Integrating sex and gender into your research (proposal)
Learn how to do it and why.
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Why and how?
Why should I address the sex-and-gender dimension of my research, and how can I go about it?
Funders' perspectives
What do specific funding organisations say about integrating the sex-and-gender dimension in research proposals?
What's new? Publications, webinars, and funding opportunities
Latest: A study led by KI researcher Claudia Kutter shows how discovering a protective mechanism in females can lead to new drug trials in a male-dominant disease (in this case, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease).
Read this article and many more in this curated list of original research and review articles showcasing the value of considering sex and/or gender in biomedical research!
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Get inspired! KI case studies
Find out what KI researchers think about integrating sex as a biological variable in research, and how they have done so in their work.
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Get started! Courses and resources
Free online courses, webinars, and tools designed to help you take sex and gender aspects into account in your research.
New: AstraZeneca’s Open Innovation website recently launched a Sex Inclusive Research Framework (SIRF), which guides researchers in designing preclinical research aligned with a sex-inclusive research philosophy. This SIRF tool comprises a decision tree for evaluating preclinical research proposals, resulting in one or more ‘traffic light’ outcome classifications, indicating whether a proposal is appropriate, carries some risk, or is insufficient regarding sex inclusion.