Further Information
If you would like to know more about the issues faced by marginalised groups in science and make contact with potential sources of help or support, below you will find links to:
- funding opportunities
- organisations and groups
- helpful articles
Funding opportunities
- Wellcome Trust Research Career Re-entry scheme
- Wellcome Trust Flexible Research Careers page
- Janet Thornton Fellowship
- British Heart Foundation Career Re-entry Research Fellowship
- Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships
- Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship
- L’Oreal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships for Women in Science
- UKRI Future Leaders’ Fellowship
Further reading
- Research culture: embedding inclusive excellence The Royal Society
- Disabled scientists and fulfilling STEM careers New Scientist Jobs
- Mothers in science: 64 ways to have it all The Royal Society
- Moving mind-sets on gender diversity: McKinsey Global Survey results McKinsey
- More women on conference committees = more women conference speakers GEN
- Women in gender-equal countries less likely to gain STEM degrees Times Higher Education
- Barriers for women of color in science Science
- How to be an academic without working 60 hours a week The Guardian
- Disability awareness: the fight for accessibility Nature Jobs
- We need more women in science Innovators Magazine
- Coming out: the experience of LGBT+ people in STEM Genome Biology
- The continuing challenges for women in STEMM Cosmos
- Why are there so few Black women in science Advancement Deeply
- Breaking down gender barriers in science IAEA
- Holding on to patriarchy-reinforcing beliefs comes at a price Science Daily
- Women of color in STEM face greater risk of gender, racial harassment at work USA Today
- Confronting sexual harassment in science Scientific American
- When it comes to diversity, actions speak louder than graphs Chemistry World
Contact
For further information contact Dr Saher Ahmed: saher.ahmed@sanger.ac.uk