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Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM Scholarship

The Elevate Program aims to address gender inequities in STEM through fostering more women-led industry-academia collaborations in applied research and business, growing professional skills of women in STEM and propelling women into leadership.

Important dates

Opens: 1-07-2024 Closes: 30-08-2024

Applies to

Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Research Coursework

At a glance

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering’s Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM program will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships over six years to women in STEM.

The Elevate program provides:

  • A scholarship (valued from $30,000 depending on awarded scholarship)
  • Access to events and networking
  • Mentoring
  • Well being support during scholars’ university studies

There are three categories of scholarships for the Elevate program. Each scholarship category has a different application form with different criteria for assessment, so please ensure you apply in the correct category.

Eligibility guidelines

To be considered for an Elevate program scholarship applicants must meet these three eligibility criteria:

  • Identify as a woman or non-binary person;
  • Be enrolling as a domestic student;
  • Be planning to undertake a STEM degree, PhD or higher studies to improve business acumen at an Australian University, commencing in 2025.

ATSE particularly encourages applications from individuals who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; individuals from regional, rural or remote areas; LGBTQIA+; individuals from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds; low-socioeconomic backgrounds; or those living with a disability. Diversity, inclusion, and achievement relative to opportunity will be considered in the assessment and selection process.

Applicants currently studying are ineligible for their current degree, however the Elevate Team would be delighted to receive their applications in the future, if the applicant chooses to undertake postgraduate studies or further study to elevate their leadership skills

Additional criteria apply, dependent on the category of scholarship selected.

Terms and conditions

For a full list of terms and conditions, please visit the Elevate Program Guidelines web page.

How to apply

To apply for this scholarship, please visit the Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM web page.

Further information

Please direct all enquiries to elevate@atse.org.au or call 02 6185 3240.

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