If you have already submitted your final award entry, you do not have to resubmit it.

The Little Scientists Early STEM Award is open to all early childhood services. It is not a requirement of entry to have already participated in the Little Scientists program. We do, however, encourage our existing Little Scientists workshop participants to apply.

You can book a Little Scientists workshop via our booking calendar.

The project that your service decides to showcase can be one your service has already completed or one you are currently working on.

The theme Quirky Curious Futures has been chosen to encourage participants to let their imaginations fly, play with quirky ideas and let children’s curiosity run wild, encouraging them to create their own visions of the future. The sky (or the depth of the ocean) is the limit.

If you need help to spark an idea for a Quirky Curious Futures project, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals would be a great place to start. We believe that these goals provide a global blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for our children and our planet.

Entries will be assessed and judged by a jury panel of early childhood and STEM professionals. Each entry will be measured against the following criteria:

1. STEM content
2. Originality
3. Child-led focus
4. Inquiry-based focus
5. Project scope. Including but not limited to project length, participation, additional extensions, external partners and resources

Yes, absolutely! All services that won in 2018 are eligible to enter in this year’s award. However, a project cannot be entered twice. We know that you have all run amazing projects in the past two years or are currently engaged in wonderful projects. So please surprise us with a new Quirky Curious Future project!

You can learn all about our 2018 award winners in our Everyday STEM inquiry in practice book.

If you are having issues accessing or submitting your entry form, please contact us by phone on 02 8080 0065 or send us an email to awards@littlescientists.org.au We are here to help!

1. Entries must be submitted by Monday, 31 August 2020.
2. Each service is only eligible to submit one entry form.
3. Entries will only be reviewed if the application form is complete.
4. The Little Scientists Early STEM Award (the award) is open to all Australian early childhood services and only employees of early childhood services can apply (entries from members of the community are not accepted/eligible).
5. Little Scientists reserves the right not to award a prize if the quality of entries is insufficiently meritorious by Little Scientists’ standards.
6. Entries will be reviewed only if they are submitted by email and in the format detailed in the application form.
7. Prize winners of the award will be notified via email or phone and may be announced on the Little Scientists website and/or social media platforms.
8. Information provided by the entrant in relation to the Little Scientists Award may be used by Little Scientists for promotional/publicity purposes. This may include and is not restricted to, the information being used on websites, social media, printed material, advertisements and press releases.
9. Prizes are not redeemable for cash, credit or product.
10. All entries become the property of Little Scientists Australia. As such, Little Scientists is the owner of all copyright and other intellectual property in the winning entries.
11. To withdraw an application, written notification is required via email to awards@littlescientists.org.au at any time with immediate effect.
12. If Little Scientists is not capable of running the award as planned, it is at Little Scientists’ discretion to cancel or postpone the event.

Failure to meet all conditions of entry will automatically disqualify an entry.