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National Science Week Queensland Launch Grant
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National Science Week Queensland Launch Grant

  • By National Office
  • 24 February, 2014

The Queensland National Science Week Co-ordinating Committee will award up to $10 000 to develop a launch for National Science Week in Queensland. Eligibility The event must be held on Friday 15 ...

National Science Week Speaker Grants in Queensland
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National Science Week Speaker Grants in Queensland

  • By National Office
  • 24 February, 2014

The Queensland National Science Week Co-ordinating Committee will award four grants of up to $1000 for organisations or individuals to hold events during National Science Week that feature a ...

Grants now available for regional NSW
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Grants now available for regional NSW

  • By National Office
  • 12 February, 2014

NSW Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner has announced funding of $70 000 for the NSW Regional Science Grants program, increasing support to regional communities wishing to celebrate science through ...

ACT seed grant recipients for National Science Week 2014
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ACT seed grant recipients for National Science Week 2014

  • By National Office
  • 19 December, 2013

The ACT National Science Week Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the following individuals and organisations have been successful in securing seed grants to stage events in and around ...

ABC Science’s National Science Week Citizen Science Project 2014
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ABC Science’s National Science Week Citizen Science Project 2014

  • By National Office
  • 18 December, 2013

Call for proposals from research scientists. Could you do with an extra research assistant? How about 10 000 citizen scientists?! We’re looking for a great new idea for the 2014 National Science ...

ACT seed grants now available
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ACT seed grants now available

  • By National Office
  • 7 November, 2013

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 between $500 – $2000 ...

Science Poetry Competition; the winning poem
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Science Poetry Competition; the winning poem

  • By National Office
  • 9 October, 2013

Here is Meredi Ortega's winning poem in the Australian Poetry Science Poetry Competition. The poem imagines the liner notes that might accompany the golden phonograph records attached to Voyagers ...

National Science Week 2014 Grants
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National Science Week 2014 Grants

  • By National Office
  • 25 September, 2013

The grant round for National Science Week 2014 is about to open. The round has a total value of $500 000. There are already two grants of $10 000 each (they are 3-year grants from 2012) so there ...

Explore the Seafloor at school
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Explore the Seafloor at school

  • By National Office
  • 12 September, 2013

We recently received this wonderful feedback from a teacher about how her Yr 3/4 class had engaged with citizen science and Explore the Seafloor. What a fabulous project this is! I've been ...

2013 Brain Break Tasmania Photo Competition Winner
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2013 Brain Break Tasmania Photo Competition Winner

  • By Tasmania
  • 3 September, 2013

This year, Tasmania had over 30 Brain Break morning teas registered across the state. We offered a $100 ABC Shop voucher to the morning tea that best exhibited what a Brain Break hopes to ...