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We are pleased to announce our AUSSEF team comprised of eight individual projects and one team project. They will be representing Australia at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) to be held in Phoenix, Arizona from May 10-15, 2026. We are still open for anyone who can support our 2026 ISEF team by making a tax-deductible contribution to our DONATION PAGE. 

Our team members in alphabetical order are:

Anay Ashwin – Haileybury College, VIC

Archie Baker – Sydney Grammar School, NSW

Daniel Cox – The Scots College, NSW

Nathanael Guo – Sydney Grammar School, NSW

Sarah Huang – Shanghai American School, Aust. Int. Student

Jayashruthi Palanisamy – Chevalier College, NSW

Shawn Rajaratnam – Redeemer Baptist School, NSW

Michael Reeves – Ivanhoe Grammar School, VIC

Georgia Smead – St Columba Anglican School, NSW

Lucy Zaknic – Loreto Kirribilli, NSW  

Their linked profiles, demonstrate both the diversity and the innovativeness of their amazing projects.

AUSSEF 2026 

AUSSEF is a STEM competition for Australian school students from Years 9-12 who have completed a substantial project in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. Entries for AUSSEF 2026 will open in March, so students should be looking for project ideas for AUSSEF 2026. Check out the Rules and Guidelines Page and you might be in line to represent Australia or another Oceania country on the world stage! New Zealand now has their own National Fair so AUSSEF is no longer a pathway to ISEF for New Zealand students.

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 the USA in May, 2027 (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 2025

Thanks needs to be given to our many sponsors who fully supported our AUSSEF team of 10 students, at ISEF 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. Our team of 8 Australians and 2 New Zealanders performed brilliantly with our AUSSEF team being placed in the top three national teams in the world. Six of our ten students (60%) won Grand Awards, well above the international average of 25-27%.