Equal Opportunity
Promoting equal opportunity among researchers is one of NeuroCure's declared objectives. Women are still underrepresented at higher academic levels. To counteract this, NeuroCure has developed a diverse set of measures based on the equal opportunity strategies of its partner organizations to sustainably increase the proportion of female scientists in higher academic positions, including:
- female postdoctoral research fellowships
- mentoring program for female scientists
- financial support for flexible childcare
- actively approaching female scientists in recruitment processes
- dual career support
Through NeuroCure's successful strategy, the proportion of female principal investigators within the Cluster has more than doubled from 12% to 25%.
Percentage of women at NeuroCure:
as of July 2017
|
Principal Investigators
(Professors and Junior Group Leaders)
|
25% |
|
Research Associates
Doctoral Students
Physicians
Postdocs
|
56%
62%
58%
|
| Non-Academic Staff | 86% |
For more information on the equal opportunity programs of NeuroCure’s university partner institutions: