For men in academia: your women colleagues, when someone writes them to ask whether there are any funding possibilities at least try to think of some for a minute before aswering.
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My worst example is from when I attended a conference (unfunded) and asked the main organiser whether there were any grants he knew of I could apply to. He simply answered: no.
Turns out that their main funder (I'd never heard of) of the conference actually had travel grants.
Unfortunately, I only discovered after the fact when their logo got printed onto the flyers. I was too late to apply and the society did not make exceptions. I wouldn't have been if the organiser would have taken a minute to think about.
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Turns out that their main funder (I'd never heard of) of the conference actually had travel grants.
Just keep that in mind when you next just send a "I don't know" & I wish you all the best.