National Science Week will be here before you know it, and we’d love to promote your public Tassie event. If your event is in Tassie, streamed from our beautiful island, or involves our science, add it the Inspiring Tasmania website as well as here on the Science Week event calendar. Your event will be distributed…
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TAS: TastroFest seen world-wide
Update on national grant project TastroFest by Brittany Trubody, TastroFest Director TastroFest was held online and to adapt, we created our “Explorers Edition” where we went behind the scenes to give tours of various locations such as Bisdee Tier and Mt Pleasant observatories. We had kids aurora bedtime stories and astrophotography tips, as well as…
TAS: Seed grants for 2021 events now open
Apply now to receive funds to run a STEM event or activity in Tasmania in 2021. Individuals, organisations and businesses are invited to apply for funding to help support your public STEM engagement event or activity in 2021. Grants of up to $2000 (ex GST) are available for events and activities that engage Tasmanians in…
TAS: Seed grants for 2021 announced
The Tasmanian National Science Week Coordinating Committee is excited to announce that grants of up to $2000 will soon be available for events and activities in National Science Week 2021. If you have a great idea for an event or activity in Tassie for next year’s National Science Week or have always wanted to host…
TAS: Science Week heads online with help from local grants
National Science Week will look a little different this year as it heads fully online for the first time since it started in 1997. With thanks to local seed grants, at least 23 organisations and individuals will be supported to convert their hands-on brand of science engagement to an online format. To combat the difficulties…
Space, dinos and plastics up for debate in Launceston
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 accumulation of single-use disposable plastic items on remote islands on Friday 16 August, 7.15pm. She made global news earlier this year with her study which…
Science and the arts merge for Tasmanian National Science Week
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 Tasmanian scientific research. The artwork was painted as part of the Science Street Party held on Saturday 3 August 2019 and it can also be…
TAS: Download a copy of our program of events
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 information. Enjoy National Science Week! GET SOCIAL #scienceweek twitter.com/sciencetasmania facebook.com/natsciwktas Festival of Bright Ideas facebook.com/fobitas instagram.com/festivalofbrightideas #fobi19
Nobel Prize Winner Announced as Tasmania’s Patron for National Science Week
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 festival celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) in schools, towns, pubs, and venues across Tasmania this August. No matter how far Professor Blackburn’s career…
Tasmanian Seed Grant Recipients 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 National Science Week Coordinating Committee have announced their seed grant winners with thanks to funding from Inspiring Australia. Sixteen events and activities received up to $500…