Table 2 Number and percentage of grants applications and awarded to men and women for the purpose of financing projects in the Biomedical and Health Sciences Research Network Centres (CIBER) in 2006
MenWomenTotal
SolicitedAwarded (% men awarded)SolicitedAwarded (% women awardedSolicited(% women solicited)Awarded(% women Awarded)
Bioengineering biomaterials and nanomedicine7722 (28.5)108 (80.0)87(11.5)30(26.7)
Epidemiology and public health7128 (39.4)1810 (55.5)89(20.2)38(26.3)
Physiopathology of obesity and nutrition4716 (34.0)154 (26.6)62(24.2)20(20.0)
Respiratory diseases7336 (49.3)122 (16.6)85(14.1)38(5.3)
Hepatic and digestive diseases7536 (48.0)2110 (47.6)96(21.9)46(21.3)
Neurodegenerative diseases5422 (40.7)74 (57.1)61(11.5)26(15.4)
Rare diseases7932 (40.5)2312 (52.2)102(22.5)44(27.3)
Total476192 (40.3)11650 (43.1)592(19.6)242(20.7)
OR total (95% CI)0.89 (0.61 to 1.34)
p Value0.32