Gender Outcomes: NCGP Trend data

Gender Outcomes: NCGP Trend data (also available in Excel format)

• The 'Gender outcomes: NCGP trend data' contains selected summary gender statistics intended to provide an overview of gender outcomes in ARC funding under the NCGP.
• The data in this report includes researchers who identified as female or male. Since 2016, the ARC has collected data on researchers who identify as indeterminate/intersex as well. This information is included in the summary table but is not in the remaining tables because the numbers are too small for analysis.
• Data for Linkage Projects 2019 have included LP19.1 and LP19.2 only. Outcomes for other applications in this scheme round have not yet been finalised. Data for Special Research Initiatives 2018 have included applications for funding commencing in 2019.
• The information contained in this dataset is limited to that which was current at the time project applications were approved for funding and accordingly excludes any post-award variations that may subsequently have been approved. For example:
  • the funding may not have been taken up by the investigator(s) after the project was awarded,
  • the scope of the research activity may have changed if the amount allocated was less than that requested,
  • investigators may have been added to, or removed, from the project,
  • the project may have prematurely ceased,
  • the project may have been extended for funding for more years following ARC review.

Funding Schemes

The Grant Guidelines for each scheme round document the specific conditions for each grant including funding amount, eligibility and duration. For information on specific funding schemes, please refer to the ARC website.

National Competitive Grants Program (NCGP)

Discovery Program schemes
Australian Laureate Fellowships
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA)
Discovery Indigenous
Discovery Projects
Future Fellowships

Linkage Program schemes
ARC Centres of Excellence
Industrial Transformation Research Program
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Linkage Learned Academies Special Projects
Linkage Projects
Special Research Initiatives

Legacy schemes
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development
Federation Fellowships
Super Science Fellowships
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities
Thinking Systems

Please refer to the ARC website for a full list of Legacy Schemes.

Summary

Number of researchers in applications and projects by gender and scheme round year, all scheme rounds announced by Minister 

	Applications	Funded
Scheme Start Yr	Female	Indeterminate/Intersex	Male	Unspecified	Female	Indeterminate/Intersex	Male	Unspecified
2002	2199		8055		817		3221
2003	4285		15302	1	1825		7090	1
2004	3338		11429		1189		4201
2005	3163		10945		1179		4257
2006	3531		10932		1036		3628
2007	3724		10919		1088		3565
2008	3874		11619	1	1188		3819	1
2009	4406		12585		1365		4157
2010	4324		12578	8	1393		4233	6
2011	4481		12363	26	1487		4205	6
2012	5066		13021	43	1294		3710	11
2013	5034		13557	47	1293		3846	13
2014	4864		13921	49	1233		3790	14
2015	4618		13507	29	1042		3368	10
2016	4743	4	14811	32	1101	1	3591	6
2017	4681	2	13686	25	1059	1	3306	8
2018	4600	1	12802	39	1061		2996	8
2019	3838	1	10122	24	939		2307	6

Scheme

Table 1: Success rate by Gender by Selected scheme

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Scheme Name	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ARC Centres of Excellence			36.7%	36.6%			9.2%	13.4%
ARC Future Fellowships															20.8%	20.4%	27.0%	26.1%
Australian Laureate Fellowships															10.5%	10.1%	23.5%	13.8%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Discovery Indigenous
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development	37.9%	47.1%	50.0%	75.0%	17.4%	35.7%	46.7%	53.8%	50.0%	70.0%	80.8%	56.0%	33.3%	41.7%	35.6%	46.2%	40.5%	46.9%
Discovery Projects	26.2%	28.0%	24.2%	30.4%	27.5%	28.7%	30.1%	35.3%	23.9%	28.1%	18.4%	23.5%	21.1%	23.5%	19.6%	22.4%	21.2%	25.3%
Federation Fellowships	11.1%	13.2%	44.4%	12.3%	18.2%	17.4%	8.3%	13.4%	7.1%	16.1%	12.5%	15.9%	15.8%	8.0%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Learned Academies Special Projects	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
Linkage - CSIRO			10.7%	15.9%
Linkage - International	87.1%	86.9%	51.1%	56.0%	4.0%	8.9%	100.0%	100.0%	31.6%	28.5%	20.1%	26.5%	21.8%	32.2%	15.9%	34.6%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	50.5%	56.3%	73.3%	67.5%	51.6%	59.5%	63.2%	52.3%	42.5%	56.9%	53.2%	52.5%	51.3%	52.5%	55.6%	55.4%	53.0%	50.0%
Linkage Projects	51.5%	53.4%	50.9%	50.6%	52.0%	53.5%	47.5%	47.8%	35.6%	38.0%	46.1%	47.0%	47.6%	48.3%	49.8%	50.1%	46.7%	46.6%
Research Networks					31.8%	31.0%
Special Research Initiatives		100.0%	55.1%	60.3%			61.6%	62.4%			100.0%					100.0%		100.0%
Super Science Fellowships																	46.2%	47.6%
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities
Thinking Systems									10.0%	11.3%

