Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship s Last updated: 05/12/2016 Round 1 Successful Applicants AINSE The Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) will hold a school specifically for women at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The school will be targeted at 1st year University students with an emphasis on women in STEM and their career opportunities in nuclear science and engineering. AINSE will invite a female student from each of its 35 Australian University members to attend the school and experience the infrastructure and leadership roles at ANSTO, along with a mentoring program. $35,000 $60,000 Lucas Heights, NSW 2234 Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering t/a Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering The project will produce a series of up to 20 video profiles utilising female role models in STEM industries to be integrated into the Science and Technology Education Leveraging Relevance (STELR) program but with a focus to develop girls taking up STEM fields. $250,000 $310,000 Melbourne, VIC 3004
CBR Innovation Network The project is to create an out-ofschool, 10-week programme for girls in Canberra and the nearby regional area. The programme will be run four times over a two-year period and is designed to develop girls STEM skills, entrepreneurial skills and provide them with knowledge of the STEM entrepreneurial career pathways available. The activities in this project include skills workshops, career presentations, and field trips, connections with female STEM mentors, role models and speakers. $240,000 $300,000 Canberra, ACT 2601 Education Changemakers Pty Ltd The grant will help support a project that will focus on thirty female teachers or educators from regional areas attending three workshops and providing them with the tools required to implement change initiatives in their areas. Coaching, mentoring, online learning will also be used and case studies developed. The aim of the project is to identify the issues, develop strategies, prototyping, and leadership and impact assessments to improve tertiary enrolments' for girls in rural areas. $112,500 $260,900 South Melbourne, VIC 3205 Florey Neuroscience Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Women in Science Parkville Precinct (WiSPP) is a collective impact initiative involving five of Australia's largest medical research institutes, representing over 4000 scientists solving health problems in immunity, childhood disorders, brain disease and cancer. The aim of the project is to support and measure the impact of WiSPPs collective initiatives to overcome the barriers for women to excel and succeed in gaining leadership positions. $250,000 $400,000 Parkville, V 3052
GMIC t/a Geelong Manufacturing Council This project aims to support, promote and encourage women in manufacturing and engineering in the Geelong area. By offering a series of initiatives, presentations including guest speakers and role models, workshops, networking events and mentor training, this project will assist in the development of careers' of women in this regional area. With a history in fabrication, Geelong is currently transitioning to high-skilled advanced manufacturing and this project is to ensure women are a significant part of this. $75,000 $114,500 Geelong, V 3220 Girl Geek Academy Pty. Ltd. The project aims to train teachers to deliver science curricula (algorithmic thinking, computational thinking, software development and coding) in schools across Australia. The project focuses on girls aged 5-8 years and consists of one-day events, on-line training and on-going support. Aligned with the National Digital Technologies Curriculum, the goal is to increase awareness and participation of girls in STEM and entrepreneurship education at the earliest schooling opportunity. $250,000 $1,201,650 Melbourne, VIC 3000 Golden West Apprenticeships Golden West Apprenticeships is running a program called Engineering Girls on the Downs which aims to provide school based engineering traineeships to six girls based in the Darling Downs area of Queensland. The program is designed to help eliminate some of the barriers that exist stopping girls from pursuing STEM and entrepreneurship education and careers. Upon successful completion of the program the girls will receive a nationally recognised qualification in Certificate II in Engineering. It is expected this will allow a pathway to an engineering apprenticeship or to university, depending on their choices and desires that will emerge during the traineeship.the program will also involve female mentorship sessions run by a mentor who currently works in the industry. $55,441 $55,441 Roma, QLD 4455
James Cook University funding to support the She Flies Drone Camps: Building Northern Australia's Drone Ecosystem. The project will focus on developing a series of camps aimed at teaching high school girls and their teachers or parents the possibilities of working with, and flying drones from design and coding through to flying and finally using photography to create maps. $249,075 $465,475 Smithfield, QLD 4878 Murdoch University Murdoch University will be hosting a series of Showcase Days for Perth schoolgirls in early high school (Years 8 to 10) with the aim of demystifying career prospects within the STEM field. The Showcase Days will feature a range of inspirational women speakers, whose talks will be recorded and made available to other female students through the School of the Air and Isolated Distance Learning. In addition, workshops will be held with parents and teachers in their roles as primary influencers of female students. The object of these workshops is to give more information on helping girls decide what subjects to study. $58,300 $120,900 Murdoch, W 6150 Peopleplan Pty elearning specialists Peopleplan Pty Ltd and Social enterprise Young Change Agents have partnered for this program. Young Change Agents have successfully delivered design-thinking based social entrepreneurship programs to more than 200 youth in NSW during 2016. The objective of the program is to teach young people to see problems as opportunities, through critical thinking, creativity and communication. The WISE grant will enable the partnership to build the capacity of teachers through digital learning and an expansion of the faceto-face programs and youth incubators for teenage girls in regional NSW, Queensland and the NT. $244,000 $451,500 Surry Hills, NSW 2010
