Six Year 13 students will be selected by Royal Society Te Apārangi to attend the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) which takes place over two weeks in July/August of 2017. This is a residential event and students will stay at the Imperial College, London. The theme for LIYSF in 2018 is ‘Science - Making Life Better’. Participants will attend lectures and demonstrations from leading scientists, visit research centres, scientific institutions and world class laboratories and universities.

Students selected by Royal Society Te Apārangi for this opportunity will be supported, in general, for up to 70% of their international travel and registration costs by the Talented School Students Travel Award. To be considered, all students must complete the 2018 International Science Opportunities for Students Application Form [DOC 55.50 kb].

Fully funded opportunity for Maori students:

This fantastic opportunity has been sponsored by the London International Youth Science Forum and the Talented School Students Travel Award. For Māori students that are applying for this particular opportunity, please complete this form. [DOC 50.50 kb]The criteria for this particular opportunity are as follows:

  • The applicant must identify as Māori and be a New Zealand citizen or have permanent New Zealand residency.
  • The applicant must be studying at least two science subjects and attaining at least a merit or preferably an excellent grade, especially in the science learning areas.
  • The applicant should have a genuine interest in science and be considering studying science/engineering/technology at a tertiary level.
  • The applicant does not need to fluent in Te Reo but must have a good understanding of the language and also have good knowledge of Tikanga and be confident enough to share some of this knowledge at the London International Youth Science Forum
  • The applicant must have very good oral and communication skills.

For those applying for this opportunity, please supply all material by 5pm, Wednesday 14 March 2018 to:

Debbie Woodhall
Royal Society Te Apārangi
PO Box 598
Wellington 6140

Additional Notes
Although most of these opportunities are not teacher accompanied, these programmes are quite structured and fully supervised. However, if applicants and their parents/guardians feel uncomfortable with these conditions, we would strongly advise you not to apply. Furthermore, if more than one student is to be selected for a particular opportunity, then we strongly recommend that these students travel together.

Schools cannot nominate any more than four students in total, but those nominated students can apply for one or for as many opportunities they would like to by ticking the boxes on the application form.

For further information: www.liysf.org.uk/

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