FactoidU.S. Not World Leader in Women Science Majors and Researchers
In a Northwestern University study of 66 countries, the U.S. ranked 39th in the number of women in science majors (43 percent), and 10th from the bottom for its proportion of female scientific researchers (26.6 percent).
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
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Women Early-Career Scientists Significantly Less Likely To Get Grants Than Male Peers
While women in senior-ranking professorships have achieved gender parity in their share of research grants in the life science fields, there is a significant gender disparity in grant funding awarded to female junior-level scholars.» Link to the original article