An illustration of a man and a woman standing on either plate of an old fashioned weighing scale. They both weigh equal amounts.

GENDER EQUALITY ENHANCEMENT FUND 2021


Maura O'Shea

By Maura O'Shea

Posted: 4 June, 2021

The HEA is launching its call for applications to the Gender Equality Enhancement Fund 2021.

The aim of this fund is to advance gender equality initiatives in Irish higher education.

Applications under the Fund will open on Friday, June 4, and the deadline for submission of applications will be 12 noon on Friday, September 24, 2021.

Last year, more than €286,000 was awarded to higher education institution partners to fund gender equality initiatives.

Awards were made across three areas – research on or advancing gender equality initiatives in Ireland; training programmes specifically addressing gender equality and Athena SWAN capacity-building activities.

Projects were funded across several areas including the promotion of female role models in the physical sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (pSTEM), development and implementation of gender identity, expression and diversity training for staff in Irish HEIs, establishment of networks to support female participation in computer science, resources to support the academic advancement of mid-career female staff, provision of gender equality–based leadership training to future leaders, and development of resources to assist departments in modelling gender-disaggregated data against national trends.

APPLICATIONS OPEN: JUNE 4, 2021

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 12 noon, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Call for Applications – 2021

Application Form

More: gender equality, gender equality enhancement fund, HEA

Our use of cookies

We use necessary cookies to make our site work. We'd also like to set optional analytics cookies to help us improve it. We won't set these optional cookies unless you enable them. Using this tool will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences.

For more detailed information about the cookies we use, see our Privacy Policy page

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions.

Analytics cookies

We'd like to set Google Analytics cookies to help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone.