[FRC Blog] Something New - SWE Grant

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Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

Furthermore, this grant defines Female far too loosely. Are we talking biologically female? Identifies as female? What about other cases, even dealing solely with biological gender there's more than just Male and Female...

I think they're just assuming cis female, or identifies at female. Indicating biological sex would risk outing a student who doesn't ID as female, plus the binary can of worms.

I think that a lot of the grant should also depend on if the females in question actually feel comfortable in the enviornment. Just because you do have a solid 50:50 or what have you ratio or a female on the drive team does not mean that all or even most girls on the team feel they are given the chance to speak their mind and allowed an equal chance to participate in what they want to participate inside the team. Especially if a team does try to get this grant by placing a female on the drive team and cause resentment with other members. Then it isn't really indicative of gender equality on the team.
Hopefully the details of the grant or criteria are a lot more specific on the form. I understand why they thought it would be a good idea to create a grant like this, though.