Grants to boost girls' and women's participation in STEM and entrepreneurship
Grants for projects that increase girls’ and women’s participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and entrepreneurship.
Funding supports projects in specified focus areas (information technology, engineering, intersectionality and entrepreneurship) that aim for lasting systemic change and elimination of barriers to participation.
To be eligible you must have an Australian business number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:
- an entity, incorporated in Australia
- a publicly funded research organisation (PFRO) or publicly funded research agency (PFRA) as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines
- a government or non-government vocational education and training (VET) provider as defined in section 14 of the grant opportunity guidelines, or technical and further education (TAFE) institution
- an incorporated not for profit organisation
Joint applications are acceptable provided you have a lead organisation who is the main driver of the project and is eligible to apply.
You can only submit one application as the lead applicant per application round.
We can only accept applications where you can provide evidence from your board (or chief executive officer or equivalent if there is no board) that the project is supported, and that you can complete the project and meet the costs of the project not covered by grant funding.
We cannot waive the eligibility criteria under any circumstances.
To be eligible your project must:
- not have been previously funded through the WISE program, or be the same as other previously funded WISE projects
- address at least one focus area: information technology
- engineering
- intersectionality or entrepreneurship
- be aimed at addressing discrimination against, or inequality for, girls and women in STEM and/or entrepreneurship
- have at least $5,000 in total eligible expenditure
- have a COVID-19 contingency plan that does not involve an increase in grant amount requested
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Last updated: 12 February 2026