Resources

The inspiring women program offers you a range of resources including relevant articles activities, programs and information about local, national and international events.

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• articles and videos
• conferences
• grants, fellowships and scholarships
• scientific academies and peak bodies
• LinkedIn Groups

Articles and videos

• Video: Keynote presentation delivered by Professor Sharon Bell at 8 December 2014 event
• Treat Promises to Yourself as serioulsy as Promises to Others - Harvard Business Review
• The Three Hard Skills Women Aspiring to Leadership Need - Huffington Post
• Developing Women Leaders: Five Essentials - LinkedIn Post
• How to Present like a Superwoman - LinkedIn Post
• Overcoming Shyness and Social Phobia - Self Confidence UK
• 5 Tips for Beating Blushing - Self Confidence UK
• Fostering Women Leaders: A fitness test for your top team - McKinsey.com
• Presentation Training: Presentation Skills for Women to Boost Credibility - Presentation Training
• How to Avoid All-Male Panels - Foreign Policy
• A united front – stamping out preconceived notions of gender roles in STEM
• Gender Parity: the pipeline problem - London Business School
• The New Basics: Big data reveals the skills young people need for the New Work Order.
  
• Australian Leadership Project
• Your science career - Making a strategic plan
• The value of mentoring

women in STEM conferences / programs

Your Leadership Voice: Women in Focus - Monash Business School -  a unique and practical program designed on the back of the Panel Pledge for female professionals with managerial experience, who are seeking to develop their leadership skills and professional reputation and profile.

Conferences meetings for STEM globally.

See our inspiring women calendar for more upcoming events and conferences.

grants, fellowships and scholarships

Other grants, fellowships and scholarships for inspiring women

inspiring women fellowships - designed to support outstanding female leaders who are planning for, experiencing, or returning from a career break.  

inspiring women industry internships - aim to support, inspire and inform Victorian women about career choices in the industrial sector, through partnerships with government, industry and academia.  

L’Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science - A long term commitment to empower women in science through three levels of L’Oréal’s For Women in Science awards program.  

Capstone Editing Carer's Travel Grant for Academic Women - to provide financial support for academic women who face additional childcare costs when travelling to conduct research or present a paper at a conference.

Scientific Academies and Peak Bodies  

• The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) - Australian scientific excellence, promotes and disseminates scientific knowledge, and provides independent scientific advice for the benefit of Australia and the world  
• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) - Sees a future in which technological sciences, engineering and innovation contribute significantly to Australia's social, economic and environmental wellbeing  
• Pathway to Science
• The American Association of University Women - One of the world’s largest sources of funding for graduate women, AAUW is providing more than $3.7 million in funding for more than 241 fellowships and grants to outstanding women and nonprofit organizations in the 2015–16 academic year. Due to the longstanding, generous contributions of AAUW members, a broader community of women continues to gain access to educational and economic opportunities — breaking through barriers so that all women have a fair chance.
• Wise Campaign UK - A campaign to promote women in science technology and engineering
• McNairs Scholars - A guide to scholarships and funding available in the US. Large sections on life and health sciences, and science and engineering.
• ARC The Australian Research Council - The Australian Research Council’s national competitive grant program has two main elements discovery and linkage, under which it funds a range of complementary schemes to support researchers at different stages of their careers, build Australia’s research capability, expand and enhance research networks and collaborations, and develop centres of research excellence.
• Information about scholarships for engineers in the US
• Information about grants, fellowships and PhD programs in the UK and Ireland
• L'Oreal Foundation

Linked In Groups 

• Women of STEM - Bringing together job seekers, employers, recruiters, and sponsors in one environment, creating an ecosystem to achieve long-term career success for women in STEM. We believe in corporate diversity as a competitive strength, and our mission is to provide tools for both the employer and job seeker to connect with one another. 
• Women in TECH - Women In Tech is an employee-led effort to challenge the gender imbalance among software engineers and other technical roles
• women in STEM summit - This group is for Women in STEM to engage and network with one another. We encourage you to join and share hot topics, ask questions, and simply engaged in valuable, thought-provoking conversations with like-minded professionals.
• Women in Science Australia - To secure Australia's health and economy into the future, the talents of women in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) are vital. Actions that encourage gender equity and equality, as well as family-friendly policies in STEM must be taken now. Join this group to learn more!
• The PostDoc Forum - The PostDoc Forum aims to establish a close networking platform between PostDocs worldwide. Our hope is to create a platform for collaboration and mutual assistance between PostDocs. We invite you to post tips and ideas from your own experience. 
• STEM Educators and Researchers - STEM Educators & Researchers' group links the research and education professionals in 'Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics' fields.

Gender in Research Organisations  

• Eight organizations promote women in stem
• Scientista Foundation
• Women in STEM
• Women in Nuclear 

• Women in the Science Research Workforce Toolkit - is designed to provide tools for Senior Leaders, Team Leaders and Lab Heads to address the gendered patterns of success in science and to assist individuals develop strategies for success. The Toolkit is designed to help identify barriers and obstacles to career progression and to assist in generating alternatives and solutions noting that change is a marathon, not a sprint, for organisations as well as for individuals.  
• NHMRC – Women in Health Science - The aim of the Women in Health Science Working Committee is to gain a better understanding of the issues that face women researchers in health and medical research in terms of career progression and retention to enable NHMRC to identify mechanisms that could be implemented to overcome these issues.  A number of links to NHMRC policies are on this site  
• NHMRC Funding Rules – Relative to Opportunity - Information for applicants  
• ARC – ROPE Statement - ARC Research Opportunity and Performance Evidence (ROPE) Statement  

Gender Equity initiatives  

• SAGE - The SAGE Initiative is a program of activities designed to improve gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) sectors.
• NHMRC – Institutional Gender Equity Policies - All NHMRC Administering Institutions were invited to identify activities and approaches in place to support gender equity within their institutions in 2013. The policies are varied and some key examples are on this site.
• ATSE Gender Equity Policy
• European Research Commission(ERC)  – Gender Equity Plan  
• ERC Working Group on Gender Balance 
• The Conversation  

Articles relating to gender equity  

• Male Champions of Change - The strategy involves men of power and influence forming a high profile coalition to achieve change on gender equality issues in organisations and communities

Women on Boards   

• Women on Boards - seeks to improve the gender balance on Australian boards.  WOB partners with the corporate, government and non-profit sectors to hold events, host programs, create opportunities for women and coach and mentor them into career and director roles.  
• Victorian Women’s Register - aims to ensure that women are equally represented and to encourage women to lead and become decision makers in the community  
• Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) – Board Diversity  

books

• Success Strategies From Women in STEM: A Portable Mentor