Resource Industry Network Co-op Ltd This project will develop toolkits, courses, provide coaching and implement strategies addressing gender inequity in the Mackay region. The project aims to increase the representation of women in STEM fields and leadership within the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region by changing community perceptions, workplace culture, the make-up of leadership groups and educational attraction for girls. $86,600 $133,100 Ooralea, Q 4740 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology t/a RMIT University The grant will support a program that targets high school girls from years 7 to 9 and involves a series of workshops and mentoring activities to provide students hands-on experience in STEM-related activities to explore the creative possibilities of STEM disciplines. $99,680 $149,417 Melbourne, VIC 3000 SBE Australia The project aims to develop a STEMfocussed early stage accelerator program for women that will provide the resources and network guidance to help women with STEM backgrounds seize entrepreneurial opportunities and build confident business foundations. $250,000 $350,000 Sydney, NS 2000 Subsea Energy Australia Inc Subsea Energy Australia Inc - Improving participation rates of women in subsea engineering. This project involves availing a series of workshops and networking events, as well as the creation of education materials and development programs, specific to the subsea sector and engineering for women. $174,840 $375,640 Perth, WA 6000
The Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies Incorporated t/a Science & Technology Australia Science & Technology Australia is the national peak body for Australia's scientists and those working in technology. The project, 'Superstars of STEM', will support thirty women currently employed in STEM sectors to become highly visible public role models, to encourage girls and young women's interest in STEM careers. The project will build the women's profiles through training in public speaking, media, and communicating with influence, and through creating opportunities to practice their newly acquired skills. It will also create and support networks and mentoring. $178,500 $272,500 Canberra, ACT 2601 The Royal Institution of Australia Incorporated A new sub-channel will be initiated on Australia's Science Channel. This project will develop the channel and content while ensuring Women in STEM focus is considered within all produced content. Marketed to both general and school specific audiences, this 'Women in STEM' channel will address the gaps currently existing with women working and studying in STEM. $80,000 $160,000 Adelaide, S 5000 The University of Adelaide The "Women Leaders in STEM Careers" is a personal and professional development programme designed to develop young female leaders and entrepreneurs in their chosen STEM career. The personal development component includes training modules focused on confidence building, exploring the expectations and challenges faced by women undertaking STEM careers. The professional development component exposes participants to networking opportunities through tailored panel and networking sessions, provides skills development workshops with Industry, and entrepreneurship and innovation workshops. $181,726 $231,726 Adelaide, S 5005 University of Southern Queensland The grant will support a program called WiRE (Women in Rural Enterprises), the aim of which is to develop entrepreneurship amongst women in rural, regional and remote Queensland. $248,167 $662,289 Darling Heights, QL 4350
University of Sydney The grant will support the ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO) 'CAASTRO in the Classroom' program and the 'CAASTRO Galaxy Convention'. The classroom program is an existing outreach activity designed to link high school students with CAASTRO's research scientists and PhD students. This grant will extend the program to add a new exclusive girls session. The convention is a multi-day workshop for PhD candidates, university researchers, high school and university students to work with innovators and entrepreneurs to develop business ideas. $250,000 $610,000 Camperdow Sydney University, NSW 2006 The University of Wollongong The University of Wollongong's Science Centre & Planetarium will be the lead partner for a major Festival of STEM which will feature key stakeholders from across its campuses who will deliver an extensive program of STEM based activities, primarily using women scientist as strong role models to 2,500 students over five days to inspire these students, particularly women, to pursue a future in STEM. $194,844 $410,796 Wollongong NSW 2522 Verco Engineering Pty Ltd t/a Mace Engineering Services The grant will support Verco Engineering to run a program called Super STEM Regional SA, which is aimed at high school girls in Years 9 and 10 who are approaching the period when they must choose their senior subjects. $46,900 $72,800 Clare, SA 5453 The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering is located within the University of Sydney. The project, 'The Warren Centre Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship Program' will use video interviews of successful STEM students, training and professional development courses to assist women to navigate a successful career and overcome gender inequity in STEM. This project will also include entrepreneurship events and personal development courses with specific STEM content. $192,000 $392,000 Camperdow Sydney University, NSW 2006
Women in Technology WA (Inc.) Targeting WA high school students in years 9 and 10, Techtrails is an incursion program emphasising the importance of positive female role modelling of women in STEM careers to all genders. $119,254 $255,414 Bibra Lake, WA 6163 $3,921,827 $7,816,048