STANSW Young Scientist Awards

Welcome back to the presentations of the Grand Awards for 2021.

We will announce the STA NSW student and teacher nominees to the National BHPFSEA (BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards) competition.

These will be followed by the announcement of our Grand Awards in Primary – the Budding Young Scientist (K-2) and Primary Young Scientist (3-6) as well as a new Rural Primary Young Scientist for projects completed by students living in rural or regional areas of NSW. All of these awards are sponsored by Rowe Scientific Pty Ltd.

In 2021, we are pleased to announce a new category of Grand Awards targeting outstanding work in STEM conducted by students in rural and regional areas. The Rural Awards are sponsored by Passionately Curious – our most recent sponsor.

The Rowe Scientific Science Communication award winner will also be our Broadcom representative to the virtual Broadcom Masters competition in May 2022.

Finally we will end with the announcement of the ISEF Finalists for the virtual 2022 Regeneron ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) and the Primary Young Scientist of the Year 2021.

And that’s a wrap!

What a wonderful end to a tumultous year! Congratulations to all our award winners!

Please click on this link to see more details of the amazing projects that these students completed this year.

Presentation Ceremony Booklet.

Please use the links below to watch or share individual awards announcements

STANSW Nominees to BHPFSEA

Rural Young Scientist Awards

ISEF Finalists and Young Scientist of the Year

Welcome back! Congratulations to all the students whose awards have been announced so far.

Please click on the video below to watch Session One for today where we will present all of the Mathematical Investigations awards, the AARNet – Mathematics and the Australian Water Association Sustainable Water Prize awards.

Please join us again at 7 p.m. for the keynote address by Dr. Jodi Rowley and the announcements of all the Grand Awards.

Please use the links below to view or share individual announcements of awards.

Mathematical Investigation Awards

AARNet Working Mathematically Awards

AWA Sustainable Water Awards

Welcome to the 3rd day of the virtual 2021 Young Scientist Awards presentations! It has certainly been an exciting time so far.

Please click on the video below to watch the presentations of the Primary Inventions and Innovations, Secondary Innovations and Engineering Design, AARNet – Technology, Sebel Testing and STA NSW Encouragement Awards.

Congratulations to all award winners!

Please use the links below if you would like to watch or share individual clips of award announcements.

Primary Inventions and Innovations Awards

Secondary Innovations and Engineering Design Awards

AARNet Working Technologically Awards

Sebel Testing Awards

STA NSW Encouragement Awards- Primary

STA NSW Encouragement Awards – Secondary

Welcome to Day 2 of the virtual 2021 Young Scientist Awards presentations.

Congratulations once again to all students who participated in the program this year!

Please click on the video below to watch the presentations of the Earth and Environmental Science, Primary Environment and STEP Environmental Awards, Physics, AARNet – Science, AIP and Rowe Scientific Depth Study Awards.

In case you would like to watch or share individual clips of the award announcements, please click on the links below. Don’t forget to tag us on social media (Facebook: @stanswyoungscientist, Twitter: @STANSW_YS, Instagram: @stansw__youngscientist) and use the hashtag #YSAwards2021.

Secondary Scientific Investigations – Earth and Environmental Science

Primary Environment Award

STEP Environmental Award

Secondary Scientific Investigations – Physics

AARNet Working Scientifically Awards

AIP Most Outstanding Physics Awards

Rowe Scientific Depth Study Awards

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow evening when we announce the winners in the Primary and Secondary Technology categories, as well as the AARNet Working Technologically, Sebel Testing and STA NSW Encouragement Awards!

In just over a week’s time, we will be ready to begin announcing the winners of all 150+ awards in the 2021 competition. Awards will be announced via a series of online video recordings via our Facebook page and also mirrored here on the website.

Mark your diaries!

2021 YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

Monday 22^nd November 7.00 p.m. onwards
Scientific Investigation Awards – Primary
Scientific Investigation Awards – Secondary Biology
ASBMB Award
Scientific Investigation Awards – Secondary Chemistry
RACI Sponsored awards
 
 
Tuesday 23^rd November 7.00 p.m. onwards
Scientific Investigation Awards – Secondary Earth and Environmental Science
Primary Environment Award
STEP Environmental Award
Scientific Investigation Awards – Secondary Physics
AARNet Science awards
AIP awards
Rowe Scientific Depth Studies Awards
 
Wednesday 24^th November 7.000 p.m. onwards
Inventions and Innovations – Primary 
Innovation and Engineering Design Awards – Secondary
AARNet Technology awards
Sebel Testing Awards
STANSW Encouragement Awards
 
Thursday 25^th November 6.00 p.m. onwards

Mathematical Investigations – Primary
Mathematical Investigations – Secondary
AARNet Working Mathematically Awards
 
Thursday 25^th November 7.00 p.m. onwards
GRAND AWARDS
Australian Water Awards
BHPFSEA Teacher Nominee
BHPFSEA Student Nominees
Budding Young Scientist (K-2)
Primary Young Scientist (3-6)

Primary Rural Young Scientist (K-6)

Rural Young Scientist (7-12)
Broadcom Representative
ISEF Finalists
Young Scientist of the Year (7-12)
 

Despite the challenges of the extended lockdown across many parts of the state, we were pleased to receive close to 800 projects from 661 students. Our team of volunteer judges and the Young Scientist organising committee have worked overtime to complete the first phase of judging in record time.

We are looking forward to notifying the winners of Category Awards by email in the next few days.

Congratulations are extended to all students who entered – particularly for the perseverance they demonstrated in completing work of such quality during this pandemic. The Sponsored Awards are currently being judged and we will notify students as soon as we receive those notifications from the sponsors.

All details of the awards won by students will be announced in a series of online events between Monday 22nd November and Thursday 25th November. Please stay tuned and check back here and on our social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) for details of programs and timings.

Given the ongoing situation with COVID related lockdowns, we have made the decision to extend the submission deadline by another week. This will also ensure there is no clash with HSC Science extension deadlines.

ALL projects – Primary and Secondary in all three categories – Scientific and mathematical Investigations and Technology Projects – are now due on Friday, 24th September, 2021.

We would like to put a call out to all teachers to register for judging the awards this year. Please visit the Opportunities for Teachers page for more information and to sign up.

In light of the ongoing lockdown situation in Sydney and other parts of NSW, the committee has made the decision to extend the deadline for project submissions to the end of Term 3.

ALL projects (Primary and Secondary Scientific and Mathematical investigations as well as Technology projects) will now need to be submitted before midnight, Friday, 17th September, 2021.

We hope that this additional time for students who cannot access materials and equipment at school, or have limited access to teachers and mentors will prove beneficial.

As a consequence of this change, our training and judging schedule will also be pushed back into Term 4. Please visit the Opportunities for Teachers Page for details of timings of judging sessions. All schools entering projects are required to provide at least one teacher per 10 projects for judging.

Our Presentation Ceremony will also need to be held in the last week of November (Week of November 22nd).

Thank you for your understanding and support of our competition in these difficult times.