Table 1.
Characteristics of applicants who submitted grant applications to the Swiss National Science Foundation between 2009 and 2016, stratified by gender
| Male applicants (n=4514 to 78%) |
Female applicants (n=1306 to 22%) |
|
| Age (mean (SD)) | 48.24 (8.63) | 46.23 (8.27) |
| Affiliation | ||
| ETH domain | 1195 (26%) | 219 (17%) |
| Other | 481 (11%) | 224 (17%) |
| Universities (reference) | 2838 (63%) | 863 (66%) |
| Nationality | ||
| Other than Swiss | 1896 (42%) | 573 (44%) |
| Swiss | 2618 (58%) | 733 (56%) |
| Field of research | ||
| Medicine | 1029 (23%) | 317 (24%) |
| Architecture | 146 (3%) | 56 (4%) |
| Biology | 611 (14%) | 129 (10%) |
| Chemistry | 378 (8%) | 76 (6%) |
| Economics | 290 (6%) | 84 (6%) |
| Engineering | 527 (12%) | 74 (6%) |
| Geology | 144 (3%) | 24 (2%) |
| History | 209 (5%) | 68 (5%) |
| Linguistics | 203 (5%) | 102 (8%) |
| Mathematics/physics | 491 (11%) | 56 (4%) |
| Psychology | 223 (5%) | 164 (13%) |
| Sociology | 263 (6%) | 156 (12%) |
The characteristics refer to the first submission of a project grant proposal during the study period. Numbers (%) are shown unless otherwise indicated. Analysis based on 5820 unique applicants without missing values.