Gender Equity 2023–24 Report Card
This report card focuses on the achievements made in financial year 2023–24 against the Gender Equity Strategy. NHMRC continues to work to progress all actions in the priority areas and achieve the Strategy’s objectives.
Key actions in 2023–24
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Provided option to identify as non-binary or to specify a different term in the gender field of researcher profiles to align with the ABS 2020 Standard
Implemented new special measures under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 to award women and non-binary researchers an equal number of grants as men in the Leadership category of Investigator Grants
CAREER STAGE - YEARS POST-PHD
Number of grants (funded rate) for CIAs
Note: Funded CIAs with a PhD not complete or awarded are not shown.
FUNDED RATE
Note: The funded rate is the percentage of applications that receive funding.
SCHEMES
*Includes multiple grant opportunity rounds. ^Includes 2022 PRC3 and 2023 PRC1 and PRC2
The Elizabeth Blackburn Investigator Grant Awards promote and foster the career development of women in the Leadership category across the 4 broad research areas.
Professor Denise Wootten
Basic Science
Mechanistic understanding of incretin receptors for metabolic diseases
Professor Sharon Lewin AO
Clinical Medicine and Science
Novel interventions to treat and cure acute and chronic viral infections
Professor Catherine Bell
Health Services
Driving the transition to high-value testing to benefit the health of all
ALL CHIEF INVESTIGATORS
STRUCTURAL PRIORITY FUNDING
In 2023–24 structural priority funding (SPF) was awarded to additional high-quality applications led by women and non-binary CIAs to address differences in funded rates compared to men CIAs in some schemes.
Funded rate
Funded rate by gender before and after SPF applied (Baseline vs Final)
Note: Data are only show for schemes in which SPF for gender equity was applied. The 'Final' funded rate incorporates all structural priorities, not only gender. 'Baseline' is the funded rate prior to SPF. 'Other' category is not shown.
IMPACT OF SPECIAL MEASURES ON INVESTIGATOR GRANT LEADERSHIP CATEGORY
In 2023 and 2024 Investigator Grants, special measures under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 were applied with the objective to award equal numbers of grants to women and no-binary researchers as men and other researchers in the Leadership category overall. More information is available on Investigator Grants outcomes.
Grant numbers
Data notes: Gender identifiers in NHMRC’s grants management system align with the ABS 2020 Standard for Sex, Gender, Variations of Sex Characteristics and Sexual Orientation Variables. The Standard recommends that reporting categories be aggregated in case of low numbers to avoid disclosure of private information. NHMRC reports gender using the following categories: Woman, Man and Other. The Other category comprises applicants who selected a gender of ‘not stated’, ‘prefer not to answer’, ‘non-binary’ or ‘I use a different term’ or if the gender field was not completed.