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National Grant Projects for 2020
Congratulations to all of the recipients of grants for National Science Week in 2020. Thirty three projects have been awarded a total of $500 000 that has been provided by the Australian ...
TAS: New Year’s Resolutions
Every year, a lot of people around the world choose 1 January to mark a turning point in their lives. Some people want to get healthy or read more books. Us? We just want to science. Each year, ...
National Science Week grants for 2020
The $500 000 grant round to support National Science Week events in 2020 is now open. Science Week will be held from 15 - 23 August in 2020. The objectives of the grant round is to: support ...
Thank You to All Who Contributed in 2019
It’s a wrap! National Science Week 2019 has officially come to an end. And all across Australia, we’ve scienced hard! (Note that although Science Week has officially finished, there are still ...
How will you keep science-ing?
We have squeezed so much inspiring science into the last nine days during National Science Week it has been mesmerising. In fact, so much, that it has spilled out and is threatening to turn ...
A Smorgasbord of Science
As National Science Week 2019 draws to a close, we’ve found time to look back over the past week of activities (in between attending events of course) and reflect on the diversity and variety ...
There is so much space in Science Week – it’s astronomical!
National Science Week has already been astronomical with hundreds and hundreds of events taking place all around the country. And given 2019 is the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and ...
Second weekend of non-stop excitement
So, what did you see? Which ones did you get to? Wait, what? Still on your “to do” list?!? Never fear, there are still lots of interesting and mind-broadening experiences to discover during the ...
The Aha! Challenge wants to get inside your head!
Scientists want to know the things that make you go “aha!”. Throughout August, researchers from the University of Melbourne are conducting a country-wide citizen science project to better ...
Where science can take you – a look into our labs and beyond
National Science Week is all about celebrating science and technology in Australia. It provides an opportunity to acknowledge the contributions of Australian scientists to the world of knowledge. ...