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Community grants available in the NT
Applications for community grants for National Science Week events in the Northern Territory are now open. Individual projects can be supported with up to $3000 and there is a total grant pool of ...
National Science Week grants for 2019
The grant round for National Science Week 2019 is now open. The total amount available is $500 000 and grant applications can be for $2000 to $20 000. Projects need to be largely for general ...
Winners of the Tasmanian Brain Break competition
The Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Brain Break Tasmania photo competition. We asked everyone in the state holding a Brain ...
So long and thanks for all the science
National Science Week 2018 has officially come to an end. (But there are still plenty of opportunities to science – see The Science Never Ends blog post.) What a fabulous celebration of science ...
The Science Never Ends
Today is the final day of National Science Week 2018. But don’t despair! That doesn’t mean that you have to stop sciencing! There are still loads of events happening around the country after ...
Governor General’s Rocket Design Challenge
As part of National Science Week celebrations, Questacon in conjunction with the Office of the Governor General launched the first ever Governor General’s Rocket Design Challenge. Over 100 ...
Science Poem of the Day #9
Today’s poem is from Law & Impulse: maths & chemistry poems, published by The Poets Union. Tricia Dearborn Making Pipettes Rolling the hollow rod above the bunsen, blue flame glowing ...
Take the plunge with Virtual Reef Diver
Each year National Science Week partners with the ABC and some of Australia’s talented researchers to create a national project that everyone around Australia, wherever their location, can ...
Science Poem of the Day #8
Today’s poem is from Earthly Matters: biology & geology poems, published by The Poets Union. Michael Sharkey And So Good Night Curious right to the end, Lavoisier ordered a friend to make ...
Jam-Packed Final Weekend
How was your sciencing this week? Still want more? Well, you’re in luck – because the final weekend of National Science Week 2018 is jam-packed with exciting events to experience, soak up and ...