- Once female scientists receive a major research project grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), their funding futures are quite similar to those of their male peers, a new study reports. That suggests gender represents a small, and shrinking, barrier to success in a science career http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2018/07/new-analysis-funding-trends-offers-encouraging-news-female-investigators-caveats 18 comments science