Gender Equality Plan / What to consider at the proposal stage

Gender in research teams: equal opportunities in research

Please take into consideration gender balance/equality in the project consortium at all levels, including in decision-making positions, e.g., what steps have been taken to approach/achieve it?

Gender in research content

• Does the methodology ensure that (possible) gender differences will be investigated? Will sex/gender differentiated data be collected and analysed throughout the research cycle and will they be part of the final publication?
• If the research involves humans as research objects, has the relevance of gender to the research topic been analysed?
• If the research does not directly involve human subjects, has the gender dimension sufficiently been considered (e.g., relevance, impact of findings)?
• Have the relevant literature and/or other sources of gender-relevant issues in the field been taken into consideration?

If there are no identifiable gender aspects after a detailed review by the applicants, this must be justified, e.g., by providing reasons to demonstrate that no sex, gender, and other relevant differences have been found.

Gender in communication

Please use gender sensitive writing in German and English