Diversity in ERC populations: applicants, grantees and reviewers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Jesus-Rydin ◽  
Luis Fariña-Busto
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Population Diversity ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

<p>The European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding agency for frontier research, views equality of opportunities as an essential priority and a vital mission to ensure credibility in the review process. The ERC monitors closely various demographic data yearly on every call and has taken actions to tackle imbalances and potential implicit and explicit biases.</p><p>This presentation is focused on demographic data for the three main funding schemes: Starting Grant, Consolidator Grant and Advanced Grant. Attention is directed mainly to gender and geographic distribution. The demographics presented here consider various stakeholders, such as reviewers, applicants and grantees.</p><p>After more than 10 years of existence, ERC data provides an insight on demographical evolution. In the first framework programme (FP7, 2007-2013), 25% of applicants were women. In the last years (Horizon 2020, 2014-2019), this percentage increased by 4%, with 29% of women applied for ERC grants. In the same periods of time, the share of women as grantees has also increased from 20% to 29%. In the last years, men and women enjoy equal success rates. This presentation also sheds light on the population diversity of ERC reviewers, both panel members and external reviewers.</p><p>The ERC knows that work to ensure equality of opportunities is never finished. This presentation analyses critically the institutional efforts and considers possible steps to consolidate the accomplished results.</p>

European Research Council (ERC) success rates of men and women in the geosciences

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Alves de Jesus Rydin ◽  
Luis Farina Busto ◽  
Alexis-Michel Mugabushaka
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
European Research ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
European Research Council ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

<p>The European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding agency for frontier research, views equality of opportunities as an essential priority. The ERC monitors closely various demographic data yearly on every call and has taken actions to tackle imbalances and potential implicit and explicit biases.</p><p>The ERC poster is focused on demographic geosciences data for the three main funding schemes: Starting Grant, Consolidator Grant and Advanced Grant. The data of the ERC population is expressed statistically, with focus on gender and geographic location.</p><p>Success rates of geosciences applicants by gender are compared to the both success rates from other fields of science at the ERC and other funding organisations in Europe.</p><p>Recent initiatives at the ERC to tackle imbalances are also presented.</p>

European Research Council (ERC) demographics and initiatives to promote diversity

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Fivet ◽  
Claudia Alves de Jesus-Rydin ◽  
Andreas Keil
Keyword(s):  
Research Council ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Funding Agency ◽  
European Research ◽  
European Research Council ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

<p>The European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premiere funding agency for frontier research, views equality of opportunities as an essential priority. The ERC monitors closely various demographic data yearly on every call and has taken actions to tackle imbalances and potential implicit and explicit biases.</p> <p>In this presentation, we will focus on demographic data of the three main funding schemes: Starting Grant, Consolidator Grant and Advanced Grant. The data of the ERC population, collected over the two past European Framework Programs (FP7 2007-2013 and H2020 2014-2020), will focus on gender and geographic location within the area of Universe Sciences and more particularly Planetary Sciences.</p> <p>The ERC is aware that promoting diversity is a continuous effort. We will present the various initiatives put in place since the inception of the ERC together with the recent actions taken to adapt to the COVID19 pandemic.</p>

scholarly journals An ecological study on suicide and homicide in Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 1179-1189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hideki Bando ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Study ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Varimax Rotation ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Age Adjusted Rates ◽  
Official Records

The objective was to evaluate correlations between suicide, homicide and socio-demographic variables by an ecological study. Mortality and socio-demographic data were collected from official records of the Ministry of Health and IBGE (2010), aggregated by state (27). The data were analyzed using correlation techniques, factor analysis, principal component analysis with a varimax rotation and multiple linear regression. Suicide age-adjusted rates for the total population, men and women were 5.0, 8.0, and 2.2 per 100,000 inhabitants respectively. The suicide rates ranged from 2.7 in Pará to 9.1 in Rio Grande do Sul. Homicide for the total population, men and women were 27.2, 50.8, and 4.5 per 100,000, respectively. The homicide rates ranged from 13.0 in Santa Catarina to 68.9 in Alagoas. Suicide and homicide were negatively associated, the significance persisted among men. Unemployment was negatively correlated with suicide and positively with homicide. Different socio-demographic variables were found to correlate with suicide and homicide in the regressions. Suicide showed a pattern suggesting that, in Brazil, it is related to high socioeconomic status. Homicide seemed to follow the pattern found in other countries, associated with lower social and economic status.