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Scheme Name	Female	Male	female	male	female	male	female	male	female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ARC Centres of Excellence	100.0%	100.0%					48.8%	52.2%					43.3%	53.3%
ARC Future Fellowships	30.4%	30.8%	37.3%	33.6%	16.8%	16.1%	19.1%	17.6%	19.1%	14.1%	26.8%	32.7%	38.3%	26.3%	19.7%	19.6%	20.5%	15.2%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	10.0%	12.8%	18.2%	15.1%	28.6%	13.3%	21.1%	16.9%	15.4%	12.4%	15.0%	12.5%	15.4%	15.1%	18.5%	10.3%	22.9%	7.9%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award			13.8%	12.2%	14.3%	16.5%	13.7%	13.6%	14.7%	14.1%	17.7%	15.9%	17.7%	16.2%	20.0%	14.0%	19.1%	15.9%
Discovery Indigenous			36.1%	35.3%	33.3%	34.0%	30.6%	31.1%	40.7%	27.7%	19.1%	32.7%	33.3%	40.0%	41.4%	25.0%	58.5%	36.8%
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development	50.0%	41.4%
Discovery Projects	23.9%	24.3%	18.9%	23.5%	18.3%	21.6%	18.3%	20.0%	17.5%	18.4%	17.6%	18.1%	17.5%	18.1%	20.4%	18.9%	22.9%	22.6%
Federation Fellowships
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs			43.2%	37.6%	48.7%	53.0%	43.2%	32.3%	52.2%	52.2%			52.6%	74.4%	38.6%	52.3%	54.4%	24.1%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres					30.9%	27.2%	57.6%	55.3%	22.0%	31.9%	30.6%	26.4%	30.4%	42.0%	23.4%	27.9%	37.6%	32.5%
Learned Academies Special Projects			100.0%	100.0%			71.4%	62.5%					53.3%	40.9%
Linkage - CSIRO
Linkage - International
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	54.0%	52.6%	53.9%	49.5%	40.2%	46.5%	54.9%	49.7%	43.4%	48.4%	29.7%	34.1%	31.2%	30.7%	25.8%	32.1%	26.2%	25.8%
Linkage Projects	45.1%	46.7%	36.0%	36.4%	40.0%	40.8%	36.3%	37.2%	34.1%	36.4%	35.3%	35.5%	33.4%	34.3%	29.4%	35.5%
Research Networks
Special Research Initiatives	100.0%	100.0%	48.0%	64.7%				100.0%							21.3%	30.0%
Super Science Fellowships	60.0%	50.3%
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities														100.0%
Thinking Systems

Table 2: Submitted applications by Gender by Selected scheme

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Scheme Name	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ARC Centres of Excellence			90	672			239	1369
ARC Future Fellowships															283	692	230	529
Australian Laureate Fellowships															19	129	17	80
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Discovery Indigenous
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development	29	17	18	8	23	14	15	13	4	10	26	25	36	24	45	39	42	32
Discovery Projects	1322	4629	1531	5291	1431	4779	1612	5179	1857	5709	2184	6228	2304	6793	2431	7016	2372	7328
Federation Fellowships	18	174	9	163	11	132	24	164	14	149	16	113	19	138
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Learned Academies Special Projects	3	3	2	3	2	3	1	4		4	3	13	8	18	6	5	10	20
Linkage - CSIRO			56	201
Linkage - International	85	411	88	420	50	180	39	189	190	905	189	717	188	736	69	260
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	103	757	90	683	161	904	171	1166	285	1224	280	1304	318	1434	349	1678	400	1585
Linkage Projects	639	2058	794	2669	861	2502	989	2542	1131	2640	1025	2519	1001	2476	1204	2764	1214	2811
Research Networks					799	2915
Special Research Initiatives		5	1607	5190			73	319			1					2		2
Super Science Fellowships																	39	191
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities
Thinking Systems									50	291

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Scheme Name	Female	Male	female	male	female	male	female	male	female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ARC Centres of Excellence	56	227					123	406					127	460
ARC Future Fellowships	194	467	177	425	400	832	262	564	110	205	97	226	107	186	157	347	200	387
Australian Laureate Fellowships	30	109	22	86	14	98	19	71	26	89	20	104	26	86	27	107	35	114
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award			870	1286	470	808	553	911	498	895	402	813	435	760	436	773	470	691
Discovery Indigenous			36	34	45	50	36	45	54	47	68	52	42	65	70	72	65	38
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development	28	29
Discovery Projects	2639	7448	2380	7001	2314	6973	2442	7487	2696	8057	2588	8165	2800	8291	2443	7348	2465	6776
Federation Fellowships
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs			37	101	39	249	44	232	23	180			19	117	57	214	79	274
Industrial Transformation Training Centres					55	158	33	179	41	260	85	435	125	512	154	562	133	514
Learned Academies Special Projects			8	16			7	8					15	22
Linkage - CSIRO
Linkage - International
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	289	1271	297	1347	291	1342	286	1241	316	1331	296	1445	356	1568	318	1472	344	1248
Linkage Projects	1216	2631	1137	2623	1406	3047	1059	2774	854	2444	1187	3571	629	1617	877	1660
Research Networks
Special Research Initiatives	4	18	102	102				3							61	247
Super Science Fellowships	25	163
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities														2
Thinking Systems

