To be eligible to apply, you must meet the minimum selection criteria:
Be a senior manager or executive leading a Not for Profit (i.e. CEO or equivalent or Executive Leadership Team member) with P&L management, strategic planning, and people leadership experience
Be someone who can demonstrate they are improving the financial wellbeing of people and communities through their role or personal endeavours
Have diverse professional and life experiences to enrich the peer group
Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
Inclusions and Obligations
Each Scholarship covers course fees and one ticket to the 2026 CEW Annual Dinner
Under special circumstances (e.g. for Scholars experiencing financial hardship, travelling interstate, or travelling from regional/remote Australia), a Scholarship recipient may be eligible for a limited, pre-approved travel allowance of up to $1,075 to support attendance at the course, in addition to their course fee
Each successful candidate in 2025 must commit to attend all six days of the CEW Leaders Program and complete the program within 12 months (i.e. by December 2026)
Each successful candidate will be required to write a report about their scholarship experience and may be asked to speak at CEW events
On completion of the course, the recipient will become a member of the CEW alumni community, CEW Connect Women
