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Elevate: Boosting Diversity in STEM Scholarship

The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering’s (ATSE) Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM will award more than 500 scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM. The Elevate program aims to address gender inequities in STEM through fostering more women and non-binary led industry-academia collaborations in applied research and business, growing professional skills of women in STEM and propelling women and non-binary people into leadership.

Important dates

Opens: 7-07-2026 Closes: 1-09-2026

Applies to

Domestic Undergraduate Coursework

At a glance

The Elevate program provides:

  • A scholarship
  • Access to skill-building workshops
  • Access to peer mentoring and networking events
  • Access to 24/7 wellbeing and psychosocial support

Eligibility guidelines

Applicants are required to meet three eligibility criteria:

  • Identify as a woman or non-binary person;
  • Be enrolling as a domestic student at an Australian university;
  • Be planning to undertake an eligible undergraduate STEM degree commencing in 2027.

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.

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 Diversity in STEM web page.
Applications close - 9:00am (AEST) 1 September 2026.

Further information

For further information please visit Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM | ATSE
Please direct all enquiries to applications@atse.org.au or call 02 6185 3240.

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