EPSRC have recently published the most detailed data they have ever released on the ethnicities of their grant applicants and awardees. They’ve also pledged action to increase racial equity in grant funding including two broad-ranging consultations, one with senior management at universities, and another with the general physical science community…

Science in Parliament Journal publishes article collection on racial inequality in UK science — TIGERS are excited to highlight three articles published recently in Science in Parliament Journal. These articles accompany an online discussion meeting held in October 2020 by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee, focussed on ‘Racial Inequality in the UK Science Community’. TIGERSTEMM lead, Professor Rachel Oliver (Cambridge) had the honour of…

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) recently published a report on the gender balance of their grant portfolio. It presented a stark picture of under-funding of women scientists. In this post, we’ll summarise some of the findings of the report and discuss their implications. First though, it’s important…

On June 24th, UKRI released diversity data for the past 5 years. The published data finally shed some light onto various diversity characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, age or disability of funding applicants and recipients by UKRI councils. For the first time, the data addressed not only success rates (now…

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again; I have the best job in UK Research and Innovation — Director of our biggest fellowship scheme: the Future Leaders Fellowships #UKRIFLF. I love working on a people orientated scheme and discovering more about the amazing research and innovation that the…

If you’re reading this, I’m guessing you have at least a passing interest in issues related to equality, diversity, inclusion (EDI). Many of you may have been working on these things for a long time, but if you’re still trying to figure out how to get started this blogpost is…

We have decided to start a new blog for TIGERinSTEMM. We hope to use this site (medium) and our own website (www.tigerinstemm.org/blog) to share with you ideas and know-how from the group, as well as to promote recent activities and ideas. The focus on this blog will be aligned with…