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Leaky pipeline for women scientists dries up after they win first big grant

Once female scientists nab a US National Institutes of Health grant, their careers tend to last nearly as long as those of men.
  1. Holly Else
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After they secure their first major research grant from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), women are almost as successful as men at netting further awards from the agency, according to an analysis published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05759-w

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  1. Hechtman, L. A. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1800615115 (2018).

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