If you are a young scientist you can enter our competition to win one of our Encouragement Awards. Our awards are intended to provide you with financial assistance to attend a relevant science conference or to further your research or studies.

Award
First prize winner will receive the $1500 award and two runner-up winners will receive $750 each.

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How to enter
Entries may be submitted as a written response (maximum 500 words) that directly answers the question.

Next award will be posted soon

Each participant can submit only one entry which will be judged for originality and overall humour. All winners will be featured on our website and shared online. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Contact us to receive updates. Good luck!

Terms & conditions

Honest disclosure and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

These days it is tempting to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an easy way to respond to our Award questions. The spirit of science is based on honesty and inventiveness. We want you to respond in this spirit. However, if AI is used in any way, then as a budding scientist you know that you should provide clear attribution.

Conditions of entry

The competition is open to science graduates including Masters, PhD candidates and Post Doc scientists aged 30* or younger who work in the fields of the Life or Material or Chemical or Environmental Sciences** in Australian or New Zealand organisations. We can only accept one entry per person.

Winning entries will be posted on our website and Facebook and featured in our newsletter. Payment is conditional upon your supervisor or organisation giving written permission for you to receive this award. The entries will be assessed by a panel of ATA Scientific staff.

*The assessment panel may take into account extenuating circumstances that might provide grounds for consideration outside this age criterion.

**As a guide these fields include Biotech, Protein, Pharma, Food, Agriculture, Engineering, Chemical, Polymer, Ceramics, Particles, Surfaces, Minerals, Soil and Water.

ATA Scientific reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to determine applicant eligibility and award recipients, including the eligibility of previous award recipients.

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Young Scientist Encouragement Award

Entries may be submitted as a written response (maximum 500 words) that directly answers the question. Each participant can submit only one entry which will be judged for originality and overall humour. All winners will be featured on our website and shared online. Good luck!

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Previous awards

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May 2026

ATA Scientific would like to thank all those that participated in our May 2026 Encouragement Award promotion.

November 2025

ATA Scientific would like to thank all those that participated in our November 2025 Encouragement Award promotion.

September 2025

ATA Scientific would like to thank all those that participated in our recent Encouragement Award promotion.

March 2025

ATA Scientific would like to thank all those that participated in our March 2025 Encouragement Award promotion.

September 2024

ATA Scientific would like to thank all those that participated in our September 2024 Encouragement Award promotion.

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