Physical sciences funder wants UK women to go for bigger grants
By 
Angeli Mehta2020-10-09T08:31:00
Just five applications for grants over £10 million received from women since 2007
As two women share this year’s Nobel prize in chemistry, consultations are underway on how to encourage more women from the physical sciences and engineering community to apply for grants – particularly large ones.
Underrepresentation of women is a well-known problem in chemistry, but the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) says that in any given year, just 11–15% of applications come from female principal investigators.