Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1933 · 41 citations · 0 references
EducationHigher EducationPhysicsInnovationIntellectual PropertyStem EducationIntellectual Property In UniversitiesPatent AnalysisScience-technology-society RelationshipsStem CurriculumWomen In ScienceAcademic PreparationAcademic ProfessionalizationDoctoral DegreesGender Disparities In StemStem Gender EquityWomen In Doctoral EducationWomen In Research Universities
STEM PhDs increasingly contribute to commercial science, such as patenting. We analyze faculty’s role in training STEM PhD students as new inventors on patents at leading research universities, emphasizing the drivers of gender differences. We ...STEM PhDs are a critical source of human capital in the economy, contributing to commercial as well as academic science. We examine whether STEM PhD students become new inventors (file their first patent) during their doctoral training at the top 25 U.S. ...