Robots and dance, star gazing Scouts, cooking with liquid nitrogen, workshops for teachers and dealing with an ’emissions’ problem… This is just the beginning of what is shaping up to be a fantastic ACT National Science Week in 2015! The ACT Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the successful recipients of their first seed grant…
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Seed grants available in ACT for National Science Week 2015
The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee is offering seed grants between $500 – $1000 (incl. GST) to support science engagement events, programs and activities conducted between 1 July and 31 October 2015. There is a total of $10 000 available in this round. The seed funding is designed to assist innovative, interactive events that are…
National Science Week 2015 grant round
The 2015 grant round has a total value of $500 000. Grants may be awarded between $2000 and $25 000. National Science Week will be held from 15 – 23 August in 2015 (we also have set the dates for 2016-2018). The grant selection committee will be looking for innovative ideas that help engage new audiences in a wide…
ACT seed grant recipients 2014
The science of glass, decoding the dance of the chromosome 21, flying seeds, living rocks, science in the pub, the secret life of plants and the maths of pizza… These are just some of the innovative events the ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee will be supporting in 2014 as part of its second round…
School grant recipients 2014
Thank you to each and every one of the 440 Australian schools who applied for school grants. It is fantastic to have such a huge interest in running activities in schools during National Science Week. Congratulations to the 205 schools that have been successful in receiving grants of $500 or less to help them conduct…
Seed grants in the ACT
The ACT Science Week Coordinating Committee is offering seed grants of between $500 – $1000 (incl. GST) to support science engagement events, programs and activities conducted between 1 July and 31 October 2014. There is a total of $9000 available in this round. Individual grants will be made for no more than $1000. Favourable consideration…
Unsung Heros and seed grants in SA
Unsung Hero Awards Nominations are now open for the Unsung Hero of South Australian Science and South Australian Science Communication awards. The Unsung Hero of SA Science award is for a researcher who has a sustained contribution to science in SA who has also made science communication an integral part of their work. The Unsung…
National grant round recipients
Congratulations to all of the successful applicants in what was once again a very competitive grant round that attracted applications worth a total of more than triple the $500 000 of available funds. Here are the successful recipients and preliminary project descriptions: Australian Capital Territory ScienceAlert Roadshow The Roadshow will take Derek Muller of Veritasium along…
Tasmanian school event grants announced – $500 up for grabs
In 2013, 192 schools around Australia were successful in receiving grants from the Australian Science Teachers’ Association (ASTA) to hold science activities during National Science Week – 15 of these were from Tasmania! This year, schools can apply for grants of up to $700 from ASTA to help them conduct science activities at their school…
Score $500 for your Tassie event – seed grant round now open
There were over 160 National Science Week events in Tasmania in 2013 and to continue this celebration of science in 2014, the National Science Week seed grant round for Tasmanian events is now open. The Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee is offering seed grants of $500 (inc. GST) to organisations* wishing to offer a…