Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship

This program supports gender equity initiatives that aim for lasting systemic change by eliminating barriers for women’s participation in STEM education and careers, and entrepreneurship.

The objectives of the program are to:

• increase awareness and participation of girls and women in STEM education and careers
• increase awareness and participation of girls and women in other parts of the innovation ecosystem including innovative businesses, start-ups and entrepreneurial activities and careers
• stimulate an increase in the number of women in senior leadership and decision-making positions in government, research organisations, industry and businesses.

This round will only support projects that contribute to lasting systemic change by removing barriers for girls and women in these specific focus areas:

• Information technology
• Engineering
• Intersectionality
• Entrepreneurship