Competitions
2023 Edstart Achievement Awards Program
Nominations are now open for the 2023 Edstart Achievement Awards Program!
Now in its third year, the program acknowledges students across a range of categories with an award and a $1,500 grant to fund a project, initiative or training related to their area of interest:
- Technology and innovation
- Entrepreneurship
- Sustainability and environment
- Sport and physical wellbeing
- Performing and visual arts
- Social impact
Each winner will receive an award to recognise their achievement, as well as a $1,500 grant to fund a project, initiative or training related to their category.
Nominations are open to primary and secondary schools across Australia.
Nominations close Friday 9 June 2023.
Students can find out more and nominate here.
Australian Space Design Competition
The Australian Space Design Competition (ASDC) is designed for secondary school students with a passion for space, or are considering a future in STEM fields.
Teams of up to 12 grade 8 – 12 students respond to an engineering Request For Tender (RFT) and design a futuristic space settlement, planning structural engineering, operations and infrastructure, personnel factors, automation, and business development.
Registrations for the competition are open until 30 June.
Find out more and enter here: https://ausspacedesign.org.au/asdc/
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest
Enter the Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest for a chance to win up to $10,000!
Open to all 12th grade, college, and graduate students worldwide.
To enter, read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, then select one of three prompts about the book and write an essay in response to it.
Essays must be written in English only and between 800 and 1,600 words in length, double-spaced.
Deadline to enter is November 6, 2023.
Find out more and enter here: https://aynrand.org/students/essay-contests/atlas-shrugged/
2023 National History Challenge
The National History Challenge is a research-based competition for students. It gives students a chance to be historians, researching world history, examining Australia’s past, investigating their community or exploring their own roots.
The theme for 2023 is “Change and Continuity”.
Entrants may be students from Primary years to Year 12, 19 years of age or younger in Australian schools. Entries close 25 August.
Find out more and enter here: http://historychallenge.org.au/