Table 3: Funded projects by Gender by Selected scheme

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Scheme Name	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ARC Centres of Excellence			33	246			22	183
ARC Future Fellowships															59	141	62	138
Australian Laureate Fellowships															2	13	4	11
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
Discovery Indigenous
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development	11	8	9	6	4	5	7	7	2	7	21	14	12	10	16	18	17	15
Discovery Projects	346	1,298	370	1,607	394	1,372	485	1,829	444	1,602	401	1,461	485	1,595	477	1,574	503	1,854
Federation Fellowships	2	23	4	20	2	23	2	22	1	24	2	18	3	11
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs
Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Learned Academies Special Projects	3	3	2	3	2	3	1	4		4	3	13	8	18	6	5	10	20
Linkage - CSIRO			6	32
Linkage - International	74	357	45	235	2	16	39	189	60	258	38	190	41	237	11	90
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	52	426	66	461	83	538	108	610	121	696	149	685	163	753	194	930	212	793
Linkage Projects	329	1,100	404	1,350	448	1,339	470	1,214	403	1,004	473	1,184	476	1,195	600	1,384	567	1,309
Research Networks					254	905
Special Research Initiatives		5	886	3,128			45	199			1					2		2
Super Science Fellowships																	18	91
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities
Thinking Systems									5	33

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
Scheme Name	Female	Male	female	male	female	male	female	male	female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
ARC Centres of Excellence	56	227					60	212					55	245
ARC Future Fellowships	59	144	66	143	67	134	50	99	21	29	26	74	41	49	31	68	41	59
Australian Laureate Fellowships	3	14	4	13	4	13	4	12	4	11	3	13	4	13	5	11	8	9
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award			120	157	67	133	76	124	73	126	71	129	77	123	87	108	90	110
Discovery Indigenous			13	12	15	17	11	14	22	13	13	17	14	26	29	18	38	14
Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development	14	12
Discovery Projects	632	1,811	449	1,643	424	1,507	448	1,498	473	1,480	455	1,481	491	1,501	498	1,386	564	1,528
Federation Fellowships
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs			16	38	19	132	19	75	12	94			10	87	22	112	43	66
Industrial Transformation Training Centres					17	43	19	99	9	83	26	115	38	215	36	157	50	167
Learned Academies Special Projects			8	16			5	5					8	9
Linkage - CSIRO
Linkage - International
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	156	668	160	667	117	624	157	617	137	644	88	493	111	482	82	472	90	322
Linkage Projects	548	1,229	409	955	563	1,243	384	1,032	291	889	419	1,269	210	554	258	590
Research Networks
Special Research Initiatives	4	18	49	66				3							13	74
Super Science Fellowships	15	82
Supporting Responses to Commonwealth Science Council Priorities														2
Thinking Systems

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on applications, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified as female or male are included. A very small number of researchers did not identify as female or male.
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.

