A systematic analysis of UK cancer research funding by gender of primary investigator.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To categorically describe cancer research funding in the UK by gender of primary investigator (PIs).

Design

Systematic analysis of all open-access data.

Methods

Data about public and philanthropic cancer research funding awarded to UK institutions between 2000 and 2013 were obtained from several sources. Fold differences were used to compare total investment, award number, mean and median award value between male and female PIs. Mann-Whitney U tests were performed to determine statistically significant associations between PI gender and median grant value.

Results

Of the studies included in our analysis, 2890 (69%) grants with a total value of £1.82 billion (78%) were awarded to male PIs compared with 1296 (31%) grants with a total value of £512 mill

SUBMITTER: Zhou CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5931297 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature