Women make up 43% of all scientists in São Paulo

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Agência FAPESP – Last year, 42% of the 19,678 initial applications for research funding presented to FAPESP were made by women. The percentage has grown continually since 1992, when it was 30%.

According to a FAPESP study, the overall success rate, defined as the number of approved applications divided by the total received over the year, was 61% for women and 60% for men in 2010.
For the main areas of Health Sciences, Agrarian Sciences and Engineering, there has been a strong increase in the proportion of women. In Health Sciences, the percentage grew from 34% in 1992 to 54% in 2010; in Agrarian Sciences, it increased from 23% in 1992 to 40% in 2010. In the case of Engineering, the number of women nearly tripled, going from 8% to 22% over the period.
In the main areas of Health Sciences, Humanities and Linguistics and Arts and Letters, over half of applicants are women. In the Biological Sciences, there is also a upward trend, from 42% in 1992 to 48% in 2010. 

Data indicate, meanwhile, that even though they are the majority, there has been a slight drop off in the number of female applicants in areas with a traditionally strong female presence. For example, Humanities fell from 56% in 1992 to 52% in 2010 and Linguistics, Arts and Letters went from 57% to 52% over the same period. In contrast, the percentage of growth is significant in areas with a traditionally stronger male presence such as Agrarian Science and Engineering.
From 1992 to 1998, there was a strong increase in the number of researchers, both women and men, who sought FAPESP funding, reaching an average number of over 730 researchers per year. Between 1998 and 2003, numbers were stable, with a total of around 7,000. From 2003 to 2010, growth has started up again, with an average increase of 267 researchers per year.
During the 1992-2010 period, the number of women researchers grew in accordance with the same short-term pattern as the increase in male researchers, but on average the degree of growth in the number of women researchers was slightly greater, leading to a higher percentage of women in the numbers.

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<b>Agência FAPESP –</b> Last year, 42% of the 19,678 initial applications for research funding presented to FAPESP were made by women. The percentage has grown continually since 1992, when it was 30%.<br />
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According to a FAPESP study, the overall success rate, defined as the number of approved applications divided by the total received over the year, was 61% for women and 60% for men in 2010.</p>
<p>For the main areas of Health Sciences, Agrarian Sciences and Engineering, there has been a strong increase in the proportion of women. In Health Sciences, the percentage grew from 34% in 1992 to 54% in 2010; in Agrarian Sciences, it increased from 23% in 1992 to 40% in 2010. In the case of Engineering, the number of women nearly tripled, going from 8% to 22% over the period.</p>
<p>In the main areas of Health Sciences, Humanities and Linguistics and Arts and Letters, over half of applicants are women. In the Biological Sciences, there is also a upward trend, from 42% in 1992 to 48% in 2010. <br />
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Data indicate, meanwhile, that even though they are the majority, there has been a slight drop off in the number of female applicants in areas with a traditionally strong female presence. For example, Humanities fell from 56% in 1992 to 52% in 2010 and Linguistics, Arts and Letters went from 57% to 52% over the same period. In contrast, the percentage of growth is significant in areas with a traditionally stronger male presence such as Agrarian Science and Engineering.</p>
<p>From 1992 to 1998, there was a strong increase in the number of researchers, both women and men, who sought FAPESP funding, reaching an average number of over 730 researchers per year. Between 1998 and 2003, numbers were stable, with a total of around 7,000. From 2003 to 2010, growth has started up again, with an average increase of 267 researchers per year.</p>
<p>During the 1992-2010 period, the number of women researchers grew in accordance with the same short-term pattern as the increase in male researchers, but on average the degree of growth in the number of women researchers was slightly greater, leading to a higher percentage of women in the numbers.</p>
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