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Q&A: A Randomized Approach to Awarding Grants

Denmark’s Novo Nordisk Foundation says it hopes that adding a randomization step to its award process will reduce implicit biases in selection and lead to funding more innovative, impactful research.

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Q&A: Psych and Neuro Journals Primarily Edited by American Men

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Revealing Peer Reviewer Identities Could Introduce Bias: Study

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Opinion: Despite Limitations, Study Offers Clues to Gender Bias

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Opinion: Peer Review Study Compromises Response to Gender Bias

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No Gender Bias in Peer Review: Study

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Paper Recommends Women Avoid Female Mentors, Drawing Outrage

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Geneticist Drops Out of New Role After Allegations of Gender Bias

Catherine Offord | | 3 min read

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Men Promote Scientific Findings More Effusively than Women Do

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Opinion: Can Prizes Help Women Shatter Science’s Glass Ceiling?

Marja Makarow | | 3 min read

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Gender Inequity Persists in STEM

Shawna Williams | | 2 min read

If members don’t explicitly believe gender discrimination exists, they allow implicit stereotypes to sway their decision-making, according to a new analysis of real-world hiring decisions.

Biased Evaluation Committees Promote Fewer Women

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NIH Imposes Term Limits for Lab Chiefs

Kerry Grens | | 1 min read

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Survey Highlights “Shocking” Gender Bias Among PI Pay in UK

David Adam | | 3 min read

University of Arizona Chemistry Professor Sues over Discrimination

Ashley P. Taylor | | 2 min read

Gender Bias Dissected in eLife’s Peer Review

Viviane Callier | | 4 min read

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Salk Gender-Discrimination Lawsuit to Go to Trial

Shawna Williams | | 1 min read

To Highlight Gender Gaps, Scientists Decline Opportunities

Diana Kwon | | 3 min read

Study Finds No Race or Gender Bias in Grant Peer Review

Shawna Williams | | 2 min read

Women Less Successful When Applying for Patents

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The Forgotten History of World War I–Era Female Scientists

Patricia Fara | | 3 min read

Max Planck Society Seeks to Keep More Women as Faculty

Katarina Zimmer | | 2 min read

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Gender Differences in Research Productivity

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