Strategies to Prevent or Reduce Gender Bias in Peer Review of Research Grants: A Rapid Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To review the literature on strategies implemented or identified to prevent or reduce gender bias in peer review of research grants.

Methods

Studies of any type of qualitative or quantitative design examining interventions to reduce or prevent gender bias during the peer review of health-related research grants were included. Electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), PsycINFO, Joanna Briggs, the Cochrane Library, Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) Reviews, and the Campbell Library were searched from 2005 to April 2016. A search for grey (i.e., difficult to locate or unpublished) literature was conducted and experts in the field were consulted to identify additional potentially relevant articles. Two individuals screen

SUBMITTER: Tricco AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5218731 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature