| Title: | Targets for women award holders and positive action1) |
| Implementation |  |
| Field(s) of Action: | * Presence and Visibility |
| Objectives: | * To increase the number of female applicants * One of the objectives of the Science Foundation Ireland Gender Strategy 2016-20202) is to achieve a target of 30% women award holders by 2020, against a benchmark of 21% in 2015. Several measures are envisaged in the strategy; however, in 2015 the Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIR G) Award Programme incorporated a gender initiative, ensuring that half of eligible applicants are women. |
| Target Group(s): | Female candidates |
| Description: | This gender initiative led to an increase in the number of women applicants from 27% in 2013 to 47% in 2015. As a result of the usual peer-review process, of the 20 proposals awarded in 2015, 55% of awardees were women, compared to only 27% in 2013. Additionally, SFI continues to allow extended eligibility timeframes for applicants who undertook career breaks, and also annually publishes gender-disaggregated data on funded award holders and research team members which inform redressing actions. |
| More information: | Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) (Ireland) Website: http://www.sfi.ie/ |
1)
Science Europe (2017): Practical Guide to Improving Gender Equality in Research Organizations; online available at: https://eige.europa.eu/sites/default/files/se_gender_practical-guide.pdf
