FactoidWomen and Patents
In the 1980s, 7 percent of U.S. patents included at least one female inventor. By 2016, that number had increased to only 21 percent, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Women Are Underrepresented as Recipients of Many Prestigious Awards
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Women Early-Career Scientists Significantly Less Likely To Get Grants Than Male Peers
While women in senior-ranking professorships have achieved gender parity in their share of research grants in the life science fields, there is a significant gender disparity in grant funding awarded to female junior-level scholars.» Link to the original article
