NB: Criteria have changed since these were awarded, so they are not a
good guide to what will get funded now.
Seven applications were received for the single large project (up to
$80 000) and this was awarded to the Rutherford Exhibition project from
the Association of Science-Technology Centres NZ.
The panel expressed concern that it was unclear in many applications
as to how the criteria of promotion of science and technology were to
be met. The production of a resource by itself was not considered to necessarily
fulfil the purpose of promotion. It was also noted that the terms of reference
for the scheme are broader than recognition or promotion of excellence,
and so application for activities focusing on this aspect do not fit the
stated criteria. Such applications also involved a limited number of individuals.
Five applications were also received for research activity which, while
considered to be very worthwhile and of high priority, similarly did not
fit the criteria of the Fund. This issue will be pursued by the Society
with the Ministry of Research, Science and Technology.
| The Rutherford Exhibition |
Association of Science-Technology
Centres NZ |
To create an interactive/multimedia
exhibition based on the achievements and times of Lord Rutherford. |
| Quake Trackers |
Victoria University |
To promote the contribution that
earth science and engineering make to New Zealand by involving secondary
school children in recording and analysing earthquakes. |
| Science-Wise! |
Discovery World, Otago Museum |
To promote interest in and appreciation
of science and technology through a science-based performance. |
| CREST |
CREST |
To promote science and technology
to rural communities by increasing the rurally-focussed use of the
First CREST scheme. |
| Student Mentors |
University of Waikato |
To promote science and technology
through the use of university students as mentors and positive role
models to school students. |
| Putting the Science into Computer
Science |
Department of Computer Science, Canterbury
and Waikato Universities |
To promote computer science to teachers
and students. |
| Why are we learning this, Sir? |
Tearaway Press |
To use Tearaway magazine, web site
and teacher resource to illustrate applications of science, mathematics,
social science and technology in careers. |
| Little Country, Big Ideas |
Big Ideas Productions |
To produce a technology video for
schools and a pilot programme for a television science documentary
series. |
| Stream monitoring |
Lincoln University |
To establish a stream monitoring
programme in Christchurch intermediate and secondary schools. |
| Links between scientific principle
and technological application |
NZ Association of Science Educators |
To produce a poster set that promotes
and make more explicit the links between technological applications
of science and the actual scientific principles involved. |
| Science and Technology in the supermarket |
Science-Technology Roadshow Trust
Board |
To produce a poster relating science
and technology of the supermarket and its contents. |
| Science and Technology Interactive
exhibits |
Science Alive! |
To provide learning opportunities
to explore scientific principles through a series of tabletop interactive
exhibits. |
| Puzzling Things |
Science Alive! |
To encourage exploration, investigation
and problem-solving of unusual aspects of a range of scientific topics. |
| Enrichment of science in Waimate |
Waimate Teachers' Resource Centre |
To raise children's and teachers'
awareness of the work of scientists and promote science and technology
as career options. |
| STARS: Space science teaching and
resource site |
Carter Observatory |
To develop a unique national space
sciences web site |
| Chemical Milestones in NZ history |
NZ Institute of Chemistry |
To produce a record of the contribution
that chemists have made to the development of New Zealand's industry
and economy |
