Flinders University Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM 2025

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

• Table of Content
• About Flinders University
• Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM
• Aim and Benefits of Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM
• Requirements for Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century. Flinders is a verdant university[citation needed] and a member of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) Group and ranks in the 10-16 bracket in Australia and 36th in the world of those established less than 50 years. Academically, the university pioneered a cross-disciplinary approach to education, and its faculties of medicine and the humanities are ranked amon... continue reading

Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM

Application Deadline	01 Sep 2025
Country to study	Australia
School to study	Flinders University
Type	Undergraduate
Sponsor	Flinders University
Gender	Women

Aim and Benefits of Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM

Elevate provides:  

• A generous scholarship
  • Undergraduate category – up to $30,000 over up to 3 years
  • Postgraduate category – up to $150,250 over up to 3.5 years
  • Leadership category – up to $70,000 over up to 2 years
• Access to skill building workshops
• Access to peer mentoring and networking events
• Access to 24/7 wellbeing and psychosocial support 

Requirements for Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM Qualification

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 a STEM degree or higher degree to improve business acumen (Leadership category only), commencing in 2026. 

Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged. Diversity and inclusion considerations, and consideration of career disruptions and achievements relative to opportunity will guide the selection process. Applicants will be given the option to share how they identify and their individual journey and circumstances. All applicants will be considered for scholarships even if they do not disclose how they identify.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM

Eligible applications will be assessed by an expert selection committee consisting of STEM leaders with diverse backgrounds and lived experiences who are representative of the STEM ecosystem. The panel will review the applicant’s responses and discipline of study and will consider the diversity of applicants.

This selection committee will be responsible for recommending applicants for Elevate scholarships.

Application Deadline

September 1, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Flinders University on www.atse.org.au to apply

For more details, visit Flinders University Scholarship webpage