
14 |
31.1% |
|
Discovery Projects |
2442 |
448 |
18.3% |
7487 |
1498 |
20.0% |
|
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs |
44 |
19 |
43.2% |
232 |
75 |
32.3% |
|
Industrial Transformation Training Centres |
33 |
19 |
57.6% |
179 |
99 |
55.3% |
|
Learned Academies Special Projects |
7 |
5 |
71.4% |
8 |
5 |
62.5% |
|
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities |
286 |
157 |
54.9% |
1241 |
617 |
49.7% |
|
Linkage Projects |
1059 |
384 |
36.3% |
2773 |
1031 |
37.2% |
Note: The data has not included a total of 50 researchers with 'unknown' gender in submitted proposals.
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.
2014
|
|
Submitted |
Participation rate |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheme |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
|
ARC Centres of Excellence |
123 |
406 |
529 |
23.3% |
76.7% |
|
ARC Future Fellowships |
262 |
564 |
826 |
31.7% |
68.3% |
|
Australian Laureate Fellowships |
19 |
71 |
90 |
21.1% |
78.9% |
|
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award |
553 |
911 |
1464 |
37.8% |
62.2% |
|
Discovery Indigenous |
36 |
45 |
81 |
44.4% |
55.6% |
|
Discovery Projects |
2442 |
7487 |
9929 |
24.6% |
75.4% |
|
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs |
44 |
232 |
276 |
15.9% |
84.1% |
|
Industrial Transformation Training Centres |
33 |
179 |
212 |
15.6% |
84.4% |
|
Learned Academies Special Projects |
7 |
8 |
15 |
46.7% |
53.3% |
|
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities |
286 |
1241 |
1527 |
18.7% |
81.3% |
|
Linkage Projects |
1059 |
2773 |
3832 |
27.6% |
72.4% |
Note: The data has not included a total of 50 researchers with 'unknown' gender in submitted proposals.
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.
2014
|
|
Women |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheme |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
ARC Future Fellowships |
262 |
50 |
19.1% |
564 |
99 |
17.6% |
|
Australian Laureate Fellowships |
19 |
4 |
21.1% |
71 |
12 |
16.9% |
|
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award |
553 |
76 |
13.7% |
911 |
124 |
13.6% |
|
Discovery Indigenous |
14 |
5 |
35.7% |
12 |
5 |
41.7% |
|
Discovery Projects |
888 |
172 |
19.4% |
2643 |
530 |
20.1% |
|
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs |
0 |
|
|
15 |
4 |
26.7% |
|
Industrial Transformation Training Centres |
3 |
2 |
66.7% |
10 |
5 |
50.0% |
|
Learned Academies Special Projects |
3 |
1 |
33.3% |
2 |
1 |
50.0% |
|
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities |
18 |
3 |
16.7% |
130 |
60 |
46.2% |
|
Linkage Projects |
192 |
59 |
30.7% |
506 |
192 |
37.9% |
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.
2014
|
|
Submitted |
Participation rate |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheme |
Women |
Men |
Total |
Women |
Men |
|
ARC Centres of Excellence |
2 |
20 |
22 |
9.1% |
90.9% |
|
ARC Future Fellowships |
262 |
564 |
826 |
31.7% |
68.3% |
|
Australian Laureate Fellowships |
19 |
71 |
90 |
21.1% |
78.9% |
|
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award |
553 |
911 |
1464 |
37.8% |
62.2% |
|
Discovery Indigenous |
14 |
12 |
26 |
53.8% |
46.2% |
|
Discovery Projects |
888 |
2643 |
3531 |
25.1% |
74.9% |
|
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs |
0 |
15 |
15 |
0.0% |
100.0% |
|
Industrial Transformation Training Centres |
3 |
10 |
13 |
23.1% |
76.9% |
|
Learned Academies Special Projects |
3 |
2 |
5 |
60.0% |
40.0% |
|
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities |
18 |
130 |
148 |
12.2% |
87.8% |
|
Linkage Projects |
192 |
506 |
698 |
27.5% |
72.5% |
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, Linkage Academy Special Project.
