Elevate aims to address inequities in STEM through comprehensive scholarships enabling more diverse women and non-binary people to access tertiary STEM education, professional skills development and STEM leadership opportunities with industry and academia.

ATSE's Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM program will award up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM across the duration of the program.

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

Elevate scholarships are awarded across three categories - Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Leadership.

Eligible entities

Applicants are required to meet all three eligibility criteria:   

• Identify as a woman or non-binary person 
• Be enrolling as a domestic student at am Australian University
• Be planning to undertake a STEM degree OR higher studies to improve business acumen (leadership category only), commencing in 2026

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. 

• Phone: 13 28 46
• Website: https://www.business.gov.au/contact-us