Medeuov Darkhan, Rodionova Kamilla, Sabitov Zhaxylyk, Rodionov Adil
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Sciences and Humanities, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Astana, Kazakhstan.
PLoS One. 2025 May 30;20(5):e0318875. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318875. eCollection 2025.
This paper analyzes 4,488 applications from a grant funding competition held in 2017 in Kazakhstan. The competition had a two-stage design: first, anonymous subject matter experts evaluated the applications' scientific potential; then, open panels of local science managers made the final decisions. We analyze a range of bibliometric, institutional, and demographic variables associated with the applications and show that review scores account for only a small variation in success rates. The most important factor is the organizational closeness to decision-making. Gender also plays a role: we find that, net of academic merit, men and women investigators receive similar review scores, yet the panelists grant awards to men more often than to women. We further demonstrate that the gender gap emerges due to decisions made in a specific domain-Natural Resource Management.
本文分析了2017年在哈萨克斯坦举行的一次科研基金资助竞赛中的4488份申请。该竞赛采用两阶段设计：首先，匿名的主题专家评估申请的科学潜力；然后，由当地科学管理人员组成的公开评审小组做出最终决定。我们分析了一系列与申请相关的文献计量学、机构和人口统计学变量，结果表明评审分数在成功率中所占的差异很小。最重要的因素是与决策制定的组织亲近度。性别也起到了一定作用：我们发现，在排除学术水平因素后，男性和女性研究者获得的评审分数相似，但评审小组成员授予男性奖项的频率高于女性。我们进一步证明，性别差距是由于在自然资源管理这一特定领域做出的决策而产生的。
