Digital and Technology Skills Program

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The Digital and Technology Skills Program assists Western Australians who are under-represented in STEM, including those living in regional and remote communities. Applications are closed.
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Funding recipients

Eight applicants were awarded funding through the Digital and Technology Skills Program:

City of Belmont

$21,896 for ‘Film It!!’

Use filmmaking to create interest and participation in STEM among culturally and linguistically diverse, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders and low SES youth (13-21 years).

City of Bunbury

$30,000 for the Bunbury Library Makerspace

Increase skills and awareness in science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics through fun and engaging events, and a regional STEAM network in the City of Bunbury.

Fire Tech Camp Australia Pty Ltd

$147,007 for the Wirrpanda STEM Indigenous Program

Spark interest and engagement with digital and technology literacy among Aboriginal teenagers in Port Hedland and Perth through boot camps and after-school programs.

Peel Bright Minds

$49,197 for the Peel Bright Minds Program

Increase regional teachers’ capabilities in digital and technology education through a supportive teachers’ network, and promote STEM careers to young people via industry tours to innovative local businesses.

Shire of Murray

$30,000 for Murray STEM Futures

Provide out-of-school-hours opportunities for young people, particuluary girls, and others in the community to increase their digital and technology skills through a series of free workshops and coding and robotics kits in the Shire of Murray.

Spacecubed

$210,000 for She Codes

Support and encourage digital and technological entrepreneurship among women by combining networking opportunities, and one-week intensive and 6-month coding courses in regional WA and Perth.

Winyama Pty Ltd

$70,000 for the Indigenous Mapping Workshop

Increase digital and technology skills in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in regional WA through digital mapping technology training and providing insight into geospatial technology as a career pathway.

Women in Technology WA

$179,900 for the Techtrails [tech+] Future Skills Program

Expand the delivery of the Techtrails [tech+] Future Skills Program to remote, regional and outer metropolitan schools, encouraging secondary students, especially girls, to participate in STEM and make innovative career choices. A Mobile Virtual Reality unit will also be used to further engage students in this program.

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The program is administered by the Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation and funded under the Western Australia’s State STEM skills strategy

Applications are closed for the Digital and Technology Skills program and all funding has been allocated. For more information about targeted sponsorships for STEM engagement visit the Science Engagement webpage.

Program overview

The Digital and Technology Skills Program is funded under the STEM skills strategy and provides grants to established STEM education service providers to deliver projects that achieve the following:

  • Assists in the development of digital and/or technology skills.
  • Raises awareness of the importance of digital and/or technology skills for current and future jobs.
  • Creates interest and participation in STEM through digital and/or technology education.

Providers should be from outside the formal education system, be registered in Western Australia, intend to deliver the project in WA and have a track record of delivering STEM education projects or programs. New providers interested in applying are encouraged to form partnerships with more established organisations.

The program focusses on students from WA schools with Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage values of 1000 or less, and people in the community who are under-represented in STEM or living in regional or remote areas.

Proposed projects could be aimed at:

  • educating students
  • reskilling adults in their current or desired employment role
  • providing teachers with professional development.

Successful grant applications are selected based on:

  • provider capability and capacity
  • project quality and feasibility
  • project impact.

Applications for the Digital and Technology Skills Program opened on 26 February 2019 and closed on 26 March 2019.

Levels of funding

Grants are awarded for a duration of up to 3 years, with funding commencing during the first half of 2019.

The program has 2 tiers of funding:

  • between $40,000 and $70,000 per annum per application over a period of up to 3 years
  • between $10,000 and $20,000 per annum per application over a period of up to 3 years.

For either tier, the applicant must provide or secure a net cash co-investment of funds at a rate of no less than 30:70 of applicant-to-state government funding.

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Published

23 August 2019

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