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INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS AND NETWORKING GROUPS
AWISE - Australian Women in IT and Science Entity - Chaired by WIT founder Sonja Bernhardt, AWISE brings together a diverse group of professional associations from throughout Australia sharing a common goal of advancing opportunities for women in Information Technology industries. This link takes you directly to a list of these industry associations.
ACS - Australian Computer Society, Queensland - WiT and the ACS Queensland have a strong working relationship. The Infotech Chapter in particular works with the ACS to co-ordinate event calendars and offer reciprocal member pricing for many events.
AIIA - Australian Information Industries Association
AIMIA - Australian Interactive Media Industry Association
LESANZ - Licensing Executives Society of Australia and NZ
NAWIC - National Association for Women in Construction Queensland
Re-Engineering Australia (REA) Foundation
Sisters in the Building Trades
Women in Development (Urban Development Institute of Australia)
Women in Mining Network (WIMNet)
WISENet - Women in Science Enquiry Network
GOVERNMENT
Information Industries Bureau - QLD Government
Queensland Science & Technology
Office for Women - QLD Government
Department of Tourism, Regional Development and Innovation - QLD Government
Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts - Federal Government
Office for Women - Federal Government
Women in Hard Hats - QLD Government
EMPLOYMENT/CAREER GUIDANCE
Girls and ICT's - Education Queensland
Smart Future - Queensland Government
Research Jobs - A free weekly email service listing new positions available within the research/development sector throughout Australia. It also includes details of scholarships, awards and grants available.
ICT Careers Portal - ACS
Doing IT Around the World" - 36 women from every continent in the world are beautifully profiled in photographic albums plus their work lives captured via a day in their life diary and are an impressive package of content and presentation and tell incredible fascinating women in tech stories.
AWARDS
Australian Mathematics Trust - Informatics Competitions - The Australian Mathematics Trust runs two major competitions - Australian Informatics Competition and the Australian Informatics Olympiad - both of which are open to any student entering through their schools and participating under school supervision.
Construction Skills Queensland Training Excellence Awards - These awards recognise the outstanding training and skilling achievements of organisations and individuals in the building and construction industry.
L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science - The L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science are awarded to five leading women researchers annually one per continent. They identify exceptional women as role models for the generations to come.
National Association for Women in Construction (NAWIC) Queensland Awards - The NAWIC Awards recognise deserving women in Queensland's construction industry whose hard work and dedication to their chosen field has been an inspiration to others.
Queensland Resources Council (QRC) - Resourceful Women - Information on Queensland Resources Council initiatives promoting the resources sector as a career option for women, encouraging women and acknowledging women's contribution to the sector, including its annual Resources Awards for Women.
Smart Women - Smart State Awards - From 2003, the Office for Women honour outstanding Queensland women and girls excelling in science, engineering and technology.
Women in Development Awards - The Urban Development Institute of Australia's Women in Development Awards provide a unique platform for recognising the significant contribution of women working within the development industry.
University of Southern Queensland (USQ) Best of the WEST Awards - An awards program run by USQ's Go Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Project Team which recognises and celebrates the achievement of outstanding women and girls leading in the fields of engineering, science, mathematics and technology.
Zonta International Fellowships Scholarships & Awards - A list of the fellowships scholarships and awards offered by Zonta International aimed at addressing challenges to women's equality in science business public affairs and government.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Association for Computing Machinery Committee on Women in Computing (ACM-W) Scholarships - ACM-W offers a scholarship program that provides support for female students in Computer Science and related programs (at the undergraduate or graduate levels) who wish to attend research conferences.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) Foundation Scholarships - Details of scholarships available through the ACS Foundation.
Australian Defence Force Technical Scholarships - Defence Force Technical Scholarships reward technically-savvy Year 11 and 12 students intending to pursue an ADF general entry technical trade career after completing Year 12 for staying on at school and enrolling in specific subjects.
Australian South Sea Islander Community Foundation Scholarship Program - The Australian South Sea Islander Community Foundation has available a trust fund available to provide scholarships to Australian South Sea Islander students to assist them with their undergraduate university studies
Australian Government National Indigenous Cadetship Project (NICP) - NICP is an Australian Government initiative that improves the professional employment prospects of Indigenous Australians by linking Indigenous tertiary students with employers in a cadetship arrangement involving full-time study and work placements.
Australian Science Olympiad Programs - The Australian Science Olympiads provide students with opportunities to enhance their knowledge understanding and skill in biology chemistry and physics.
CSIRO Awards fellowships and scholarships - CSIRO offers a number of fellowship and scholarship programs designed for university students and graduates to gain work experience and employment in science and engineering related fields.
Department of Education and Training - Primary Science Scholarship Program - The Queensland Government is offering primary teachers the opportunity to gain postgraduate qualifications in science in 2010.
Education Queensland Scholarships and Awards Directory - The Department of Education and Training offers a range of scholarships to school leavers post-graduate students and departmental employees. This website includes the Indigenous students' scholarship database.
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA) Scholarships
Queensland Resources Council (QRC) Scholarships - Information about the QRC Scholarships and its Scholarship Student Ambassador Program.
Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship Program - The Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship Program gives three Queenslanders the opportunity to undertake research at the Smithsonian Institution based in the United States of America.
Central Queensland University Scholarships
Griffith University Scholarships
James Cook University Scholarships
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Faculty of Built Environment & Engineering Scholarships
Queensland University of Technology Scholarships
The University of Queensland Scholarships
University of Southern Queensland Scholarships
STATISTICS
Women in Smart State Directions Paper 2003 - 2008
Window on Women - Women's Data Warehouse
EOWA - Equal Opportunity for Women in The Workplace Agency
COMMERCIALISATION
NEWS AND MEDIA
American Chemical Society Bytesize Science podcasts
CONTRACT RESEARCH