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.
Applications for the 2027 round are now closed.
Applications open: 1 July 2026
Information session: 5 August 2026 > Recording available here
Applications close: 1 September 2026, 9.00 am AEST
Assessment period: September-October 2026
Scholarships announced: mid-November 2026
Scholarships commence: January 2027
About Elevate
ATSE’s Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM program (“Elevate”) will award more than 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
The program is funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, with additional scholarship funding available through the Department of Defence, Commonwealth Bank, AirTrunk and Snowy Hydro Limited.
Program eligibility
Applicants are required to meet all 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 an eligible undergraduate STEM degree commencing in 2027
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.
Guidelines
You can read our 2027 Elevate program guidelines online, or you can download it as a PDF.
Read 2027 Elevate program guidelines online.
Applying to Elevate
You can read our helpful document Applying to Elevate online, or you can download it as a PDF.
Read Applying to Elevate online.
Sample application form
The link below to a sample undergraduate form will show you what questions will be asked so you can have your answers prepared.
Key dates
Applications open: 1 July 2026
Information session: 5 August 2026
Applications close: 1 September 2026, 9.00 am AEST
Assessment period: September-October 2026
Scholarships announced: mid-November 2026
Scholarships commence: January 2027
Register your interest
If you are interested in finding out more about the program and being notified about future application rounds, please sign up to our mailing list.
Elevate partners
Meet some of our Elevate scholars
21
Sep
2026
AI can score almost perfectly and still potentially cost 400 times more – here's why
New research from an Elevate scholar has found that an AI system can score almost 100% in testing and still perform dramatically differently when put in charge of an electricity system designed to simulate the real world.
AI
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Engineering
17
Sep
2026
From psychology to AI: Elevate scholar using big data to understand how the mental health landscape is changing
An Elevate: Boosting diversity in STEM scholarship is helping an emerging STEM researcher uncover how our understanding of mental health is shifting and what that means for how we respond.
Elevate
Diversity & inclusion
Women in STEM
5
Feb
2026
From great apes to space snaps – the first steps of an image computing career
In 2023, a young computer enthusiast looks to start a university degree. Settling into the Bachelor of Computer Science (Advanced) at the University of Adelaide, Georgia Mason’s career is beginning.
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STEM education
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