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TAS: Event holder survey is live! Win $100!
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TAS: Event holder survey is live! Win $100!

  • By Tasmania
  • 22 August, 2019

We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of our event holders this year! We will post a summary of Tassie's science month soon, so watch this space. If you held an event in Tasmania for ...

TAS: Young people needed to ReShape the World
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TAS: Young people needed to ReShape the World

  • By Tasmania
  • 16 August, 2019

The first ReShape the World forum for young people interested in sustainability and in helping to address environmental challenges will be held during National Science Week. Registrations are now ...

Space, dinos and plastics up for debate in Launceston
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Space, dinos and plastics up for debate in Launceston

  • By Tasmania
  • 16 August, 2019

NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK TO HIGHLIGHT PLASTIC PROBLEM ON AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS Dr Jennifer Lavers of the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Adrift Lab, will be speaking on the ...

Science and the arts merge for Tasmanian National Science Week
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Science and the arts merge for Tasmanian National Science Week

  • By Tasmania
  • 16 August, 2019

On Argyle Street in Hobart there is a large art piece, spray painted using stencils. It features Tasmania’s only Nobel Prize winner, Professor Emerita Elizabeth Blackburn, and images inspired by ...

TAS: Download a copy of our program of events
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TAS: Download a copy of our program of events

  • By Tasmania
  • 30 July, 2019

You can download a copy (8.4 MB, pdf) of our program of events that went out to 80 000 Tasmanians in late July. Please check event listings online for the most accurate and up-to-date ...

Nobel Prize Winner Announced as Tasmania’s Patron for National Science Week
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Nobel Prize Winner Announced as Tasmania’s Patron for National Science Week

  • By Tasmania
  • 26 June, 2019

Tasmanian Nobel Prize winner, Professor Emerita Elizabeth Blackburn, has been named Patron of Tasmanian National Science Week. She is lending her enthusiasm for science as the face of this annual ...

Tasmanian Seed Grant Recipients 2019
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Tasmanian Seed Grant Recipients 2019

  • By Tasmania
  • 15 May, 2019

A little goes a long way for Tasmanian event holders during National Science Week Following the announcement of the Australian Government funding for National Science Week events, the Tasmanian ...

Tasmanian National Science Week gets boost from record high grants
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Tasmanian National Science Week gets boost from record high grants

  • By Tasmania
  • 7 May, 2019

Media Release Date: 7 May 2019 Tasmanian National Science Week gets boost from record high grants Tasmania has secured a large portion of national funding for this year’s National Science Week. ...

So you want to hold a Tassie Science Week event…
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So you want to hold a Tassie Science Week event…

  • By Tasmania
  • 15 March, 2019

Here is everything you need to know to hold an event in 2019. National Science Week is 10‐18 of August this year but events usually go all month! Holding an event is a great way to grow your ...

Tasmanian event holders – enter your event details by 5 June for free promotion
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Tasmanian event holders – enter your event details by 5 June for free promotion

  • By Tasmania
  • 27 February, 2019

Whether you are planning an event in August specifically for National Science Week or you are hosting an event with some great science, technology, engineering, arts, and/or maths (STEAM) angles, ...