Field of Research

Table 4: Success rates by Two Digit Field of Research (FoR) by Gender by Year

		Female	Male
FoR2D	Scheme Start Year	Received	Funded	Success Rate	Received	Funded	Success Rate
01 Mathematical Sciences	2010	62	16	25.8%	443	159	35.9%
2011	63	19	30.2%	462	153	33.1%
2012	61	15	24.6%	431	161	37.4%
2013	85	17	20.0%	451	119	26.4%
2014	85	23	27.1%	480	157	32.7%
2015	77	13	16.9%	527	95	18.0%
2016	101	24	23.8%	565	132	23.4%
2017	79	18	22.8%	501	92	18.4%
2018	79	32	40.5%	492	133	27.0%
2019	71	21	29.6%	450	113	25.1%
02 Physical Sciences	2010	133	38	28.6%	796	277	34.8%
2011	129	58	45.0%	1001	426	42.6%
2012	115	40	34.8%	782	211	27.0%
2013	118	35	29.7%	856	243	28.4%
2014	119	36	30.3%	854	257	30.1%
2015	113	45	39.8%	835	236	28.3%
2016	117	39	33.3%	959	285	29.7%
2017	179	66	36.9%	1200	399	33.3%
2018	144	37	25.7%	790	170	21.5%
2019	136	37	27.2%	718	185	25.8%
03 Chemical Sciences	2010	206	67	32.5%	930	316	34.0%
2011	159	60	37.7%	749	239	31.9%
2012	209	52	24.9%	898	263	29.3%
2013	161	30	18.6%	872	264	30.3%
2014	221	63	28.5%	877	263	30.0%
2015	145	39	26.9%	677	166	24.5%
2016	189	36	19.0%	898	189	21.0%
2017	194	56	28.9%	900	274	30.4%
2018	151	30	19.9%	734	150	20.4%
2019	173	51	29.5%	741	197	26.6%
04 Earth Sciences	2010	121	59	48.8%	661	284	43.0%
2011	140	60	42.9%	707	299	42.3%
2012	142	55	38.7%	630	245	38.9%
2013	151	52	34.4%	756	274	36.2%
2014	143	31	21.7%	779	238	30.6%
2015	161	53	32.9%	687	209	30.4%
2016	172	51	29.7%	734	228	31.1%
2017	191	55	28.8%	859	261	30.4%
2018	158	46	29.1%	724	173	23.9%
2019	158	35	22.2%	568	133	23.4%
05 Environmental Sciences	2010	100	38	38.0%	455	171	37.6%
2011	134	46	34.3%	486	149	30.7%
2012	128	27	21.1%	393	98	24.9%
2013	149	38	25.5%	460	126	27.4%
2014	170	47	27.6%	521	163	31.3%
2015	154	26	16.9%	532	134	25.2%
2016	164	36	22.0%	578	130	22.5%
2017	172	52	30.2%	474	137	28.9%
2018	200	57	28.5%	514	99	19.3%
2019	104	28	26.9%	261	76	29.1%
06 Biological Sciences	2010	479	135	28.2%	1636	497	30.4%
2011	499	157	31.5%	1423	515	36.2%
2012	550	157	28.5%	1516	463	30.5%
2013	497	109	21.9%	1608	461	28.7%
2014	486	115	23.7%	1576	421	26.7%
2015	538	116	21.6%	1534	415	27.1%
2016	543	124	22.8%	1623	417	25.7%
2017	464	101	21.8%	1453	274	18.9%
2018	609	128	21.0%	1623	374	23.0%
2019	552	128	23.2%	1335	269	20.1%
07 Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	2010	58	15	25.9%	226	89	39.4%
2011	65	16	24.6%	195	53	27.2%
2012	80	16	20.0%	232	43	18.5%
2013	89	26	29.2%	358	113	31.6%
2014	93	26	28.0%	297	68	22.9%
2015	81	13	16.0%	310	61	19.7%
2016	97	19	19.6%	398	60	15.1%
2017	97	19	19.6%	322	70	21.7%
2018	94	21	22.3%	254	48	18.9%
2019	74	23	31.1%	189	38	20.1%
08 Information and Computing Sciences	2010	184	35	19.0%	968	251	25.9%
2011	142	29	20.4%	871	215	24.7%
2012	251	38	15.1%	1018	169	16.6%
2013	183	31	16.9%	970	239	24.6%
2014	198	38	19.2%	1094	234	21.4%
2015	173	38	22.0%	999	202	20.2%
2016	224	47	21.0%	1095	190	17.4%
2017	162	32	19.8%	1006	189	18.8%
2018	157	33	21.0%	960	212	22.1%
2019	146	34	23.3%	734	143	19.5%
09 Engineering	2010	279	101	36.2%	2161	761	35.2%
2011	298	103	34.6%	2185	751	34.4%
2012	326	102	31.3%	2627	810	30.8%
2013	385	108	28.1%	2736	803	29.3%
2014	421	137	32.5%	3003	857	28.5%
2015	442	94	21.3%	3153	843	26.7%
2016	476	127	26.7%	3692	966	26.2%
2017	427	79	18.5%	3125	760	24.3%
2018	495	142	28.7%	3085	853	27.6%
2019	320	70	21.9%	2211	448	20.3%
10 Technology	2010	99	25	25.3%	594	187	31.5%
2011	90	34	37.8%	535	191	35.7%
2012	83	28	33.7%	433	125	28.9%
2013	97	21	21.6%	482	148	30.7%
2014	93	22	23.7%	617	196	31.8%
2015	131	47	35.9%	749	257	34.3%
2016	114	22	19.3%	618	190	30.7%
2017	142	28	19.7%	533	117	22.0%
2018	119	31	26.1%	614	155	25.2%
2019	115	46	40.0%	537	191	35.6%
11 Medical and Health Sciences	2010	526	190	36.1%	677	241	35.6%
2011	614	192	31.3%	894	303	33.9%
2012	815	160	19.6%	1031	221	21.4%
2013	635	118	18.6%	758	155	20.4%
2014	483	122	25.3%	593	144	24.3%
2015	290	50	17.2%	372	76	20.4%
2016	354	57	16.1%	477	90	18.9%
2017	445	102	22.9%	491	108	22.0%
2018	403	58	14.4%	491	81	16.5%
2019	344	76	22.1%	462	89	19.3%
12 Built Environment and Design	2010	62	24	38.7%	176	56	31.8%
2011	93	24	25.8%	184	46	25.0%
2012	86	5	5.8%	174	32	18.4%
2013	116	29	25.0%	243	48	19.8%
2014	144	28	19.4%	268	32	11.9%
2015	109	11	10.1%	271	44	16.2%
2016	111	22	19.8%	246	52	21.1%
2017	93	8	8.6%	170	22	12.9%
2018	75	12	16.0%	185	19	10.3%
2019	68	15	22.1%	133	34	25.6%
13 Education	2010	276	74	26.8%	247	62	25.1%
2011	289	103	35.6%	205	69	33.7%
2012	363	60	16.5%	309	70	22.7%
2013	354	82	23.2%	271	75	27.7%
2014	288	59	20.5%	231	51	22.1%
2015	277	67	24.2%	230	62	27.0%
2016	294	65	22.1%	213	41	19.2%
2017	212	22	10.4%	171	28	16.4%
2018	256	79	30.9%	190	51	26.8%
2019	188	45	23.9%	100	31	31.0%
14 Economics	2010	63	34	54.0%	287	76	26.5%
2011	75	25	33.3%	263	73	27.8%
2012	94	22	23.4%	293	75	25.6%
2013	65	9	13.8%	253	43	17.0%
2014	91	28	30.8%	277	76	27.4%
2015	70	22	31.4%	200	66	33.0%
2016	69	12	17.4%	215	43	20.0%
2017	74	23	31.1%	255	81	31.8%
2018	61	10	16.4%	196	41	20.9%
2019	69	26	37.7%	193	47	24.4%
15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services	2010	202	34	16.8%	374	82	21.9%
2011	181	56	30.9%	343	103	30.0%
2012	209	45	21.5%	314	94	29.9%
2013	200	41	20.5%	426	86	20.2%
2014	201	25	12.4%	440	66	15.0%
2015	186	20	10.8%	364	47	12.9%
2016	140	26	18.6%	379	54	14.2%
2017	157	15	9.6%	281	19	6.8%
2018	92	9	9.8%	185	27	14.6%
2019	80	8	10.0%	164	3	1.8%
16 Studies in Human Society	2010	472	145	30.7%	579	181	31.3%
2011	511	166	32.5%	592	204	34.5%
2012	479	157	32.8%	529	157	29.7%
2013	630	219	34.8%	624	179	28.7%
2014	553	144	26.0%	654	177	27.1%
2015	542	122	22.5%	607	104	17.1%
2016	523	124	23.7%	649	150	23.1%
2017	526	147	27.9%	551	138	25.0%
2018	495	107	21.6%	488	116	23.8%
2019	379	103	27.2%	370	76	20.5%
17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	2010	278	100	36.0%	345	157	45.5%
2011	271	93	34.3%	395	135	34.2%
2012	293	90	30.7%	452	175	38.7%
2013	306	98	32.0%	480	179	37.3%
2014	306	70	22.9%	409	110	26.9%
2015	363	50	13.8%	478	107	22.4%
2016	309	67	21.7%	555	160	28.8%
2017	315	57	18.1%	442	87	19.7%
2018	293	53	18.1%	459	97	21.1%
2019	291	58	19.9%	376	78	20.7%
18 Law and Legal Studies	2010	92	30	32.6%	152	50	32.9%
2011	126	47	37.3%	160	39	24.4%
2012	127	45	35.4%	187	60	32.1%
2013	140	52	37.1%	163	64	39.3%
2014	151	38	25.2%	185	65	35.1%
2015	119	21	17.6%	144	19	13.2%
2016	155	35	22.6%	168	21	12.5%
2017	147	22	15.0%	152	23	15.1%
2018	128	40	31.3%	136	23	16.9%
2019	95	31	32.6%	98	36	36.7%
19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing	2010	122	56	45.9%	197	70	35.5%
2011	77	25	32.5%	79	29	36.7%
2012	134	43	32.1%	135	48	35.6%
2013	163	23	14.1%	178	35	19.7%
2014	128	43	33.6%	130	37	28.5%
2015	142	39	27.5%	205	66	32.2%
2016	109	29	26.6%	167	48	28.7%
2017	137	26	19.0%	139	44	31.7%
2018	118	24	20.3%	116	32	27.6%
2019	71	9	12.7%	49	7	14.3%
20 Language, Communication and Culture	2010	249	74	29.7%	300	112	37.3%
2011	264	84	31.8%	249	75	30.1%
2012	271	55	20.3%	223	67	30.0%
2013	303	94	31.0%	256	80	31.3%
2014	260	67	25.8%	249	87	34.9%
2015	267	55	20.6%	238	50	21.0%
2016	252	43	17.1%	266	40	15.0%
2017	221	44	19.9%	246	43	17.5%
2018	240	61	25.4%	240	50	20.8%
2019	188	32	17.0%	154	27	17.5%
21 History and Archaeology	2010	196	82	41.8%	218	84	38.5%
2011	187	72	38.5%	251	107	42.6%
2012	170	59	34.7%	233	81	34.8%
2013	156	48	30.8%	222	82	36.9%
2014	169	65	38.5%	249	74	29.7%
2015	177	85	48.0%	243	90	37.0%
2016	185	85	45.9%	201	83	41.3%
2017	182	69	37.9%	283	118	41.7%
2018	169	39	23.1%	209	58	27.8%
2019	149	46	30.9%	183	52	28.4%
22 Philosophy and Religious Studies	2010	55	11	20.0%	134	48	35.8%
2011	74	18	24.3%	134	31	23.1%
2012	72	15	20.8%	165	26	15.8%
2013	51	13	25.5%	134	30	22.4%
2014	61	6	9.8%	138	17	12.3%
2015	61	16	26.2%	153	20	13.1%
2016	45	11	24.4%	115	22	19.1%
2017	65	18	27.7%	132	22	16.7%
2018	64	12	18.8%	117	34	29.1%
2019	67	17	25.4%	96	34	35.4%

