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Item type:Publication, Gender bias in CIHR Foundation grant awarding Open PDF(2019) ;Witteman, H.O. ;Hendricks, M. ;Straus, S.Tannenbaum, C.Item type:Publication, COVID-19 gender policy changes support female scientists and improve research quality Open PDF(2021) ;Witteman, H.O. ;Haverfield, J.Tannenbaum, C.With more time being spent on caregiving responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic, female scientists' productivity dropped. When female scientists conduct research, identity factors are better incorporated in research content. In order to mitigate damage to the research enterprise, funding agencies can play a role by putting in place gender equity policies that support all applicants and ensure research quality. A national health research funder implemented gender policy changes that included extending deadlines and factoring sex and gender into COVID-19 grant requirements. Following these changes, the funder received more applications from female scientists, awarded a greater proportion of grants to female compared to male scientists, and received and funded more grant applications that considered sex and gender in the content of COVID-19 research. Further work is urgently required to address inequities associated with identity characteristics beyond gender. © 2021 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.