The Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship program supports investment in gender equity initiatives that aim for lasting systemic change by eliminating barriers for women’s participation in STEM education and careers, and entrepreneurship.
The program objectives are to:
- increase awareness and participation of girls and women in STEM education and careers
- increase awareness and participation of girls and women in other parts of the innovation ecosystem including innovative businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurial activities and careers
- stimulate an increase in the number of women in senior leadership and decision making positions in government, research organisations, industry and businesses.
Key Date
- Close date: 17 Nov 2020 05:00 PM AEDT.
- You must complete your project by 30 April 2022.
What do you get?
Grants between $5,000 and $250,000 for projects that increase women’s and girls’ participation in STEM and entrepreneurship.
Who is this for?
To apply you must be an organisation incorporated in Australia, a publicly funded research organisation or publicly funded research agency, a vocational education and training provider, a technical and further education institution or a not-for-profit organisation.
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible you must have an Australian business number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:
- an entity, incorporated in Australia
- a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) or publicly funded research agency (PFRA) as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines.
- a government or non-government vocational education and training (VET) provider as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines, or technical and further education (TAFE) institution
- an incorporated not for profit organisation
Joint applications are acceptable, provided you have a lead organisation who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply. For further information on joint applications, refer to section 7.2 of the grant opportunity guidelines.
You can only submit one application as the lead applicant per application round.
For more information, head to the Australian Government website.
