Maker projects grants - supporting young people to access STEM

MAKER Projects – Community STEM Engagement grants 2024 provides grants up to $100,000 to foster creativity and inquiry-based learning for the development of STEM skills in students and youth in design, engineering and programming through hands-on learning. Last year for Science Week, Sean Albon (Macarthur Primary, Grade 4) and Wally Morton (Penshurst Primary, Grade 6) made use of a microscope to examine bacteria. Photo: LARA FITZPATRICK.

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August 01, 2024 | 4:00 PM

THE Australian Government is backing Australian science and giving young Victorians the opportunity to engage in hands-on STEM (Science, technology, engineering and mathematics) creativity and learning.

Industry and Science minister, Ed Husic has launched Round 3 of the Maker Projects Community STEM Engagement programs which provides total funding of $1 million per year over two years.