by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
I am fully aware that many of you have followed the Livestream of the Grand Awards Ceremony but if you are just hearing about our results for the first time, I can gladly announce that the AUSSEF team performed brilliantly this morning at the Grand Awards. Our 10...
by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
Today was a mixture of highs and a low. The low was with the Special Awards Ceremony where AUSSEF finalists failed to win an award. This came with little surprise to us as the Special Award judges only approached two of our finalists yesterday. With our...
by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
Can I begin by giving a big thank you to the 15+ people who sent an encouragement email to the student finalists. I read these all out to the AUSSEF Team at breakfast and it was both moving and inspirational. These emails were a strong reminder that there is a large...
by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
This is a shorter update as there has been less activity today. This is the first update that has been actually written in real-time (10:30pm on the eve of Judging Day). The students are having an earlier night so they can be ready for a 6:30am...
by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
The main focus of the ISEF event is Judging Day on Wednesday. Everything the team has done since being selected in December, has been to prepare them for this one day. Monday, of all days, is the major preparation day for judging. The AUSSEF team started the day...
by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
Sunday is the day that ISEF officially starts. For us it began with a hot breakfast in our hotel and then a walk to ISEF Registration in the Greater Columbus Convention Centre (GCCC). I booked this Drury Plaza Hotel in May last year as it was adjoined to the GCCC, but...
by Admin AUSSEF | Jun 6, 2026 | ISEF 2025
Dear AUSSEF Sponsors and Supporters, We have hit the ground running over here in Columbus, Ohio. We arrived on Thursday, after being in transit for 30 hours (NZ team 33 hours). The ISEF Fair officially starts on Sunday with registration, setting up project displays...
by Admin AUSSEF | May 26, 2026 | ISEF 2026
As the ISEF experience draws to a close, the AUSSEF team embraced one final American tradition — sport. The team attended the WNBA game between the Phoenix Mercury and the Chicago Sky, and what an experience it was. Whether students followed basketball...
by Admin AUSSEF | May 26, 2026 | ISEF 2026
The hard work that has been put in by our AUSSEF and NZ teams has been rewarded with three of our students receiving Grand Awards totalling USD $3,600 at this morning’s Grand Award Presentation Ceremony. Our star achiever in the Special Awards last night,...
by Admin AUSSEF | May 26, 2026 | ISEF 2026
With the pressure of judging now behind them, finalists enjoyed a day focused on connection, collaboration, and community engagement through the Category Networking sessions and Education Outreach Day. Students from across Arizona, along with members of the...