Note 1: This includes all named researchers on applications, including Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified as female or male are included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify as female or male.
Note 2: Two Digit Field of Research Division is determined by the Field of Research Code assigned to the proposal by investigators
Note 3: Data includes all scheme rounds finalised and announced by the Minister for the year.

Career Age

Table 5a: Success rates by Career age and Gender, by commencement of funding year: All named participants

	0-5 Years	5-10 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	374	103	27.5%	728	174	23.9%	440	106	24.1%	1044	272	26.1%
2010	372	103	27.7%	746	182	24.4%	435	104	23.9%	1027	290	28.2%
2011	415	123	29.6%	786	198	25.2%	457	132	28.9%	1088	307	28.2%
2012	550	131	23.8%	1010	208	20.6%	525	123	23.4%	1165	299	25.7%
2013	423	92	21.7%	842	206	24.5%	601	119	19.8%	1380	292	21.2%
2014	492	94	19.1%	957	196	20.5%	587	110	18.7%	1370	277	20.2%
2015	558	110	19.7%	1079	183	17.0%	621	106	17.1%	1297	214	16.5%
2016	643	102	15.9%	1332	233	17.5%	723	131	18.1%	1651	281	17.0%
2017	633	98	15.5%	1274	215	16.9%	796	143	18.0%	1606	281	17.5%
2018	586	120	20.5%	1170	187	16.0%	708	149	21.0%	1422	250	17.6%
2019	616	118	19.2%	1039	198	19.1%	672	162	24.1%	1333	265	19.9%

