Are we moving the dial? Canadian health research funding trends for women ’s health, 2S/LGBTQ + health, sex, or gender considerations

ConclusionsAlthough there was an increased number of funded grants with abstracts that mentioned sex and 2S/LGBTQ  + health across time, these increases were less than 2% between 2009 and 2020. The percentage of funded grants with abstracts mentioning female-specific health or gender differences did not change significantly over time. The percentage of funding dollars allocated to grants in which the abstra cts mentioned sex or gender also did not change substantially from 2009 to 2020, with grant abstracts mentioning sex or female-specific research increasing by 1.26% and 3.47%, respectively, funding allocated to research mentioning gender decreasing by 0.49% and no change for 2S/LGBTQ +-specific he alth. Our findings suggest more work needs to be done to ensure the public can evaluate what populations will be examined with the funded research with respect to sex and gender to advance awareness and health equity in research.
Source: Biology of Sex Differences - Category: Biology Source Type: research