NYSF STEM CHALLENGE: NET ZERO BY 2050 Appy now! Are you a Year 11 student in Australia or know someone who is? Early bird applications for the 2023 NYSF Year 12 Program are open and close 24 July 2022. Apply now to challenge yourself in 2023 and be immersed in science, technology, engineering and maths… Read more
Chatting with Mahsa Nabizada, a current participant at the 2022 NYSF Year 12 Program, it’s impossible not to have hope for a bright future. Hailing from Toowomba, Mahsa waited very patiently for her time to apply for the NYSF Year 12 Program after first hearing about it from one of her student mentors when she was… Read more
CERN, located in Geneva, Switzerland, is a beacon of international collaboration with global institutions sending researchers to operate the largest particle physics laboratory in the world. Dr Steven Goldfarb introduces the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, as a beacon of human achievement. “Every single one of these wires and tubes was connected by a human… Read more
We asked 2022 NYSF Year 12 Program Staffie Lauren to share her experience at the 2021 program. Check out what she got up to on a typical day as a part of the program! Online 9 am I wake up, eat breakfast, and check the NYSF App for the schedule. I message my friends good… Read more
At the start of 2020, like many of us, Associate Professor Asha Bowen couldn’t have foreseen how the world would change. As an infectious disease expert with two pandemics under her belt already when COVID-19 hit, she said that it was somewhat inevitable that we’ll see more of this in the future when she joined… Read more
In celebration of National Science Week 2021, the NYSF hosted a public webinar that explored the theme, ‘How did I get here? The twists and turns of a STEM career.’ The webinar was hosted by 2016 NYSF alumnus Benjamin Millar and had an excellent lineup of panellists: Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM… Read more
Associate Professor Hannah Power can’t get enough of the oceans, so she decided to make it her specialty! Hannah is an ocean and marine scientist, working on projects from rip currents to extreme waves and tsunamis. Going far since her time at the 2003 NYSF Year 12 Program, Hannah is now an award-winning scientist: she… Read more
In celebration of National Science Week 2021, the NYSF hosted a public webinar that explored the theme, ‘How did I get here? The twists and turns of a STEM career.’ The webinar had an excellent line up of guest panellists: Australia’s Chief Scientist, Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM David Ball, Regional Director Australia New Zealand… Read more
In celebration of National Science Week 2021, we’re sharing ten of our favourite webinars recorded last year for our NYSF Connect alumni. We hosted 30 webinars in 30 weeks featuring more than 40 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics experts – what a year! To read more about the range of experts who were featured, check… Read more
The Australian Space Agency is supporting the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) in a move to encourage Australian students to take up future space careers. Sponsorship from the Australian Space Agency will assist in the delivery of the 2022 NYSF Year 12 Program and broadly support the NYSF in their mission to connect young Australians… Read more