Análisis de los proyectos de investigación concedidos por el Consejo Superior de Deportes (2006-2012), desde una perspectiva de género

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to conduct a gender-based analysis of research projects approved for funding by the Consejo Superior de Deportes (CSD). For this purpose, we analysed all research projects approved for funding by the CSD (N = 185) between the years 2006-2012, taking the information from the CSD’s website. For each of the research projects, the following variables were analysed: a) the institution; b) type of institution; c) region; d) discipline; e) amount of funding; and f) gender of the main researcher (MR). The most significant results indicated that: a) in 21.08% of the projects, the main researcher was female; b) 136 researchers, 55 institutions, and 15 regions have had at least one project approved by the CSD; c) the institution with the highest number of approved research projects was Madrid’s Universidad Politécnica, followed by the same city’s Universidad Europea; d) research projects by state universities were mainly approved for funding, followed by private ones; e) the Madrid region is the region with the highest number of approved research projects; f) the discipline for which most research projects were approved was the field of sports performance, followed by sports medicine, teaching and management; g) the average amount of funding awarded per research project was 11,151.21 euros and the projects that receive higher amounts have a male main researcher, are conducted by state universities, are in the Extremadura region, and are awarded for the fields of biomechanics, sports performance and training. This data is aimed at offering an insight into the approval of projects by the CSD, and it can be used both by sports research policy experts and potential participants in research projects.