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National Science Week Seed Grants in Queensland
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National Science Week Seed Grants in Queensland

  • By National Office
  • 24 February, 2014

The Queensland National Science Week Co-ordinating Committee will award several grants of up to $2500 to develop and deliver new events, activities or programs for National Science Week. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thank you to all event holders – now it’s your turn to win!
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Thank you to all event holders – now it’s your turn to win!

  • By Tasmania
  • 20 August, 2013

Thanks to all your hard work, it has been a fantastic National Science Week! Hundreds of people are involved in events around the state with activities still taking place. (We should just change ...

Thanks for a great National Science Week in Queensland
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Thanks for a great National Science Week in Queensland

  • By National Office
  • 19 August, 2013

National Science Week is over for another year, but fantastic science events will continue to take place around the country. There’s so much science around us every day; look for it, get ...

Fungi Fanatics Reap Rewards
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Fungi Fanatics Reap Rewards

  • By National Office
  • 18 August, 2013

Experiments and activities based on "food, farming and fungi" kept thousands of school students in the DAFF Hermitage Schools Plant Science Competition busy this year. Students from years prep to ...

Necessity brings innovation in the bush
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Necessity brings innovation in the bush

  • By National Office
  • 17 August, 2013

We often think of science in modern terms. Space, research, computers – things that we see changing our lives from concept into reality. In my travels creating historical documentaries around ...