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WelcomeNCCR MUST/RESOLV Gender and Science Meeting

13-14 September, ETH Zürich

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Gender, Excellence and the SNSF

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Key insights on diversity

• Teams and organizations whose members are heterogeneous in meaningful ways have a higher potential for innovation than homogeneous teams

• More women among scientific decision makers would enhance the robustness of the decisions made due to an increase in the diversity of viewpoints.

• Where creativity is required and where the problems are complex enough, diversity is typically beneficial.

• Diversity in the scientific system and in the R&I marketplace offers an competitive advantage for strengthening the scientific endeavour through more effective deployment of the female human capital.

• Diversity assists in the development of new economic opportunities by widening the experiences and expertise brought to creating innovation and to identifying and understanding new markets.

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Gender Equality and the SNSF – WHY?

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Gender Equality and the SNSF – WHY?

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Proportion of women heads

of institutions in the higher

education sector in Europe,

2014

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Gender Equality and the SNSF – WHY?

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Academic careers of women and men in Switzerland and Europe (EU-28)

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Data 2016

Gender Equality and the SNSF – WHY?

Applications and grants by gender (projects)

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Gender Equality and the SNSF – HOW?

- Gender mainstreaming of the organisational structure

- Career scheme for women

- Supplementary measures

- Mentoring and networking

- Gender monitoring

- Women in MINT

- Gender strategies in NCCR

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NCCR – a funding and research policy instrument

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The SNSF in figures (2016)

Funding by scheme

Approved amounts in CHF and as share of total funding amount

Data 2016

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Programmes – Funding by scheme (2016)

Data 2016

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The main goals of an NCCR

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NCCRKnowledge & Technology TransferScience communication

Promotion of young scientists & of gender equality

Strenghten the structuring and the (inter-)national interlinkage of the research landscape

Excellent research - internationally visible

Goal: Gender Equality

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Gender Equality in NCCR: Ambitions I

High standard gender equality

• Autonomy

• Innovative and field-specific gender equality strategy and action plan

• Review process

• Networking among NCCR - joint workshops, NCCR gender platform meeting 2015, Gender in Physics Day 2017, etc.

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Gender Equality in NCCR: Ambitions II

Long-lasting structures

• Up to 3 x 4-years funding by SNSF

• Research capacities - NCCR SYNAPSY: 6 new women professors in 3

years

• Educational and training structures - NCCR MUST and NCCR Bioinspired

Materials with awards / fellowship programs for women

• Transdisciplinary co-operations - NCCR MUST women scientist network

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Gender Equality in NCCR: Ambitions III

Broader impact beyond NCCR

• Towards home institutions - NCCR MUST women professors forum, Women in science networks (Lac Lémanique)

• Towards scientific community - NCCR Planet S raising awareness in academia measures

• Towards society

• Feedback towards the SNSF

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Evaluation of NCCRs

Gender equality = 1 of multiple criteria for the competitive distribution of funds

Criteria: Quality of research, strategies (KTT, education & training, equal opportunity, communication), leadership, structural impact

Selection process: two-stage, the gender dimensions are considered in both stages

Evaluation of running NCCRs: gender dimensions play a role at all stages

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Gender Equality in NCCRs - dimensions

• Gender-supporting structures (work-life balance)

• Gender awareness (e.g. female role models, mentoring)

• Gender balanced allocations of resources (e.g. grants for female researchers)

• Gender balanced organisation (e.g. gender balanced decision making)

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Gender Equality in NCCR

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Any questions?

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Further Information

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www.snf.ch

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Reservefolien

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Evaluation procedure pre-proposal (1. Stage)• Evaluation of progress in gender equality

• Intermediate report; Site Visit• Recommendations to NCCR and RC by the review panel

• Evaluation of the performance over the past years• Intermediate reports and pre-proposal; Site Visit• Recommendations to RC by the review panel • Assessment by RC• Recommendations to NCCR for full proposal by RC

• Evaluation of the appropriateness of the gender equality strategy for the next year• Pre-proposal (including gender strategy); Site Visit• Recommendations to RC by the review panel • Assessment by SNSF (external expertises, RC)• Recommendations to NCCR for full proposal by RC

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Exerpt from the presentation by Dr. Anna Garry, NCCR MUST, ETH Zürich at the Gender in Physics Day, Geneva,26 January 2017

What did MUST do?• Consulted the gender experts at ETH Zürich and University

of Zürich

• International research findings on gender for Physics and Chemistry

• Consulted our women scientists on their career needs and challenges

• Identified a key debate: “fix the women” versus “change the institutions”

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Continued

Goals and Strategy for NCCR MUST

• Appoint, retain and advance more women scientists• Create and support an active NCCR MUST women scientist network• Support and start initiatives that attract more young girls and women to

science• Collaborate with gender offices in Switzerland, NCCRs and internationally• Communicate our work on women in science• Monitor our gender statistics• Communicate scientific awards, bursaries and family support grants• Develop political influence and leadership for women scientists

Details of initatives: www.nccr-must.ch under Advancement of Women

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Share of women at Swiss universities (including ETH) -2015

Source: Federal Statistical Office, 2017

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Proportion of women employees bycategories at Swiss universities

Source: Federal Statistical Office, 2017

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Proportion of professors by field at Swiss universities(2015)

Source: Federal Statistical Office, 2017

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Natural sciences and mathematics2015

Source: Federal Statistical Office, 2017

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Proportion of women researchers in the highereducation sector, 2012

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Proportion of women heads of institutions in thehigher education sector, 2014

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Academic careers of women and menin Switzerland and Europe (EU-28)

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