Women at CNPq – An analysis of possible mechanisms of gender inequality in federal funding for ST&I

This work detected the presence of patterns of gender inequality when studying the financing provided by the main science funding agency in Brazil, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq).It was found that the absolute numbers of funding for women increased over time, but there is evidence of the presence of patterns of gender inequality in the form of underfunding of the value of research projects, especially in larger ones, and in the form of lower presence in leadership positions.It is clear that such patterns can be perpetuated by inequality in the distribution of genders among those most responsible for evaluating projects (Productivity Fellows).