New FLEET funding supporting women in STEM

As COVID bites into academic budgets, it is getting even harder for PhD students to secure funding.

Research indicates COVID is disproportionately hurting women in science, who are already under-represented in STEM, particularly in physics. In response, FLEET has introduced a new, third scholarship option for outstanding candidates who identify as women:

New PhD partial-stipend scholarship:

  • Maximum $15,000/year partial stipend scholarship to an outstanding PhD candidate
  • Scholarship contributed by FLEET’s central Equity & Diversity fund, with matching funds from other sources.

This is in addition to existing Women in FLEET scholarships:

  • Honours scholarship: up to $5000
  • PhD top-up scholarships: up to $10,000

For more about Women in FLEET scholarships, and to apply, see FLEET.org.au