New funding approaches could address gender disparities, peer review bias: Council of Canadian Academies

Mark Lowey
May 12, 2021

Creative funding models and other innovative tools could help Canada's research funding agencies address issues such as gender disparities, peer review bias and inequitable funding for researchers and institutions, says the chair of a new expert panel report by the Council of Canadian Academies. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada commissioned the report as part of NSERC's planning process for its new long-term strategic plan.

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Organizations: Advance HE (U.K.), Canadian Institutes of Health Research, CIFAR, Council of Canadian Academies, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Princeton University, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and University of British Columbia
People: Dr. (PhD) Alejandro Adem and Dr. (PhD) Shirley M Tilghman
Topics: "Powering Discovery" report, academic research institutions, allocating research funding, Athena SWAN Charter program, bias against small research institutions, biomedical science, blind peer reviews of research proposals, Canada's diverse research funding environment, Canada's research funding agencies, Canadian post-secondary institutions, Council of Canadian Academies expert panel reports, COVID19's impacts, dedicated funding programs, Dimensions program, distributed review processes, diversity targets, equality charters, fundamental research, gender and ethnic biases, gender disparities, higher education, inequitable research funding, innovative research funding models, interdisciplinary and high-risk research, international practices for funding natural sciences and engineering research, multidisciplinary research, NSERC 2030 strategic plan, NSERC's long-term strategic planning, open-science initiative, peer review bias, peer-reviewed journals, philanthropic support of research, priority-driven research, private sector investment in R&D, research proposal reviews, STEM disciplines, support for collaboration, and supporting equity diversity and inclusion

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