Retaining Scientific Excellence through being WiSER

The Centre for Women in Science & Engineering Research

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Caroline Roughneen, Director WiSER

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Science Foundation IrelandWomen in Science & Engineering Programme

Recruit women to engineering• Awarded annually

• SFI/Dell Scholarship – Young Women in Engineering

• 10 awardees per annum

Retain women in science• Institute Planning Grants (2005)

•12 Institutions received €10k each to undertake study of status of women in academic science

• Institute Development Awards awarded (2006)

•Competitive call with 3 Universities awarded up to €250k each to tackle women’s under-representation in science

•Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork and University of Limerick successful

Return women to science• Principal Investigators Career Advancement Awards (PICA) (2006)

• Condition of award that a career break had interrupted academic research

• 10 women academics awarded PICA

The Centre for Women in

Science & Engineering Research

Who reaches the top? All faculties Percentage of Men and Women by Grade

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Who reaches the top?

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Tinkering Tailoring TransformingActivity Events Attendees

Springboard Programme Run 4 times 62 graduates

Mentoring programme Pilot programme 20 partnerships

Career development seminars 18 events Average 20 attendees

Academic writing groups 6 groups formed Average 6 in a group

Postdoctoral awards 1 year award 3 awardees

Activities 2007 - 2009

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Activity Update Further Needs

Gender disaggregated statistics, reporting annually

Data collection & reporting ongoing

National comparisons of data

Policy & procedure review in context of gender

Review carried out

Implement findings

Good practice review in University Schools

Studies and contacts identified to carry out review

Implement review

Tinkering Tailoring Transforming

Activities 2007 - 2009

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