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Ready, steady, hack: ANSTO’s Hackathon
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Ready, steady, hack: ANSTO’s Hackathon

  • By National Office
  • 25 June, 2021

Ready, steady, hack: ANSTO's National Science Week Hackathon is back - and you're invited! Bring innovation to your classroom with this free, fast-paced, virtual hackathon for Australian students ...

ACCLIMATISE: A festival exploring how we (and the planet) can adapt to a changing climate
Science Week News, State Blogs

ACCLIMATISE: A festival exploring how we (and the planet) can adapt to a changing climate

  • By National Office
  • 25 June, 2021

How do we fire-proof our forests? How do we save endangered species?  What can you do to help? ACCLIMATISE is a festival jam-packed with live and online events investigating insights into ...

2021 SA Community Grant Recipients
Science Week News, State Blogs

2021 SA Community Grant Recipients

  • By National Office
  • 21 June, 2021

The Big Biofilm Hunt Animate Your Science and the University of Adelaide Microbes are known to form communities and excrete a slime, called a "biofilm", that protects them from the environment. ...

NT Grant Recipients 2021
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NT Grant Recipients 2021

  • By National Office
  • 17 June, 2021

Congratulations to all of the event holders who received support from the NT Coordinating Committee for National Science Week. Large event grants National Science Week NT Launch: Comedy + Science ...

Queensland Seed Grant Recipients 2021
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Queensland Seed Grant Recipients 2021

  • By National Office
  • 20 May, 2021

Congratulations to these ten recipients of funding support for National Science Week events in Queensland. STEM with Style Gold Coast Innovation Hub The Gold Coast Innovation Hub will be running ...

School Grant Recipients for 2021
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School Grant Recipients for 2021

  • By National Office
  • 12 May, 2021

Congratulations to all of the 266 schools who been awarded funding to support their activities during National Science Week this year. Skip to see recipients by state or territ...

Funding boost for New South Wales STEM engagement
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Funding boost for New South Wales STEM engagement

  • By National Office
  • 12 May, 2021

From Cowra and Springwood to Merimbula and Wollongong, community members across New South Wales will have a range of exciting new opportunities to connect with scientists in all kinds of ways, ...

Planting seeds of curiosity: Victorian National Science Week Seed Grant recipients
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Planting seeds of curiosity: Victorian National Science Week Seed Grant recipients

  • By National Office
  • 12 May, 2021

Science is for everyone. It is vital in shaping our bright, collective future. Each August, Australia celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) during National Science ...

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings
Science Week News

SCINEMA International Science Film Festival Community Screenings

  • By National Office
  • 7 May, 2021

SCINEMA is a celebration of the power of the moving image to inspire the young, satisfy the curious, explain the baffling and ask the impossible. Register to host your own free SCINEMA screening ...

Edible Insects: Future food incursions
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Edible Insects: Future food incursions

  • By National Office
  • 4 May, 2021

Are you teaching about the future of food and would like to give your students a taste of something new?  Edible insects will play an important role in the future of food and these interactive ...