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Women get a much needed boost in research funding gender equity plan

  • Written by The Conversation Contributor
imageA new plan will help women ascend to the highest levels in academia.Shutterstock

Women make up 44% of Australian academics, but just 24% of professors. One of the contributing factors for this disparity is that there are fewer women applying for research grants than men, even though women are just as successful at winning grants as men.

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