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Perth Science Festival Youth Committee
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Perth Science Festival Youth Committee

  • By National Office
  • 13 April, 2017

Applicants wanted Up to five tertiary students are wanted to form a Youth Committee to grow the Perth Science Festival. The focus for 2017 is digital communication. Your role (with the assistance ...

Grants available in SA
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Grants available in SA

  • By National Office
  • 6 April, 2017

Community Grants of up to $2500 are available now for activities and events in National Science Week that involve the general public, business and industry in South Australia. Projects, ...

Looking for Unsung Heros in SA
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Looking for Unsung Heros in SA

  • By National Office
  • 6 April, 2017

Nominations are now open to find the Unsung Heros of South Australian Science and Science Communication. The awards are intended to recognise those whose contribution has been significant over a ...

Grants available in WA for 2017
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Grants available in WA for 2017

  • By National Office
  • 1 April, 2017

The WA National Science Week Coordinating Committee's small grants program supported 22 activities in 2016 which engaged over 4300 West Australians in National Science Week. In 2017, we aim to ...

Grants available in Tasmania
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Grants available in Tasmania

  • By National Office
  • 31 March, 2017

The Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee would like to invite you to apply for seed funding to run a public event, activity or program in National Science Week. Event holders ...

Grants available in NT
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Grants available in NT

  • By National Office
  • 27 March, 2017

The National Science Week coordinating committee in the Northern Territory is providing grants of up to $3000 to support events in the NT. A total of $15 000 is available. Selection criteria The ...

Grants available in Queensland
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Grants available in Queensland

  • By National Office
  • 6 March, 2017

The Queensland National Science Week Coordinating Committee have grants of up to $2000 for Science Week events, as well as a grant of up to $10 000 for an organisation to stage the launch of ...

Celebrate Science Week as a NSW Regional Science Hub
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Celebrate Science Week as a NSW Regional Science Hub

  • By National Office
  • 23 February, 2017

Are you interested in introducing science and technology themes into your programming? Would you like to join forces with like-minded organisations to produce science events? Inspiring Australia ...

Science to ignite silver screens in WA
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Science to ignite silver screens in WA

  • By National Office
  • 2 September, 2016

Move over Bad Mom’s and Ghostbusters - science is taking the silver screens across WA following this years’ Sci Film Regional WA Science Short Film competition. People of all ages and abilities ...

Tiny fossil treasures of Queensland
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Tiny fossil treasures of Queensland

  • By National Office
  • 8 August, 2016

When I first started volunteering at the Queensland Museum I was given a box full with hundreds of thousands of very tiny fossilised bones known as 'microfossils'. These fossils belonged to a ...