WREN Initiatives: Where Ideas Become Action

WREN Initiatives turn ideas into action, supporting women in engineering research through collaborative, purpose-driven programs. Each initiative responds to the real needs of our global community, aiming to create space for growth, leadership, and visibility.

By fostering partnerships, promoting inclusive practices, and developing targeted support structures, these initiatives help drive systemic change across academia and industry. They reflect our commitment to advancing equity in research by empowering women to lead, connect, and thrive.

Explore our current and emerging initiatives to see how WREN is shaping a more inclusive future in engineering.

Current Initiatives

By collaborating with educators, industry leaders, and aspiring entrepreneurs, WREN ensures that talented women in STEM can reach their full potential while contributing to innovation and progress.

Get Involved

Whether you’re a student, researcher, educator, or industry leader, WREN’s initiatives are here to support your journey. Join us as we work together to build a more inclusive future for women in research and engineering.

Stay tuned for updates on new initiatives and opportunities to get involved. Together, we can empower women to lead, innovate, and thrive.

Grants and Career Resources

Research Scientist in Business Processes and AI

Location
Australia

Closing Date 2-Oct-22

The role of Research Scientist staff is to:

  • conduct innovative research leading to scientific achievements that are aligned with CSIRO’s strategies.
  • engage in scientific activity ranging from fundamental research to the investigation of specific industry or community problems.
  • have the opportunity to build and maintain networks, play a lead role in securing project funds, provide scientific leadership and pursue new ideas and approaches that create new concepts.

CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Transformation for Sustainability Science

Location
Australia

Closing Date 9-Oct-22

The candidate will co-develop methods to improve the way Traditional Owner values are included in this process. Addressing this social-technological gap will require knowledge collaboration that facilitates the mobilisation of cultural resources for sustainable conservation outcomes and digital tools to enable adaptive decision-making processes and CARE-based data practices

PhD Scholarship: Machine Learning-Enabled Processing & Visualization of Dissolved Metal Ion Sensing

Location
Australia

Closing Date 20-Nov-22

The PhD Project will focus on providing a better understanding of the dissolved metal ion species present during the leaching of low-grade copper ores, and developing a real-time data acquisition and self-recalibrating system for a long-life dissolved metal ion sensing technology using Machine Learning or Deep Learning.

Events

Take part in one of our future live video Q&A’s, webinars or events.

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Early Career Researcher Conference

4 November 2025

2025 NET-ZERO-NEXT-GEN NSW ASSEMBL

18 November 2025