SPANISH RESEARCH AGENCY
GENDER EQUALITY PLAN
Gender equality in funding mechanisms
Webinar for RFOs Supera Project
26 January 2021
Victoria Ley. Spanish Research Agency

- November 2018: Creation of the Gender
Equality Strategic Group (GEI-AEI)
- November 2020: Creation of the Gender
Equality Plan 2021-2023
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN
AEI has the firm objective of challenging and transforming women roles,
responsibilities, leadership and visibility linked to scientific careers

Project Steps
Understanding the
Context
Identifiying
needs
Designing
measures
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN

AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN
Implement
measures
Monitor progress and
evaluate effectiveness
Project Steps

Reduce inequality and underrepresentation
of women (group leaders)
Promoting women careers
Include gender aspects and criteria in
proposals
Balanced participation in decisión making
processes
Institutional culture and training
RESEARCHERS
PROJECTS
INSTITUTIONAL
ORGANIZATION
OBJETIVOS
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN
Targets Objectives

Analysis, monitoring and dissemination of data disaggregated by sex
Strengthen and consolidate the equality structures of the AEI
- Strategic Group AEI
- Progress in the constitution of an Equality Unit in the AEI
Improve specific training on gender equality
- Annual training course for AEI staff
- Awareness raising and training of evaluators
WORK IN PROGRESS
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN

Improving integration of gender perspective in the Agency calls
Inclusion of equality criteria for evaluation and monitoring
- Extend and adapt the criteria of equality on AEI calls
- Improve gender balance in the evaluator committees
 Integrating a gender perspective in evaluation and monitoring
- Including specific sections in evaluation forms
-Training of staff in charge of evaluation and monitoring
 Identify factors causing different rate of success of women and men
as principal investigators
WORK IN PROGRESS
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN

I PLAN DE IGUALDAD DE GÉNERO 2021-2023
PARA LAS ACTIVIDADES DE FINANCIACIÓN DE I+D+I
Examples
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN
Disaggregated
data of the
annual R+D
project call

I PLAN DE IGUALDAD DE GÉNERO 2021-2023
PARA LAS ACTIVIDADES DE FINANCIACIÓN DE I+D+I
Examples
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN
Women in
evaluation
committees of
young researchers
40%
42%
44%
46%
48%
50%
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
RyC
IJC
FJC

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Working towards real equality change in
the scientific reseach activities and funding
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN

I PLAN DE IGUALDAD DE GÉNERO 2021-2023
PARA LAS ACTIVIDADES DE FINANCIACIÓN DE I+D+I
The AEI annually collects, analyzes and publish sex-disaggregated data
on the results of all RDI calls
Annual training course on gender equality for AEI staff
Gender perspective in the project application forms, evaluation
criteria and indicators of all AEI calls
Career interruptions: extension of the period evaluated
Balanced gender in evaluation and selection committees
IMPLEMENTED MEASURES
AEI GENDER EQUALITY PLAN