Welcome
Australian Graduate Women
We provide financial
assistance to graduate
women through research
Fellowships
The Fellowship funds are intended to facilitate a research project that will extend the nature and/or scope of the currently approved PhD program and the specialised knowledge and skills of the applicant.
The AGW President's words
We are Graduate Women
Australian Graduate Women Inc. (AGW) is the national voice of graduate women, works through initiatives in Education for advancement, wellbeing of women and girls. AGW links women across Australia in friendship, cooperation, understanding with each other - and networks of women graduates worldwide. We view education as essential for:
- Empowering women
- Reducing poverty
- Improving health
- Supporting human rights
- Maintaining human security
- Building peace.
Australian Graduate Women Inc. places the highest priority on providing financial assistance for women to undertake university studies. A key issue for AGW is education, with emphasis on tertiary education of girls and women.
AGW is a national affiliate of Graduate Women International (GWI) headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland – formerly International Federation of University Women (IFUW). GWI advocates for women’s rights, equality and empowerment and for access to quality secondary and tertiary education and training up to the highest levels.