2014
|
|
Women |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
01 - Mathematical Sciences |
85 |
23 |
27.1% |
480 |
157 |
32.7% |
|
02 - Physical Sciences |
119 |
36 |
30.3% |
854 |
257 |
30.1% |
|
03 - Chemical Sciences |
221 |
63 |
28.5% |
877 |
263 |
30.0% |
|
04 - Earth Sciences |
143 |
31 |
21.7% |
779 |
238 |
30.6% |
|
05 - Environmental Sciences |
169 |
47 |
27.8% |
521 |
163 |
31.3% |
|
06 - Biological Sciences |
486 |
115 |
23.7% |
1576 |
421 |
26.7% |
|
07 - Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences |
93 |
26 |
28.0% |
297 |
68 |
22.9% |
|
08 - Information and Computing Sciences |
198 |
38 |
19.2% |
1094 |
234 |
21.4% |
|
09 - Engineering |
421 |
137 |
32.5% |
3002 |
856 |
28.5% |
|
10 - Technology |
93 |
22 |
23.7% |
617 |
196 |
31.8% |
|
11 - Medical and Health Sciences |
483 |
122 |
25.3% |
593 |
144 |
24.3% |
|
12 - Built Environment and Design |
144 |
28 |
19.4% |
268 |
32 |
11.9% |
|
13 - Education |
288 |
59 |
20.5% |
231 |
51 |
22.1% |
|
14 - Economics |
90 |
28 |
31.1% |
275 |
76 |
27.6% |
|
15 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
201 |
25 |
12.4% |
440 |
66 |
15.0% |
|
16 - Studies in Human Society |
551 |
142 |
25.8% |
650 |
174 |
26.8% |
|
17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |
306 |
70 |
22.9% |
409 |
110 |
26.9% |
|
18 - Law and Legal Studies |
151 |
38 |
25.2% |
185 |
65 |
35.1% |
|
19 - Studies in Creative Arts and Writing |
128 |
43 |
33.6% |
130 |
37 |
28.5% |
|
20 - Language, Communication and Culture |
257 |
64 |
24.9% |
247 |
85 |
34.4% |
|
21 - History and Archaeology |
169 |
65 |
38.5% |
249 |
74 |
29.7% |
|
22 - Philosophy and Religious Studies |
61 |
6 |
9.8% |
138 |
17 |
12.3% |
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.
2014
|
|
<5yrs |
5 - 10yrs |
10-15yrs |
15-20yrs |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Female |
959 |
165 |
17.2% |
1010 |
198 |
19.6% |
833 |
189 |
22.7% |
559 |
142 |
25.4% |
|
Male |
1784 |
341 |
19.1% |
2155 |
469 |
21.8% |
1969 |
423 |
21.5% |
1541 |
355 |
23.0% |
|
|
20 - 25yrs |
25 - 30yrs |
30+yrs |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Female |
343 |
90 |
26.2% |
131 |
41 |
31.3% |
162 |
42 |
25.9% |
|
Male |
1341 |
326 |
24.3% |
943 |
249 |
26.4% |
1271 |
382 |
30.1% |
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.
2014
|
|
<5yrs |
5 - 10yrs |
10-15yrs |
15-20yrs |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Female |
864 |
139 |
16.1% |
882 |
165 |
18.7% |
709 |
156 |
22.0% |
454 |
111 |
24.4% |
|
Male |
1580 |
285 |
18.0% |
1735 |
364 |
21.0% |
1502 |
299 |
19.9% |
1097 |
253 |
23.1% |
|
|
20 - 25yrs |
25 - 30yrs |
30+yrs |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Female |
265 |
75 |
28.3% |
108 |
33 |
30.6% |
122 |
30 |
24.6% |
|
Male |
916 |
234 |
25.5% |
672 |
175 |
26.0% |
832 |
256 |
30.8% |
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.
2014
|
|
<5yrs |
5 - 10yrs |
10-15yrs |
15-20yrs |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Female |
569 |
83 |
14.6% |
467 |
81 |
17.3% |
346 |
76 |
22.0% |
227 |
51 |
22.5% |
|
Male |
1052 |
149 |
14.2% |
947 |
186 |
19.6% |
832 |
155 |
18.6% |
559 |
120 |
21.5% |
|
|
20 - 25yrs |
25 - 30yrs |
30+yrs |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Female |
140 |
38 |
27.1% |
61 |
20 |
32.8% |
55 |
10 |
18.2% |
|
Male |
459 |
126 |
27.5% |
342 |
101 |
29.5% |
386 |
116 |
30.1% |
Table 7: Success Rates for Future Fellowship Level by Gender
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.
2014
|
|
Women |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary Level |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
Level 1 |
155 |
30 |
19.4% |
378 |
65 |
17.2% |
|
Level 2 |
85 |
15 |
17.6% |
143 |
27 |
18.9% |
|
Level 3 |
22 |
5 |
22.7% |
43 |
7 |
16.3% |
|
All levels |
262 |
50 |
19.1% |
564 |
99 |
17.6% |
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.
2014
|
|
Women |
Men |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
Submitted |
Funded |
Success rate |
|
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) |
489 |
74 |
15.1% |
1266 |
198 |
15.6% |
|
HASS (Humanities Arts and Social Sciences) |
345 |
56 |
16.2% |
280 |
37 |
13.2% |