DeadlyGrants

DeadlyScience and the GHD Foundation have an exciting collaboration that will provide $5000 (Ex GST) for the purchase of high-quality STEM learning resources to selected remote and very remote schools and all over Australia.

Applications closed

The Opportunity

DeadlyScience will provide funding of up to $5000 for remote Australian schools, where Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders are the majority of students, in order to increase their access to science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) resources and equipment. Most programs targeting educational poverty in Indigenous communities focus on literacy, arts, music, and sports, but seldom STEM.

To help solve this problem, GHD Foundation has established a three-year partnership with Deadly Science to help fund and deliver resources to the communities, as well as lessons, teacher development and the introduction of STEM professionals to the inquisitive students. The funding will help Deadly Science put STEM resources and expertise into remote and very remote schools and communities in Australia. The goal is to tackle the resourcing disparity that is endemic to remote communities, which accumulates to an educational poverty issue that has long-term, multi-generational effects, while also being respectful of their educational needs.

Who is it for?

DeadlyScience will provide high-quality STEM learning resources to selected remote and very remote schools and communities. Selection for the resources will be based on a simple application process.

The Opportunity

This opportunity is to provide $5000 for teachers and schools to use in order to secure resources that will assist in STEM learning, experiment kits, teacher resources, teacher professional development and two high-quality microscopes for each school). It aims to foster creativity and inquiry-based learning and to support the development of STEM skills in students and youth and engagement through hands-on learning.

What DeadlyScience will provide

DeadlyScience will provide up to $5000 for schools to use in order to support, purchase and pay for resources that will help their students in STEM learning. This can be used for (See guidelines for more details):

  • STEM Resources
  • Teacher professional development
  • Class trips and travel
  • Incursions
  • Books
  • Lesson resources

Overview

The DeadlyGrants project aims to foster engagement in STEM and support the development of STEM skills in students in  remote and very remote schools across Australia. The program will involve deep cross pollination between Schools and STEM professionals, and link remote students and teachers with top-tier scientists and their research to provide them with real time data science and skills. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:

    • Engagement: Celebrating STEM knowledge and the enjoyment of science
    • Education: Developing a stronger scientific literacy especially with respect to weather and climate
    • Enrolment: Intentions of students to choose STEM subjects in further years. Intention of student to investigate STEM concepts and knowledge further outside of class.
    • Employment: Awareness and opportunity of careers in STEM

 

Key Documents

Application opportunity guidelines