scholarly journals Projects Financed by the European Union’s 6th and 7th Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development in the Andalusian Agrifood Sector. A Gender Perspective Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-252
Author(s):  
Rosario Gómez-Figueroa ◽  
Amelia Sanchís-Vidal ◽  
Luis Palma-Martos
Keyword(s):  
Technological Development ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Equality Of Opportunities ◽  
Framework Programmes ◽  
Survey Responses ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Perspective Analysis

Framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development are the European Union’s key tool for financing research projects and initiatives. The objective of this study is to analyse the impact of research projects in the Andalusian agrifood sector that were financed by the 6th and 7th Framework Programmes from a gender perspective. Our methodology is based on the analysis of survey responses of the researchers who have participated in these projects. Using the data from their responses, we conduct a descriptive analysis from a cross-cutting gender perspective and also analyse the outcomes and results of each project. Our conclusions could serve as guidelines to improve the implementation of the Horizon 2020 Programme with regard to the equality of opportunities between men and women.

scholarly journals Anxiety, Significant Losses, Depression, and Irrational Beliefs in First-Offence Shoplifters

2000 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yves Lamontagne ◽  
Richard Boyer ◽  
Céline ILL Hétu ◽  
Céline Lacerte-Lamontagne
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorder ◽  
Rational Choice ◽  
Irrational Beliefs ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Psychological Needs ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Objective: To evaluate the relationship among demographic data, anxiety, significant losses, depression, and irrational beliefs reported by first-offence shoplifters. Method: One hundred and six adult shoplifters who were first-time offenders completed a self-administered questionnaire. Results: Men and women were equally likely to be arrested for this offence. The majority of offenders were poor and unemployed. Depression, but not anxiety, was the most common psychiatric disorder associated with shoplifting. Subjects with depression presented the greatest number of irrational beliefs related to shoplifting. Conclusions: The authors suggest 2 categories of shoplifters: those who shoplift through rational choice; and those for whom shoplifting is a response to depression or leads to the fulfilment of some psychological needs. In conclusion, shoplifting does not have a unitary motive, and the clinical implications are that the affective and cognitive aspects of shoplifters' behaviours must be taken into account.

scholarly journals A Comparative Study of Endoscopic versus Microscopic Cartilage Type I Tympanoplasty

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (01) ◽  
pp. e80-e85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipesh Shakya ◽  
Arun KC ◽  
Ajit Nepal
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Type I ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Type I Tympanoplasty ◽  
Graft Success ◽  
Retrospective Comparative Study ◽  
Endoscopic Tympanoplasty

Abstract Introduction The use of endoscope is rapidly increasing in otological and neuro-otological surgery in the last 2 decades. Middle ear surgeries, including tympanoplasty, have increasingly utilized endoscopes as an adjunct to or as a replacement for the operative microscope. Superior visualization and transcanal access to diseases normally managed with a transmastoid approach are touted as advantages with the endoscope. Objectives The present study aimed to compare the outcomes of endoscopic and microscopic cartilage tympanoplasty (Type I) Methods This was a retrospective comparative study of 70 patients (25 males and 45 females) who underwent type I tympanoplasty between March 2015 and April 2016. The subjects were classified into 2 groups: endoscopic tympanoplasty (ET, n = 35), and microscopic tympanoplasty (MT, n = 35). Tragal cartilage was used as a graft and technique used was cartilage shield tympanoplasty in both groups. Demographic data, perforation size of the tympanic membrane at the preoperative state, operation time, hearing outcome, and graft success rate were evaluated. Results The epidemiological profiles, the preoperative hearing status, and the perforation size were similar in both groups. The mean operation time of the MT group (52.63 ± 8.68 minutes) was longer than that of the ET group (48.20 ± 10.37 minutes), but the difference was not statistically significant. The graft success rates 12 weeks postoperatively were 91.42% both in the ET and MT groups, that is, 32/35; and these values were not statistically significantly different. There was a statistically significant improvement in hearing within the groups, both pre- and postoperatively, but there was no difference between the groups. Conclusion Endoscopic tympanoplasty is a minimally invasive surgery with similar graft success rate, comparable hearing outcomes and shorter operative time period as compared to microscopic use.

