She Flies Drone Camps: Building Northern Australia's Drone Ecosystem (Old ID 23163)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
She Flies is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary programme across Northern Australia. While the She Flies brand will cover a range of national initiatives (http://www.sheflies.com.au), this particular application for funding will focus on the She Flies Drone Camps. This is a series of week-long camps aimed at teaching Northern Australian high school girls and their teachers or parents the possibilities of working with, and flying drones. From design and construction through to flying and finally using photography to create maps, She Flies Drone Camp will be hands on, practical, fun and safe. Importantly, it will also provide a career path opportunity that many young women probably never realised existed. With initial estimates suggesting that fewer than 1% of drone pilots in Australia are female, we need to encourage young women into this technology and its associated spatial sciences. This will ensure equity and diversity across the industry going forwards.
Date
03 Jan 2017 - 31 May 2018
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Remote Sensing;Drones;STEM;Wmen;Engaging Science
Funding Body
Department of Industry
Amount
249075
Project Team
Mangalam Sankupellay