Gender and funding success

Gender contributes to personal research funding success in The Netherlands.

We examined the application and review materials of three calls (n=2,823) of a prestigious grant for personal research funding in a national full population of early career scientists awarded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). Results showed evidence of gender bias in application evaluations and success rates, as well as in language use in instructions and evaluation...

Crowdfunding: Determinants of success and funding dynamics

Over the past years crowdfunding emerged as an alternative funding channel for entrepreneurs. In contrast to traditional financiers (banks, venture capital firms or angel investors), crowdfunding allows individuals to fund entrepreneurs directly even with small amounts. We received individuallevel data from Startnext, the biggest crowdfunding platform in Germany, enabling us to investigate fund...

Paying for Success: Results Based Funding

State Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) agencies and other funding agencies purchase employment services from providers through a variety of purchase of service (POS) arrangements. Historically with supported employment, fee-for-service arrangements with hourly rates have been the predominant payment method utilized. Recently, a number of states have moved to a more outcome/results based payment a...

Gender Stereotypes and Electoral Success

In recent years, the Democratic Party has been considerably more successful at electing women than the Republican Party. Research suggests that the Democratic advantage for women stems from a more inclusive party culture and party support for women-friendly policies. This paper considers whether the gender gap in representation between the parties may also be shaped by intersection of instituti...

Dutch research funding, gender bias, and Simpson's paradox.