The South Australian Community Grants are open to community groups, organisations, and businesses to help celebrate science. The grants should assist in bringing science to an increasing number of South Australians. To be eligible to apply for a grant, you must be: a community group, a business, or an industry or industry body. The grants…
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Seeing Stars SKA Art Prize 2013
Seeing Stars SKA Art Prize is an initiative to celebrate art and astronomy inspired by the world’s largest telescope – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The SKA will be co-hosted by Australia and South Africa, with this national competition designed to raise awareness of Australia’s involvement in the SKA project. This competition invites budding and…
Science Week Seed Grants for ACT (round 2)
Do you have a brilliant idea and want to run an event in your community that promotes science? The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee is offering seed grants of up to $20 000 to individuals or groups wishing to deliver a science event during or around National Science Week (10–18 August 2013). Individual grants will…
Science Week Seed Grants in Tasmania
Grants of up to $1000 available! There were over 120 National Science Week events in Tasmania in 2012, and to continue this celebration of science in 2013, applications for this year’s seed grant round are now invited. The Tasmanian National Science Week Co-ordinating Committee is offering seed grants of up to $1000 (inc. GST) to…
Science Week Seed Grants in Queensland
The Queensland National Science Week Co-ordinating Committee will award at least four grants of up to $2500 to develop and deliver new events, activities or programs for National Science Week. Events that demonstrate a capacity to be repeated without financial support in future years are preferred. School based activities are ineligible unless they can demonstrate…
Information sessions in Tasmania
The exploration, discovery and excitement that is National Science Week in Tasmania is back again with another exciting state-wide program for 2013. Find out more by coming along to the Hobart or Launceston National Science Week Information Sessions, hosted by the Tasmanian Coordinating Committee. Our guest speaker is Geoff Crane, Manager of National Science Week,…
Seed Grants Available in NSW
Grants are available for groups in NSW to hold science engagement events in National Science Week 2013. Grants can be between $2000 and $8000. These grants are intended to create a network of enduring local partnerships throughout NSW that will present ongoing science activity in their region by partnering with other community initiatives. Once established…
ACT seed grant recipients
The National Science Week ACT Coordinating Committee has selected the successful applicants for the first 2013 seed grant round. A total of $10 650 has been distributed in this round. Successful applicants are: ACT Geology Make your own dinosaur footprints ANU & CSIRO Weather and Climate: clearing the air UNSW & Canberra Dance Theatre Schlieren visualisation of…
Science Week Seed Grants in WA
There were over 200 National Science Week events in WA in 2012, to continue the celebration of science in 2013, applications for this year’s seed grant round are now invited. The WA Coordinating Committee is offering grants of up to $2000 (inc GST) to organisations wishing to organise an event, activity or program during National…
School grants available now
Grants of up to $500 are available from the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) for schools to hold events in National Science Week. Last year there were over 500 applications and less than half of these were awarded a grant – be sure to say very clearly in your application how your event idea will fulfill…