Elevate Scholarship: Boosting diversity in STEM
- Enrolment status
- Future UQ student, Current UQ student
- Student type
- Domestic
- Study level
- Undergraduate, Honours, Postgraduate coursework, Postgraduate research (HDR)
- Study area
- Agriculture and animal sciences, Computer science and IT, Engineering, Environment, Science and mathematics
- Scholarship focus
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, Diversity, Financial hardship, Rural or remote
- Funding type
- Living stipend
- Scholarship value
- From $30,000 to $150,250 depending on study level
- Scholarship duration
- Up to 3,5 years, depending on study level
- Number awarded
- May vary
- Applications open
- 1 May 2025
- Applications close
- 1 September 2025
Eligibility
You're eligible if you:
- Identify as a woman or non-binary person
- Be enrolling as a domestic student at an Australian University.
- Be planning to undertake a STEM degree or higher degree to improve business acumen (Leadership category only), commencing in 2026.
How to apply
Apply using the online application.
Please read the guidelines before applying.
Selection criteria
The scholarship is available to those who plan to commence study in 2026. Applications for the 2026 Elevate program close at 9:00am (AEST) Monday 1 September 2025.
ATSE particularly encourages applications from individuals who:
- identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- identify as LGBTQIA+
- are from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds
- are from low socio-economic backgrounds
- are from regional, rural or remote areas
- are living with a disability.
Diversity, inclusion, and achievement relative to opportunity will be considered in the assessment and selection process.
About this scholarship
In addition to providing financial support, the 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.
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