Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea AM @MVEG001@qoto.org

Know a leading scientist or rising star doing cutting-edge work? Nominate them for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science! An inspiring group of winners to date.

Learn more at: https://business.gov.au/grants-and-programs/prime-ministers-prizes-for-science

#NominateHer #PMPrizes

The Australian Government has announced $15.9 million in new grants for 17 successful projects to support more women to study & build careers in STEM. The Women in STEM & Entrepreneurship (WiSE) grants provide $500K-$1M to expand successful projects that have increased awareness of STEM education & opportunities for girls or women to build skills & succeed in STEM careers.

https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/husic/media-releases/grants-strengthen-women-stem-careers

#womeninSTEM 👏🏽👏🏼

Academia’s lost luster prompts exodus of health researchers to industry | @NatureMedicine #Industry [Image in article]
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02088-4

Keen to learn how you can be a better ally for every person in STEMM and beyond? Visit Better Allies: https://betterallies.com/more-content/ and consider subscribing to Karen Catlin’s newsletter. Loads of great tips, actionable advice and informative insights. 👏🏼👍🏽 #Allyship #womeninSTEMM #diversity #inclusion

UTAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RENAMED AFTER MARY JACKSON, NASA’S FIRST BLACK FEMALE ENGINEER. #womeninSTEMM #ILookLikeAnEngineer
https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/botwc-firsts/utah-elementary-school-renamed-after-mary-jackson-nasa-s-first-black-female-engineer
[Image from article]

Most US professors trained at the same few elite universities: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02998-w.

“20% of PhD-granting institutions supplied 80% of tenure-track faculty across the country between 2011 & 2020 (‘Hiring bias’).” None were historically Black- or Hispanic-serving institutions.

[Image from Nature article]

“More important than academic success is an overall holistic development of a child as an individual – developing resilience, perseverance, identifying weakness, ability to accept failures & the zeal to overcome challenges…the skills of living a better life & becoming a good human being.”
https://www.theaustraliatoday.com.au/how-my-daughter-came-on-top-in-year-12-indian-australian-moms-open-letter-to-parents/
HT The Australia Today (image credit TAT)
#Australia #Education

A life-size statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cancer cells were collected without her consent and used for decades in medical research, will be placed in a plaza replacing one of a Confederate General.
(HT @nytimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/20/us/henrietta-lacks-statue-roanoke-virginia.html
[Image of H. Lacks is publicly available on Wikipedia]

We saw 2022 out with a soul-soothing stroll through a series of gardens at Mt Macedon in regional Victoria. Consider for your bucket list. 👍🏼 Excited for another year of #science #technology #engineering #mathematics #BiomedicalResearch #SciEd #STEMEd #diversity #inclusion #womeninSTEM #advocacy #policy #industry #research and much, much more. May 2023 be your best year yet! #HappyNewYear 🥳🥂🎉 #ChangeMaking #Australia

When you have Christmas COVID and you’re in/out of sleep, I reckon you have full permission to ditch all dietary requirements. 😈 If it makes you feel a wee bit better, just do it. There are no artificial colours after all… 😆🤒🤧 #IMHO #NotMedicalAdvice #FODMAP #PinkIsTheBest

WGEA’s Gender Equality Scorecard 2021-2022 has been released. Download the report here: https://www.wgea.gov.au/publications/australias-gender-equality-scorecard #GenderEquality #Australia

This week we launched Elevate: Boosting Women in STEM & welcomed our first 50 Elevate scholars! 🤩🎉 Congrats to all!
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering’s #ElevateSTEM is more than $. It’s an immersion into network of leaders & organisations who will increase their leadership skills & extend networks.
Thanks to the Minister for Industry & Science, Hon. Ed Husic MP & Senator the Hon. Katy Gallagher, Minister for Women & DISR.
More: https://lnkd.in/gCtaPdGt. #ElevateSTEM

An excellent Essential Director Update this past week with the Australian Institute of Company Directors: discussions centred on taking action toward Reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, diversity and inclusion, ESG, culture, ways of working, cybersecurity, climate change and the digital transformation.
Favourite quotes included:
"Stop glorification of the board"
"Meet the people"
"Do better"
"Set realistic goals"

Join this conversation between cultural anthropologist and technologist, Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell FTSE and ABC science journalist Natasha Mitchell of Radio National’s #ScienceFriction. A free, live podcast recording on Wednesday 30 November at 4pm AEDT. For more information and to register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/animal-machine-a-live-podcast-recording-tickets-445039413867. Thanks for sharing Jackie Randles!

Congratulations to Australia’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, and team on the launch of this much-needed #STEM Equity Evaluation Portal. This portal will ensure public dollars are invested in initiatives with demonstrated success and that we learn and share what has maximum impact. ATSE’s #STEMCareers team values collaborating with you all. 🤩 #ElevateSTEM #womeninSTEM #womeninSTEMM
[Photo credit: Z Ghirardello]
https://evaluation.womeninstem.org.au/

Never, ever gets old. 💛 #TheKingSun #Breathtaking #CollinsSquare #JohnOlsen #IMNIS #Melbourne #Australia

A beautiful addition to our home library landed today. Profoundly moving. Ninety fierce migrant women in Australia share 118 stories, reflections and memories; how they felt, how they grew, how they came to fully own their space in their new home.

Get your copy here: https://lnkd.in/gxq59M4B

Stunning book cover artwork by Lina Orozco Munera. This is a Professional Migrant Women’s project.
#brilliant #PMWProject

Hello #Mastodon! I too have undergone my #TwitterMigration. Thrilled to be here - and still there too. Me: Scientist, Executive, NED | Director, STEM Careers Strategy, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering | Cofounder, Women in STEMM Australia | at the interface of industry, academia, education, government | She/Her #ElevateSTEM #IMNIS #STELR #STEMCareers #womeninSTEM #womeninSTEMM #Diversity #Inclusion #Belonging #Allyship 👋🏻👋🏾👋🏼