Impact of early career medical research funding on subsequent publication outcomes and research income for female and male applicants in the United Kingdom (opens in new tab)

The current debate in science funding of early-career researchers is shifting from exploring its effects on future outcomes to understanding who is more likely to benefit from it. In this paper, we explore the effect of research funding among male and female applicants. Using propensity score weighting on data from the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom, we examine the effect on research income, scientific productivity (publications), as well as scientific influence (citations, re...