Women who win prizes get less money and prestige

Yifang Ma, Diego F.M. Oliveira, Teresa K Woodruff, Brian Uzzi

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Abstract

A new analysis of biomedical awards over five decades shows men receive more cash and more respect for their research than women do, report Brian Uzzi and colleagues. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)287-288
Number of pages2
JournalNature
Volume565
Issue number7739
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 17 2019

Funding

We separately collected data from the official prize web pages of 103 non-overlapping prizes (1,448 men and 434 women) conferred by the ‘Big Five’ US biomedical societies: the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the Society for Neuroscience, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Endocrine Society. Prizes include the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cancer Research and the AHA Excellence Award for Hypertension Research.

Keywords

  • History
  • Institutions
  • Society

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General

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