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As the only ISEF-affiliated fair in the whole Oceania region, ISEF has just granted our request for AUSSEF to have two more allocated ISEF positions specifically for Year 9-12 projects from New Zealand and other Oceania countries. To win an all-expenses-paid trip to ISEF, an Oceania student must be placed in the top eleven projects for AUSSEF 2024 and funding must be sourced from sponsors from their own country. We have until March to source this sponsorship. This is an exciting development for all STEM students from New Zealand and other Oceania countries!

AUSSEF 2024 

Welcome to the 2024 edition of the Australian Science and Engineering Fair (AUSSEF). This year promises to be bigger and better with a number of significant changes that will provide greater scope and opportunities for every student. Projects will now be judged in the 22 categories that are offered by ISEF. Students can do a project in Animal Sciences, Plant Sciences, Environmental Engineering or they can even work on technologies than enhance linguistic communication and put an entry in ISEF’s newest category Technology Enhances the Arts – the sky is the limit with the new selection of categories.

As well as the report or innovative device, logbooks or folios are now compulsory for every entry and we are introducing an online video interview for the final ISEF selection stage of judging.

We are inviting Australian school students from Years 9-12 who have completed a substantial project in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics to enter their project into our national fair. Students should upload their project reports to our online Project Submission page by Wednesday 13th November, 2024. Check out the Rules and Guidelines Page and you might be in line to represent Australia on the world stage!

This year, a three-staged national judging process will select the students who submit the best nine STEM projects into our AUSSEF competition. These students will win an all-expenses-paid-trip to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), to be held in Columbus, Ohio from May 10-16, 2025 (pending funding).

AUSSEF is committed to providing opportunities for students studying within Regional and Remote areas and for First Nations students. Hence, we strongly encourage Regional, Remote and First Nations students to enter.

ISEF 2024

Thanks needs to be given to our many sponsors who fully supported our AUSSEF team of 12 students, at ISEF 2024 in Los Angeles. Our ISEF 2024 page, showcases our team’s performance with the daily updates, photo galleries and video feeds. You can now view all of the 1500 ISEF 2024 projects on the ISEF 2024 ProjectBoard, (this is the best resource you can get for initiating ideas for your own STEM project).

The ISEF 2024 team performed brilliantly with 8 of our 12 students (75%) winning Grand Awards, well above the international average of 25-27%.