To foster and recognise excellence in Victoria’s early career scientists, the Royal Society of Victoria offers four, prestigious, competitive prizes, open to Victorian students in their final year of doctoral candidature, in all areas of the Biomedical & Health Sciences, Biological Sciences (non-human), Earth Sciences and Physical Sciences. Following assessment of applications across the four…
Topic: Innovation and Technology
RST Doctoral Award Webinar
Dr Abersteiner is the 2020 Royal Society of Tasmania’s Doctoral Award winner. His PhD focused on kimberlite, an igneous rock that originates deep within the Earth and is the primary source of diamonds. He will deliver an online webinar and speak about how his work greatly improves our understanding of the Earth’s deep interior.
Circular Head Science Gig
This year’s National Science Week theme is Food: Different by Design and Circular Head is virtually a food bowl. We have an abundance of food production here – beef, lamb, pork, dairy, vegetables as well as commercial fishing and aquaculture -oysters, crayfish, abalone, octopus. We have milk and cheese processing, vegetable processing and an abattoir….
Premier’s Science Awards and WA Science Hall of Fame Presentation Ceremony
The Premier’s Science Awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding scientific research and engagement taking place in Western Australia. The awards are a keystone in the Western Australian government’s efforts to raise the profile of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in Western Australia. Over the years, awards alumni have become important ambassadors for the state, helping…
The Science of Paper
Paper is one of the most important inventions in the history of civilisation. The city of Burnie in Tasmania’s North-west has a rich industrial heritage centered around the manufacture of paper. Between 1930 and 2010 Burnie was the home of Australian Pulp and Paper Mills (APPM), an enterprise which in its heyday, employed over 60%…
Science After Dark: A Night At The Library
Do you love science, technology and all things STEM? Don’t miss this free, exciting and interactive community event! Celebrate National Science Week at Atherton Library’s Science After Dark: A Night At The Library event and take part in a range of hands-on science activities – including robotics and coding! – as well as presentations from…
iFly – Discover the world of flight
Explore all the STEM aspects of the wind tunnel, including predicting and experimenting with the terminal velocity of objects. Our program inspires and educates through an immersion of science and technology and then defying gravity by flying. It’s so much more than a lesson, it’s an enriching day of fun and learning that you will…
Science Week at Glenmore State High School
Students at Glenmore State High School will participate in STEM activities throughout National Science Week. These activities will be designed to allow students the opportunity to participate in hands on, engaging science experiments, challenges and demonstrations. The overall goal is to promote the STEM subjects within our school and allow students to learn more about…
iFly – Discover the world of flight
Explore all the STEM aspects of the wind tunnel, including predicting and experimenting with the terminal velocity of objects. Our program inspires and educates through an immersion of science and technology and then defying gravity by flying. It’s so much more than a lesson, it’s an enriching day of fun and learning that you will…
Huon Valley STEM Expo
The Huon STEM Expo, organised by the Huonville High Future Energy Team, will involve workshops and displays from the community such as Circular Economy Huon and the University of Tasmania. The focus will be on technology, energy, and waste with a STEM technology challenge on the theme ‘food by design’, to make a solar cooker…