Gender Equity Data Analysis – CIHR competition success rates by gender (Open Operating Grant Program (OOGP))

Methods: The data in this section represents the competition results of CIHR’s Open Operating Grant Program from 2000/01 to 2014/15. Please note that, unless specified, the data is presented as within-sex success rates to take into account the proportions of applications received from males and females.

CIHR’s Open Operating Grant Program (OOGP) competitions between 2000/01 and 2014/15

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 34 33 31 33 29 26 22 23 22 18 18 19 18 15 15
F 30 31 24 28 27 23 20 21 19 17 16 15 16 15 12

Competition Success Rates by Pillar

Biomedical Research

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 36 35 32 34 31 27 23 24 22 19 19 19 19 16 16
F 35 36 28 32 29 24 21 24 20 18 17 16 18 16 14

Clinical Research

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 23 29 23 24 26 20 17 18 20 16 14 19 17 13 14
F 27 19 17 23 24 17 19 21 20 15 15 14 16 13 11

Health Systems and Services Research

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 25 25 28 32 23 23 16 27 21 19 19 19 14 10 17
F 22 22 21 25 22 25 19 19 17 14 17 16 16 14 9

Social, Cultural, Environmental, and Population Health Research

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 26 20 28 26 20 22 23 22 15 14 17 13 19 17 10
F 22 30 19 20 25 23 21 17 17 17 17 15 13 13 13

Competition Success Rates by Career Stage

NB: Except for certain competitions, CIHR does not collect information on an applicant’s career stage. In the data below, the applicant’s age was used as an approximate facsimile to career stage.

Early Career Investigators (<35 years)

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 35 30 28 32 25 23 22 19 22 18 18 17 24 10 16
F 30 32 22 28 17 20 14 18 15 12 12 13 13 11 15

Mid-Career Investigators (36-45 years)

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 35 37 32 33 29 26 24 23 22 20 19 18 17 16 17
F 31 32 24 25 24 25 22 23 22 17 17 16 17 14 12

Mid-Career Investigators (46-55 years)

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 34 35 33 33 32 27 23 23 22 17 18 20 18 17 14
F 29 28 24 33 31 23 21 22 19 21 16 14 17 17 14

Senior Investigators (56-65 years)

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 34 25 28 31 28 27 20 26 21 20 20 18 20 13 14
F 28 26 23 32 28 21 22 25 17 15 17 16 14 14 13

Senior Investigators (>65 years)

Long description
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
Within-sex success rate (%) M 13 30 10 41 27 14 19 21 18 20 15 19 16 12 19
F 67 50 13 0 38 n/a n/a n/a n/a 7 20 6 11 3 6

Note: The n-value is very low for Senior Investigators (>65); therefore, the data should be interpreted with that in mind.

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