STFC Data

Gender

Introduction

In this section you can view statistics on the number of Grants applications made and the number of Studentships and Fellowships awarded to men and women in each financial year from 2000/1.

Information on STFC grants can be viewed according to a variety of factors including:

Grants Applied for by gender
Fellowships by gender

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Grant Applicants By Gender

Financial Year	Female No. (%)	Male No. (%)	Unknown No. (%)
00/01	43 (10.4%)	371 (89.4%)	1 (0.2%)
01/02	38 (9.9%)	344 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)
02/03	25 (7.7%)	299 (92.0%)	1 (0.3%)
03/04	29 (10.4%)	230 (82.1%)	21 (7.5%)
04/05	37 (9.6%)	311 (80.8%)	37 (9.6%)
05/06	37 (12.0%)	275 (87.0%)	4 (1.0%)
06/07	45 (12.0%)	338 (87.0%)	5 (1.0%)
07/08	49 (14.4%)	276 (81.5%)	14 (4.1%)
08/09	28 (9.5%)	259 (88.1%)	7 (2.4%)
09/10	34 (10.0%)	286 (86.0%)	11 (3.0%)

Note: the increase in the proporation of applicants categorised as unknown is due to changes in the application form which no longer requires applicants to specify their gender

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Advanced Fellowships Awarded by Gender (number)

	Male			Female
Financial Year	No. Applied For	No. Awarded	Success Rate	No. Applied For	No. Awarded	Success Rate
00/01	72	12	16.7%	16	1	6.2%
01/02	77	10	13.0%	13	3	23.1%
02/03	97	9	9.3%	17	4	23.0%
03/04	106	11	10.4%	15	2	13.3%
04/05	134	12	9.0%	21	1	4.8%
05/06	124	9	7.3%	26	2	7.7%
06/07	132	8	6.1%	37	4	10.8%
07/08	149	10	6.7%	34	1	2.9%
08/09	168	5	3.0%	31	1	3.2%

Our Women in SET Focus Group provides STFC with first hand views and insights into the issues affecting the retention and career progression of women working in STFC's areas of science

Post Doc Fellowships Awarded by Gender (number)

	Male			Female
Financial Year	No. Applied For	No. Awarded	Success Rate	No. Applied For	No. Awarded	Success Rate
00/01	71	9	12.7%	14	5	35.7%
01/02	81	12	14.8%	20	2	10.0%
02/03	98	10	10.2%	31	4	12.9%
03/04	111	8	7.2%	31	6	19.4%
04/05	123	10	8.1%	52	4	7.7%
05/06	122	7	5.7%	40	5	12.5%
06/07	95	8	8.4%	22	4	18.2%
07/08	137	9	6.6%	45	2	4.4%
08/09	121	9	7.4%	52	4	7.7%

Our Women in SET Focus Group provides STFC with first hand views and insights into the issues affecting the retention and career progression of women working in STFC's areas of science

Senior Fellowships Awarded by Gender (number)

	Male			Female
Financial Year	No. Applied For	No. Awarded	Success Rate	No. Applied For	No. Awarded	Success Rate
00/01	21	8	38.1%	3	1	33.3%
01/02	28	10	35.7%	0	0	0.0%
02/03	29	10	34.5%	0	0	0.0%
03/04	25	5	20.0%	2	1	50.0%
04/05	23	5	21.7%	1	1	100.0%
05/06	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%
06/07	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%
07/08	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%
08/09	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0.0%

Note: From this financial year (2005/6) PPARC no longer operates a Senior Research Fellowships scheme for permanent academics

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