Gender Snapshot Grants commencing in 2017

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.

Note 3: Linkage Projects and Learned Academies Special Projects commencing in 2017 have not been finalised and are not included in the datasets.

2017

Scheme	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
ARC Centres of Excellence	127	55	43.3%	460	245	53.3%
ARC Future Fellowships	107	41	38.3%	186	49	26.3%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	4	15.4%	86	13	15.1%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	435	77	17.7%	760	123	16.2%
Discovery Indigenous	42	14	33.3%	65	26	40.0%
Discovery Projects	2798	490	17.5%	8290	1501	18.1%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	19	10	52.6%	117	87	74.4%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	124	37	29.8%	512	215	42.0%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	356	111	31.2%	1567	481	30.7%

26 researchers did not provide gender information, and two researchers identified as being indeterminate/intersex.

 

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.

Note 3: Linkage Projects and Learned Academies Special Projects commencing in 2017 have not been finalised and are not included in the datasets.

Scheme	Submitted			Participation rate
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men
ARC Centres of Excellence	127	460	587	21.6%	78.4%
ARC Future Fellowships	107	186	293	36.5%	63.5%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	86	112	23.2%	76.8%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	435	760	1195	36.4%	63.6%
Discovery Indigenous	42	65	107	39.3%	60.7%
Discovery Projects	2798	8290	11088	25.2%	74.8%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	19	117	136	14.0%	86.0%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	124	512	636	19.5%	80.5%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	356	1567	1923	18.5%	81.5%

26 researchers have not identified gender; two identified as indeterminate/intersex in 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.

Note 3: Linkage Projects and Learned Academies Special Projects commencing in 2017 have not been finalised and are not included in the datasets.

2017

Scheme	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
ARC Centres of Excellence	4	2	50.0%	15	7	46.7%
ARC Future Fellowships	107	41	38.3%	186	49	26.3%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	4	15.4%	86	13	15.1%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	435	77	17.7%	760	123	16.2%
Discovery Indigenous	15	4	26.7%	16	7	43.8%
Discovery Projects	865	153	17.7%	2670	475	17.8%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	2	0	0.0%	3	3	100.0%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	5	1	20.0%	21	8	38.1%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	29	11	37.9%	150	37	24.7%

 

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.

Note 3: Linkage Projects and Learned Academies Special Projects commencing in 2017 have not been finalised and are not included in the datasets.

2017

Scheme	Submitted			Participation rate
	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men
ARC Centres of Excellence	4	15	19	21.1%	78.9%
ARC Future Fellowships	107	186	293	36.5%	63.5%
Australian Laureate Fellowships	26	86	112	23.2%	76.8%
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award	435	760	1195	36.4%	63.6%
Discovery Indigenous	15	16	31	48.4%	51.6%
Discovery Projects	865	2670	3535	24.5%	75.5%
Industrial Transformation Research Hubs	2	3	5	40.0%	60.0%
Industrial Transformation Training Centres	5	21	26	19.2%	80.8%
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities	29	150	179	16.2%	83.8%

 

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, and ARC Centres of Excellence.

Note 4: Linkage Projects and Learned Academies Special Projects commencing in 2017 have not been finalised and are not included in the datasets.

2017

Discipline	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
01 - Mathematical Sciences	76	18	23.7%	480	92	19.2%
02 - Physical Sciences	173	64	37.0%	1135	382	33.7%
03 - Chemical Sciences	181	49	27.1%	842	252	29.9%
04 - Earth Sciences	168	44	26.2%	743	189	25.4%
05 - Environmental Sciences	123	22	17.9%	358	79	22.1%
06 - Biological Sciences	435	94	21.6%	1346	251	18.6%
07 - Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences	68	9	13.2%	241	39	16.2%
08 - Information and Computing Sciences	140	25	17.9%	877	152	17.3%
09 - Engineering	368	65	17.7%	2679	649	24.2%
10 - Technology	136	25	18.4%	477	86	18.0%
11 - Medical and Health Sciences	314	73	23.2%	408	90	22.1%
12 - Built Environment and Design	75	3	4.0%	131	10	7.6%
13 - Education	184	22	12.0%	153	28	18.3%
14 - Economics	60	15	25.0%	230	68	29.6%
15 - Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services	130	8	6.2%	240	14	5.8%
16 - Studies in Human Society	432	99	22.9%	455	85	18.7%
17 - Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	293	52	17.7%	388	67	17.3%
18 - Law and Legal Studies	133	18	13.5%	143	22	15.4%
19 - Studies in Creative Arts and Writing	111	19	17.1%	116	30	25.9%
20 - Language, Communication and Culture	205	42	20.5%	222	37	16.7%
21 - History and Archaeology	164	55	33.5%	247	96	38.9%
22 - Philosophy and Religious Studies	65	18	27.7%	132	22	16.7%

 

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

Note 1: This includes all named participants on proposals. Only researchers who identified their gender and PhD dates were included for counting.

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. Some researchers did not report their PhD date and hence were not included in the report.

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

2017

Gender	<5yrs			5 - 10yrs			10-15yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Female	614	97	15.8%	799	141	17.6%	687	132	19.2%
Male	1223	209	17.1%	1630	288	17.7%	1613	291	18.0%

 

Gender	15-20yrs			20 - 25yrs			25 - 30yrs			30+yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Female	542	101	18.6%	338	72	21.3%	187	39	20.9%	162	26	16.0%
Male	1389	253	18.2%	1133	206	18.2%	938	178	19.0%	1265	255	20.2%

 

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

Note 1: This dataset includes all Chief Investigators including fellowship recipients on proposals, without Partner Investigators. Only researchers who identified their gender and PhD dates were included for counting.

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.

2017

Gender	<5yrs			5 - 10yrs			10-15yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Female	556	89	16.0%	690	123	17.8%	554	106	19.1%
Male	1102	194	17.6%	1315	224	17.0%	1174	211	18.0%

 

Gender	15-20yrs			20 - 25yrs			25 - 30yrs			30+yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Female	442	88	19.9%	247	54	21.9%	134	29	21.6%	110	16	14.5%
Male	974	165	16.9%	755	132	17.5%	617	124	20.1%	789	154	19.5%

 

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 and PhD dates were included for counting.

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.

2017

Gender	<5yrs			5 - 10yrs			10-15yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Female	365	63	17.3%	340	60	17.6%	294	60	20.4%
Male	765	121	15.8%	667	104	15.6%	654	119	18.2%

 

Gender	15-20yrs			20 - 25yrs			25 - 30yrs			30+yrs
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
Female	212	43	20.3%	113	24	21.2%	67	18	26.9%	49	10	20.4%
Male	544	95	17.5%	395	78	19.7%	316	66	20.9%	363	78	21.5%

 

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.

2017

 

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.

2017

Discipline	Women			Men
	Submitted	Funded	Success rate	Submitted	Funded	Success rate
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)	331	77	23.3%	821	150	18.3%
HASS (Humanities Arts and Social Sciences)	237	45	19.0%	211	35	16.6%