	10-15 Years	15-20 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	371	88	23.7%	995	248	24.9%	186	47	25.3%	725	169	23.3%
2010	345	86	24.9%	977	269	27.5%	194	55	28.4%	727	211	29.0%
2011	389	101	26.0%	998	267	26.8%	212	74	34.9%	745	230	30.9%
2012	438	104	23.7%	1061	302	28.5%	213	58	27.2%	759	208	27.4%
2013	502	99	19.7%	1185	257	21.7%	227	43	18.9%	823	202	24.5%
2014	477	111	23.3%	1192	234	19.6%	290	70	24.1%	889	178	20.0%
2015	537	104	19.4%	1277	208	16.3%	365	72	19.7%	1113	190	17.1%
2016	674	117	17.4%	1655	296	17.9%	462	84	18.2%	1318	224	17.0%
2017	700	130	18.6%	1650	300	18.2%	535	103	19.3%	1380	247	17.9%
2018	656	126	19.2%	1553	301	19.4%	489	96	19.6%	1275	228	17.9%
2019	685	164	23.9%	1446	295	20.4%	532	113	21.2%	1183	260	22.0%

	20-25 Years	25-30 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	82	23	28.0%	441	117	26.5%	40	17	42.5%	303	94	31.0%
2010	81	21	25.9%	498	157	31.5%	51	20	39.2%	305	101	33.1%
2011	110	46	41.8%	585	176	30.1%	54	15	27.8%	342	109	31.9%
2012	125	26	20.8%	631	165	26.1%	61	19	31.1%	341	101	29.6%
2013	146	33	22.6%	664	175	26.4%	67	21	31.3%	389	107	27.5%
2014	185	39	21.1%	725	162	22.3%	80	24	30.0%	496	126	25.4%
2015	245	38	15.5%	914	199	21.8%	97	18	18.6%	599	121	20.2%
2016	305	62	20.3%	1131	239	21.1%	141	23	16.3%	850	179	21.1%
2017	319	70	21.9%	1120	205	18.3%	182	38	20.9%	921	179	19.4%
2018	297	71	23.9%	976	185	19.0%	163	33	20.2%	897	168	18.7%
2019	338	78	23.1%	983	224	22.8%	182	51	28.0%	813	205	25.2%

	30 Years and over
	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	23	7	30.4%	287	86	30.0%
2010	40	16	40.0%	378	153	40.5%
2011	48	19	39.6%	396	146	36.9%
2012	54	18	33.3%	466	166	35.6%
2013	54	19	35.2%	533	176	33.0%
2014	76	21	27.6%	588	179	30.4%
2015	98	24	24.5%	745	168	22.6%
2016	136	33	24.3%	1110	217	19.5%
2017	144	23	16.0%	1181	239	20.2%
2018	159	35	22.0%	1132	225	19.9%
2019	145	39	26.9%	1057	234	22.1%

Note 1: This includes all named participants on applications, including Partner Investigators. Only participants who identified as female or male are included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify as female or male.
Note 2: Career age is calculated on basis of reported PhD award date from Person profile data and the last day of submission in the scheme each round. Researchers may change PhD date in the person profile data and as a result, the stats presented here could vary when published in different years.
Note 3: Career age data is available for Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development/Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships schemes.

Table 5b: Success rates by Career age and Gender, by commencement of funding year: Chief Investigators only

	0-5 Years	5-10 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	362	97	26.8%	696	165	23.7%	426	101	23.7%	980	253	25.8%
2010	362	100	27.6%	702	176	25.1%	421	99	23.5%	951	268	28.2%
2011	393	113	28.8%	744	183	24.6%	446	127	28.5%	1025	276	26.9%
2012	533	124	23.3%	965	201	20.8%	501	116	23.2%	1106	282	25.5%
2013	409	89	21.8%	796	194	24.4%	583	115	19.7%	1278	270	21.1%
2014	471	94	20.0%	907	187	20.6%	552	103	18.7%	1222	240	19.6%
2015	532	108	20.3%	1007	174	17.3%	567	99	17.5%	1143	189	16.5%
2016	594	92	15.5%	1222	207	16.9%	612	113	18.5%	1339	233	17.4%
2017	574	90	15.7%	1152	201	17.4%	685	125	18.2%	1290	219	17.0%
2018	557	115	20.6%	1063	170	16.0%	611	132	21.6%	1147	197	17.2%
2019	576	107	18.6%	943	180	19.1%	580	138	23.8%	1076	216	20.1%

