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We announced the 2025 Round 2 recipients of the FW Carers Scholarship! Congratulations to all 💛
In exciting news, registrations are now open for our first in-person delivery of Career YOU in Sydney in October – Career YOU is FW’s career development program designed for early- to mid-career women looking to set bold goals to support their ambitions (you can read more about the pilot program later in this newsletter)
The Draft National Health and Medical Research Strategy was released, including opportunities to be involved in public consultations on the draft
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2025 Australian Consumer Partnerships in Research Awards!
The 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prize finalists were announced, including many friends of FW – congratulations to all!
Applications opened for the Marie Krogh Young Women in Science Prize and Oration, celebrating leadership and excellence in science and medicine
You can submit your vote for the 2025 Shaping Australia Awards, celebrating the extraordinary people in Australia’s universities
Labor passed legislation to establish a mandatory National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence
ARC outlined changes to their national competitive grants program to better support researchers at all career stages
The 2026 NHMRC Investigator Grants guidelines have been updated so part-time researchers can now extend their grants by up to 2 years
NHMRC published the Good institutional practice guide, outlining the values, concepts and ideas that underpin a high-quality research culture
NHMRC and the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (responsible for the MRFF) are working on implementing their joint Statement on sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in health and medical research
Tickets are available for the 2025 Women of Colour in STEM Awards on 6 October (and you can hear from a previous recipient in this month's career profile below!)
Tickets are also available for the 2025 iSTEM Co. STEM seminar and Women in STEM careers fair on 18 September – FW newsletter subscribers can access a 50% discount using the code FRANKLIN50
Registrations opened for Amplify by Core Confidence, on 19 September, workshop helping women increase their visibility, presence and influence in the workplace – complimentary tickets still available
Prof James Elliott, Director of Kolling Institute, one of Franklin Women’s partner organisations, has released a powerful book, (Dis)Connected – Trauma is not destiny
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In exciting news, registrations are now open for our first in-person delivery of Career YOU in Sydney in October – Career YOU is FW’s career development program designed for early- to mid-career women looking to set bold goals to support their ambitions (you can read more about the pilot program later in this newsletter)
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The 2026 NHMRC Investigator Grants guidelines have been updated so part-time researchers can now extend their grants by up to 2 years
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Registrations opened for Amplify by Core
Confidence, on 19 September, a workshop helping women increase their visibility, presence and influence in the workplace – complimentary tickets still available
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Meet Dr Maria Alejandra Piñero de Plaza
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Research Fellow at the Caring Futures Institute, Flinders University, and recipient of the Women of Colour in STEM Healthcare Innovator Award 2024 (more info about the 2025 awards and awards night tickets are available here)
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Below she talks about putting people at the centre of research, using AI in healthcare and embracing what makes you different
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We hear the narrative about a ‘leaky pipeline’ in STEMM all the time. But women don’t quit, we pivot, so is it time for this phrase to be rethought altogether? Here Cassie Leonard, Founder of ELMM Coaching, shares a sneak peak of Beyond the Pipeline: A global conversation featuring inspiring Australian voices. Pick up your copy of the paperback or e-book here
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In our new book, Beyond the Pipeline, we have come together to share our stories, identify inequities faced by women in STEMM – many of which are overlooked or avoided in mainstream conversations – and advocate for
progress towards actionable solutions.
From the very beginning, our goal was to add depth to the conversation around why women choose to stay or leave STEMM careers. As we connected across 17 time zones to brainstorm, it became clear: the tired ‘leaky pipeline’ metaphor had to go...
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Earlier this year we were proud to create Career YOU, a program that supports women in health sciences to plan for a successful ongoing career. Following the successful pilot program, we’ve just launched a face-to-face cohort for October 2025 and a waitlist for a virtual program in 2026. Here Jo
Dable, Museum Team Leader at UNSW’s Museum of Human Disease, shares her recent experiences and lessons from the program
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When I stepped into the role of Team Leader at the Museum of Human Disease, I brought a background in education, a deep passion for public engagement, and big ideas for expanding our outreach. But I was also entering
unfamiliar territory; I didn’t have the networks or the confidence to fully own my role. The Franklin Women Career YOU pilot program came at just the right time.
I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the experience was more powerful than I could have anticipated. From the first session, Jo Porter, one of the program’s most engaging voices, set the tone by asking us to “dial up the bravery”. It became the theme of my journey, encouraging me to lean into strengths, instead of focusing on what I thought was missing...
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A good cotton jumper! It feels like spring is on the horizon so it’s time to swap out the thick winter coats for a cotton jumper (or 2) instead. Here are some of our
favourite spring layers
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Kowtow is a plastic free brand that’s committed to transparency and circular design, the Tide and Otti jumpers are personal faves
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The colours of these cardigans are perfect
for spring (also in long-sleeved if you're cold blooded like me)
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Finally, look no further, here is your new favourite animal jumper
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Till next month, your Newsletter Curator, Amy
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Thank you to all our 2025 Partner Organisations for investing in Franklin Women and our mission to create a health and medical research ecosystem where women thrive. Learn more about our Partner alliance here
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