Grand Challenges program
Giving your students around Australia the opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers and award- winning entrepreneurs to design their very own innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems.
Year 9-10 students will spend a day learning about a real-life global problem i.e. the Grand Challenge, and brainstorm, develop and pitch their own solutions in a professional entrepreneurial way to their peers and STEM experts for a chance to win cash prizes.
The Grand Challenge is aligned to the Australian Curriculum, including the General Capabilities and Cross-Curricular Priorities. Student classes will need to be supervised online by a teacher.
This is a collaboration with Future Anything.
Grand Challenge: Igniting the Future of Renewable Fuel
The Grand Challenge will focus on renewable energy featuring STEM specialist Professor Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou, one of the world's leading hydrogen fuel researchers.
Date: Thursday, 16 November 2023
Times: 8.45am-2.45pm.
Venue: Camperdown Campus, University of Sydney
Cost: $0-$18 + booking fee per student. Schools that are priority partners can attend for free and can ask science.alliance@sydney.edu.au. for more information.
Teachers attend free and must supervise throughout the program. Schools can bring maximum of 100x students, and are encouraged to have your students attend in pre-set groups of 3-5x students.
Want to run Grand Challenges for a large cohort on a day of your choice?
We can organise a Grand Challenges day especially for your school by request. This option is recommended only for groups of students 100+. Contact us directly for more details.