scholarly journals Treatment of Refractory Postdural Puncture Headache after Intrathecal Drug Delivery System Implantation with Epidural Blood Patch Procedures: A 20-Year Experience

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus A. Bendel ◽  
Susan M. Moeschler ◽  
Wenchun Qu ◽  
Eugerie Hanley ◽  
Stephanie A. Neuman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Drug Delivery ◽  
Drug Delivery System ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Epidural Blood Patch ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Postdural Puncture Headache ◽  
Invasive Treatment ◽  
Intrathecal Drug Delivery ◽  
Blood Patch

A recent publication reported the incidence of postdural puncture headache (PDPH) in conjunction with intrathecal drug delivery system (IDDS) implantation to be nearly 23 percent. Many patients responded to conservative measures but a percentage needed invasive treatment with an epidural blood patch (EBP). There is limited data to describe the technical details, success rates, and complications associated with EBP in this population. This study aims to provide a retrospective report of EBP for patients suffering from PDPH related to IDDS implantation. A chart review established a cohort of patients that required EBP in relation to a PDPH after IDDS implantation. This cohort was evaluated for demographic data as well as details of the EBP including technical procedural data, success rates, and complications. All patients received a trial of conservative therapy. Standard sterile technique and skin preparation were utilized with no infectious complications. The EBP was placed below the level of the IDDS catheter in 94% of procedures. Fluoroscopy was utilized in each case. The mean EBP volume was 18.6 cc and median time of EBP was day 7 after implant. There were no complications associated with EBP. EBP appears to be an effective intervention in this subset of PDPH patients.

scholarly journals Efficacy of the Ovesco Clip for Closure of Endoscope Related Perforations

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phonthep Angsuwatcharakon ◽  
Piyapan Prueksapanich ◽  
Pradermchai Kongkam ◽  
Thawee Rattanachu-ek ◽  
Jaksin Sottisuporn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hospital Stay ◽  
Clinical Success ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Length Of Hospital Stay ◽  
Day Length ◽  
Success Rates ◽  
Technical Success ◽  
Rectosigmoid Junction ◽  
Iatrogenic Perforation

Aim. To study the efficacy and other treatment outcomes of Ovesco clip closure of iatrogenic perforation. Methods. Retrospective study from 3 tertiary-care hospitals in Thailand. Patients with iatrogenic perforation who underwent immediate endoscopic closure by Ovesco clip were included. Patients’ demographic data, perforation size, number of Ovesco clips used, fasting day, length of hospital stay, success rates, and complication rate were recorded. Technical success was defined as closure achievement during endoscopic procedure and clinical success was defined as the patient can be discharged without the need of additional surgical or radiological intervention. Results. There were 6 iatrogenic perforations in 2 male and 4 female patients. The median age was 59 years (range 39–78 years). The locations of perforation were 5 duodenal walls and 1 rectosigmoid junction. The median perforation size was 13 mm (range 10–40 mm). The technical success was 100% and the clinical success was 83.3%. The success rates per locations were 100% in colon and 80% in duodenum, respectively. The median fasting time was 5 days (range 1–10 days) and the median length of hospital stay was 10 days (range 2–22 days). There was no mortality in any. Conclusion. Ovesco clip seems to be an effective and safe tool for a closure of iatrogenic perforation.

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