Table S1.
Numbers of applications and awarded grants, along with success rates for male and female applicants, by scientific discipline
| Discipline | Applications, n | Awards, n | Success rates, % | ||||||
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Total | 2,823 | 1,635 | 1,188 | 467 | 290 | 177 | 16.5 | 17.7a | 14.9b |
| Chemical sciences | 122 | 83 | 39 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 26.2 | 26.5a | 25.6a |
| Physical sciences | 174 | 135 | 39 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 20.1 | 19.3a | 23.1a |
| Physics | 76 | 67 | 9 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 26.3 | 26.9a | 22.2a |
| Humanities | 396 | 230 | 166 | 65 | 33 | 32 | 16.4 | 14.3a | 19.3a |
| Technical sciences | 251 | 189 | 62 | 43 | 30 | 13 | 17.1 | 15.9a | 21.0a |
| Interdisciplinary | 183 | 105 | 78 | 29 | 12 | 17 | 15.8 | 11.4a | 21.8a |
| Earth/life sciences | 282 | 156 | 126 | 56 | 38 | 18 | 19.9 | 24.4a | 14.3b |
| Social sciences | 834 | 425 | 409 | 112 | 65 | 47 | 13.4 | 15.3a | 11.5a |
| Medical sciences | 505 | 245 | 260 | 75 | 46 | 29 | 14.9 | 18.8a | 11.2b |
Success rates for male and female applicants with different subscripts differ reliably from one another (P < 0.05).