The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Fellowship program, which seeks to champion equality and visibility for women in STEMM, has announced four exceptional female scientists from Australia and New Zealand as part of its 2025 cohort. The program awards each Fellow $25,000 to further their research, with the flexibility to use the funding in ways that matter most to them. The program also sees each year’s Fellowship alumni become mentors to the new cohort of PhD students through its dedicated Mentoring Scheme, providing ongoing leadership and development for women in STEMM. “With the recent international expansion of Foundation L’Oréal’s ‘Girls in Science’ program and the rollout of UNESCO’s ‘Imagine a World with More Women in Science’ campaign, we’re seeing increased global demand for initiatives that elevate female voices in science,” Davison continued. This year’s program honours four women who are reshaping what leadership in research looks like, with their work spanning nanotechnology, climate science, Indigenous health and mathematics.