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Scientists Enthusiastic About New Gender, Non-Binary Quotas for Research Funding
A lab technician in Seoul on March 11, 2020. ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Y. Teng
By Daniel Y. Teng
10/24/2022Updated: 10/24/2022
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The Australian Academy of Sciences has thrown its support behind a new quota system dealing with “gender inequities” in the distribution of research grants—despite repeated concerns from commentators that gender quotas do not produce meaningful outcomes.

In a “new intervention”, the country’s health and medical research funding body, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), has pledged to provide an equal number of Investigator Grants to women and men.

Daniel Y. Teng
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Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
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