Elevate: Boosting Diversity in STEM scholarship program - Research

Applications open
1 May 2025
Applications close
1 September 2025
Payment per year
Varies - Refer to Elevate website
Duration
Up to 3.5 years for PhD and up to 2 years for Masters
Program
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Master by Research
Degree
Postgraduate Research
Citizenship
Australian Citizens
Australian Permanent Residents
New Zealand Citizens
Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holders
Type of Scholarship
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
Financial Need
Rural Regional and Remote Areas
Students with Disabilities
Supplementary Scholarships
Available In
All Faculties
Available To
Future Students
Commencing Students
Continuing Students

ATSE’s Elevate: Boosting Diversity in STEM program (“Elevate”) will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM. The Elevate program provides a scholarship, access to events and networking, mentoring, and ongoing support during scholars’ university studies

The postgraduate category is valued at up to $150,250 over up to 3.5 years for a PhD (see Elevate website as payment varies dependent on program).

Eligibility:

Applicants are required to meet three eligibility criteria: 

  1. Identify as a woman or non-binary person 
  2. Be enrolling as a domestic student at an Australian university
  3. Be planning to undertake a STEM degree or a higher degree to improve business acumen (Leadership category only), commencing in 2026.

Postgraduate Scholarships are for applicants commencing either a Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, Master by Research or Master by Coursework in a priority discipline area. Prospective applicants applying for a Postgraduate Scholarship, must identify, or plan to identify, a research project in an applied domain in a research team at an Australian university.

Postgraduate studies that will be favourably considered include:

  • resources
  • transport
  • medical science
  • defence capability
  • renewables and low emission technologies
  • agriculture, forestry and fisheries
  • enabling capabilities (such as engineering, data science, robotics, quantum)

Further additional criteria apply, dependent on the type of scholarship selected.

Guidelines for the program can be found here

Further information:

Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM | ATSE

Enquiries:

Please direct all inquiries to applications@atse.org.au

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