The dirty little secret of serving the community are the benefits you get out of it. Whenever you spend chopping onions for barbecue, directing traffic in a car park, painting a community hall, sending mosquito nets overseas or any of the thousands of other things Rotaract and Rotary clubs do, you’re learning, growing and making… Read more
Curious Science is a website designed and run by alumni of the National Youth Science Forum. It began in 2014 as a cooperative effort to share their passion for science. In the 2015, Curious Science looks forward to welcoming new readers and contributors, especially 2015 alumni. Curious Science is a space where young people with… Read more
Merryn Fraser from West Cambewarra, near Nowra in New South Wales, has just finished her first year of a Bachelor of Science (Advanced) (Honours) at The Australian National University. She says that attending the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in 2013 was a huge influence on her decision to apply for a position at the… Read more
Session A of the NYSF 2015 program was officially opened today in a Ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra. Professor Ian Young, AO, Vice Chancellor of the Australian National University; Senator the Hon Kate Lundy, Senator for the ACT; Professor Tanya Monro, Deputy Vice Chancellor Research at the University of South Australia and the Chair… Read more
January is Rotary Awareness Month, and at the NYSF we could not be more aware of Rotary and the support it provides for our program. Every student who attends the NYSF has a relationship with Rotary, due to the role it plays in running the selections of participants from across Australia each year. Rotary also… Read more
Max Rintoul, NYSF Alumni 2011 I first found out about the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) from a friend who had not only attended the January sessions but had later attended one of the international programs in South Africa. I have always loved to travel and so after hearing about his experiences I was determined… Read more
To top off their final year at high school two 2014 NYSF students headed to Sweden early in December to take part in the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS). Facilitated through the NYSF’s International Program, Matt Snell from Shepparton, Victoria and Dechlan Victory from Adelaide, South Australia were selected to attend the SIYSS after applying for… Read more
To top off their final year at high school two 2014 NYSF students headed to Sweden early in December to take part in the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS). Facilitated through the NYSF’s International Program, Matt Snell from Shepparton, Victoria and Dechlan Victory from Adelaide, South Australia were selected to attend the SIYSS after applying for… Read more
In August this year, five out of the 10 recipients of the Queensland Peter Doherty Awards for Excellence in Science and Science Education were NYSF 2014 alumni. The Awards are named after Professor Peter Doherty, a Brisbane-born Nobel Prize-winning scientist who was educated at Indooroopilly State High School and the University of Queensland. The Awards… Read more
2014 alumni Lochie Ferrier from the ACT ended the year as a finalist in the Young Innovator section of The Australian Innovation Challenge with his project developed during the NYSF International Program he attended at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. His Optical Autonomous Satellite Identification System (OASIS) is designed to identify inactive… Read more