INTEGER

The INTEGER Project is a FP7-funded project which aims to develop and implement Gender Action Plans in order for research and higher education institutions to create sustainable transformational change to improve the career progression of women scientific researchers. The Gender Action Plans will set out how each institution can better use its resources, its partnerships, and how their research and academic staff are managed to optimise their scientific excellence.

The partners are:

The UKRC (project co-ordinator)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France
Siauliai University Centre for Gender, Lithuania
Trinity College, Dublin
Centre for Excellence for Women in Science, Germany (GESIS) (independent evaluator)

The project began in March 2011 and runs for five years. It involves research and practical action and reflection across four key areas:

Engagement of decision makers
Organisational structures
Career progression, development and support
Work-life balance

In addition to creating lasting change, the aim is to create a legacy of learning and guidance which can be shared with other institutions seeking to improve the position and progression of women in science, engineering and technology research and eduction institutions.

The funding for this project has been secured through the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) of the European Commission, Science in Society (SiS-2010-2.1.1.1) call 'Implementing Structural Change in Research Organisations/Universities'.

The name INTEGER stands for Institutional Transformation for Effecting Gender Equality in Research.