	10-15 Years	15-20 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	362	82	22.7%	920	221	24.0%	172	45	26.2%	656	156	23.8%
2010	335	84	25.1%	881	246	27.9%	177	48	27.1%	615	175	28.5%
2011	373	94	25.2%	893	241	27.0%	198	66	33.3%	648	196	30.2%
2012	413	97	23.5%	954	270	28.3%	197	51	25.9%	651	181	27.8%
2013	467	88	18.8%	1079	225	20.9%	209	40	19.1%	708	157	22.2%
2014	447	102	22.8%	1050	198	18.9%	267	65	24.3%	761	158	20.8%
2015	501	99	19.8%	1075	179	16.7%	313	66	21.1%	884	160	18.1%
2016	560	94	16.8%	1250	219	17.5%	360	65	18.1%	913	143	15.7%
2017	570	105	18.4%	1217	220	18.1%	440	90	20.5%	964	157	16.3%
2018	529	99	18.7%	1165	218	18.7%	395	82	20.8%	910	172	18.9%
2019	573	137	23.9%	1114	220	19.7%	421	87	20.7%	858	182	21.2%

	20-25 Years	25-30 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	74	22	29.7%	401	107	26.7%	40	17	42.5%	267	80	30.0%
2010	75	20	26.7%	432	137	31.7%	47	19	40.4%	266	87	32.7%
2011	97	41	42.3%	493	155	31.4%	50	15	30.0%	296	89	30.1%
2012	117	24	20.5%	524	127	24.2%	53	16	30.2%	300	88	29.3%
2013	132	30	22.7%	563	148	26.3%	58	19	32.8%	317	83	26.2%
2014	160	35	21.9%	603	133	22.1%	73	22	30.1%	412	106	25.7%
2015	196	29	14.8%	729	163	22.4%	77	13	16.9%	451	100	22.2%
2016	227	51	22.5%	766	158	20.6%	99	18	18.2%	561	111	19.8%
2017	229	53	23.1%	753	134	17.8%	130	28	21.5%	601	122	20.3%
2018	227	55	24.2%	661	122	18.5%	118	26	22.0%	584	107	18.3%
2019	265	62	23.4%	661	150	22.7%	124	37	29.8%	543	136	25.0%

 

	30 Years and over
	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	23	7	30.4%	252	77	30.6%
2010	38	16	42.1%	313	129	41.2%
2011	42	17	40.5%	330	124	37.6%
2012	50	15	30.0%	380	132	34.7%
2013	48	18	37.5%	428	142	33.2%
2014	65	18	27.7%	464	140	30.2%
2015	78	19	24.4%	554	139	25.1%
2016	93	23	24.7%	676	139	20.6%
2017	95	13	13.7%	727	145	19.9%
2018	108	23	21.3%	703	134	19.1%
2019	87	23	26.4%	662	134	20.2%

Note 1: This includes all Chief Investigators on applications. Only researchers who identified as female or male are included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify as female or male.
Note 2: Career age is calculated on basis of reported PhD award date from Person profile data and the last day of submission in the scheme each round. Researchers may change PhD date in the person profile data and as a result, the stats presented here could vary when published in different years.
Note 3: Career age data is available for Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development/ Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships schemes. 

Table 5c: Success rates by Career Age and Gender, by commencement of funding year: Project Leader/Fellow/Awardee

	0-5 Years	5-10 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	187	50	26.7%	395	86	21.8%	261	59	22.6%	680	163	24.0%
2010	183	51	27.9%	370	74	20.0%	251	59	23.5%	635	178	28.0%
2011	193	52	26.9%	431	88	20.4%	262	72	27.5%	639	170	26.6%
2012	387	90	23.3%	713	137	19.2%	313	75	24.0%	692	168	24.3%
2013	253	50	19.8%	528	125	23.7%	382	71	18.6%	846	182	21.5%
2014	301	63	20.9%	617	118	19.1%	329	66	20.1%	743	144	19.4%
2015	332	62	18.7%	676	116	17.2%	298	50	16.8%	619	84	13.6%
2016	389	57	14.7%	847	135	15.9%	308	58	18.8%	725	124	17.1%
2017	373	64	17.2%	791	125	15.8%	339	61	18.0%	656	103	15.7%
2018	370	73	19.7%	773	110	14.2%	330	72	21.8%	610	95	15.6%
2019	404	73	18.1%	694	115	16.6%	296	70	23.6%	560	99	17.7%

	10-15 Years	15-20 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	249	58	23.3%	616	143	23.2%	107	27	25.2%	388	93	24.0%
2010	206	52	25.2%	583	165	28.3%	109	27	24.8%	371	106	28.6%
2011	213	54	25.4%	573	156	27.2%	114	37	32.5%	404	135	33.4%
2012	237	52	21.9%	609	174	28.6%	116	36	31.0%	393	115	29.3%
2013	296	57	19.3%	743	134	18.0%	128	24	18.8%	396	97	24.5%
2014	245	57	23.3%	663	116	17.5%	143	35	24.5%	419	87	20.8%
2015	260	51	19.6%	630	98	15.6%	174	35	20.1%	492	99	20.1%
2016	285	49	17.2%	689	124	18.0%	174	36	20.7%	520	78	15.0%
2017	300	59	19.7%	678	122	18.0%	213	45	21.1%	530	91	17.2%
2018	272	47	17.3%	673	124	18.4%	230	51	22.2%	521	103	19.8%
2019	292	67	22.9%	663	108	16.3%	227	50	22.0%	481	107	22.2%

	20-25 Years	25-30 Years
	Female	Male	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	49	15	30.6%	250	68	27.2%	17	9	52.9%	162	54	33.3%
2010	45	13	28.9%	258	83	32.2%	28	11	39.3%	161	54	33.5%
2011	56	24	42.9%	298	88	29.5%	35	11	31.4%	157	48	30.6%
2012	65	12	18.5%	304	78	25.7%	35	10	28.6%	166	58	34.9%
2013	70	13	18.6%	328	95	29.0%	42	15	35.7%	180	51	28.3%
2014	99	24	24.2%	343	82	23.9%	47	17	36.2%	249	75	30.1%
2015	114	14	12.3%	422	102	24.2%	47	11	23.4%	244	56	23.0%
2016	119	24	20.2%	401	93	23.2%	49	9	18.4%	330	73	22.1%
2017	106	24	22.6%	390	79	20.3%	63	17	27.0%	311	65	20.9%
2018	119	32	26.9%	340	73	21.5%	57	15	26.3%	312	53	17.0%
2019	134	31	23.1%	363	83	22.9%	58	17	29.3%	305	82	26.9%

	30 Years and over
	Female	Male
Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
2009	9	0	0.0%	153	50	32.7%
2010	20	7	35.0%	182	82	45.1%
2011	28	10	35.7%	198	77	38.9%
2012	28	12	42.9%	224	78	34.8%
2013	24	10	41.7%	242	95	39.3%
2014	33	8	24.2%	253	84	33.2%
2015	39	9	23.1%	282	71	25.2%
2016	54	14	25.9%	339	83	24.5%
2017	44	9	20.5%	335	72	21.5%
2018	53	12	22.6%	331	55	16.6%
2019	37	10	27.0%	306	64	20.9%

Note 1: This includes Project Leaders (1st named Chief Investigators) and Fellows/Awardees on applications. Only researchers who identified as female or male are included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify as female or male.
Note 2: Career age is calculated on basis of reported PhD award date from Person profile data and the last day of submission in the scheme each round. Researchers may change PhD date in the person profile data and as a result, the stats presented here could vary when published in different years.
Note 3: Career age data is available for Discovery Projects, Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development/Discovery Indigenous, Discovery Early Career Researcher Award, Future Fellowships, Australian Laureate Fellowships schemes. 

Future Fellow salary

Table 6: Success rates for Future Fellowships scheme by Salary Level 

		Female	Male
Award Code	Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success Rate	Submitted	Funded	Success Rate
FT1	2010	119	40	33.6%	212	67	31.6%
2011	108	33	30.6%	246	76	30.9%
2012	102	36	35.3%	238	72	30.3%
2013	258	40	15.5%	524	84	16.0%
2014	155	30	19.4%	378	65	17.2%
2015	35	9	25.7%	75	13	17.3%
2016	32	11	34.4%	83	29	34.9%
2017	34	12	35.3%	60	15	25.0%
2018	48	13	27.1%	124	23	18.5%
2019	55	14	25.5%	111	14	12.6%
FT2	2010	78	16	20.5%	206	49	23.8%
2011	56	16	28.6%	159	51	32.1%
2012	56	22	39.3%	135	50	37.0%
2013	106	22	20.8%	229	35	15.3%
2014	85	15	17.6%	143	27	18.9%
2015	34	7	20.6%	80	9	11.3%
2016	36	8	22.2%	78	28	35.9%
2017	42	14	33.3%	74	20	27.0%
2018	53	11	20.8%	123	25	20.3%
2019	63	15	23.8%	160	23	14.4%
FT3	2010	33	6	18.2%	111	22	19.8%
2011	30	10	33.3%	62	17	27.4%
2012	19	8	42.1%	52	21	40.4%
2013	36	5	13.9%	79	15	19.0%
2014	22	5	22.7%	43	7	16.3%
2015	41	5	12.2%	50	7	14.0%
2016	29	7	24.1%	65	17	26.2%
2017	31	15	48.4%	52	14	26.9%
2018	56	7	12.5%	100	20	20.0%
2019	82	12	14.6%	116	22	19.0%

Note 1: Only researchers who identified as female or male are included for counting. A very small number of researchers did not identify as female or male.

STEM/HASS discipline

Table 7: Success rate by STEM/HASS discipline area by Gender in Fellowship/Award schemes

STEM HASS	Year of Funding Start	Submitted	Funded	Success Rate	Submitted	Funded	Success Rate
HASS	2011	85	23	27.1%	85	22	25.9%
2012	409	59	14.4%	333	58	17.4%
2013	327	53	16.2%	335	54	16.1%
2014	345	56	16.2%	280	37	13.2%
2015	234	34	14.5%	238	31	13.0%
2016	210	40	19.0%	250	43	17.2%
2017	237	45	19.0%	211	35	16.6%
2018	229	33	14.4%	235	33	14.0%
2019	296	60	20.3%	222	29	13.1%
STEM	2011	139	39	28.1%	491	136	27.7%
2012	660	131	19.8%	1464	255	17.4%
2013	557	85	15.3%	1403	226	16.1%
2014	489	74	15.1%	1266	198	15.6%
2015	400	64	16.0%	951	135	14.2%
2016	309	60	19.4%	893	173	19.4%
2017	331	77	23.3%	821	150	18.3%
2018	391	90	23.0%	992	154	15.5%
2019	409	79	19.3%	970	149	15.4%

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, 17 – Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, 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 as female or male are included in the data. 
Note 3: NCGP schemes included: Australian Laureate Fellowships, Future Fellowships and Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.