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Key Dates
2025 Key Dates
| November 2024 | |
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| November 2024 | |
| November 2024 | |
| Monday 13 January |
Student registrations open |
| Monday 17 February | Navigating the Oliphant Science Awards in your School Webinar |
| Monday 3 March |
Judges registrations open |
| Sunday 23 March |
New Schools Incentive applications close (successful applicants will be contacted in due course). Country Schools Bursary applications close (successful applicants will be contacted in due course). |
| Sunday 18 May |
Judging registrations close. |
| Sunday 18 May |
Student project registrations close - no further projects can be added after this time. |
| Sunday 25 May |
Online amendments period closes - no new projects can be added, you can only amend existing projects. |
| Friday 30 May |
Second and final amendments submissions (through Google Form) close. After this date, no further amendments will be accepted. |
| Friday 6 June |
2025 Regional Student Travel Fund applications close (successful applicants will be contacted in due course). |
| Friday 6 June to Sunday 29 June |
Citizen Science, Multimedia, Science Writing and Scientific Inquiry entries and reports for Programming, Apps & Robotics MUST be submitted online. |
| Friday 4 July to Sunday 20 July |
Round 1 judging (Citizen Science, Multimedia, Science Writing and Scientific Inquiry). |
| Monday 21 July to Sunday 27 July | Crystal Investigation and Models & Inventions reports / risk assessments MUST be submitted online. Supporting videos for Games projects may also be submitted online. |
| Saturday 26 July |
Programming, Apps & Robotics Judging Day. *By appointment only! |
| Wednesday 30 July |
Crystal Investigation, Games, Models & Inventions, Photography and Poster entries to be delivered for judging. |
| Thursday 31 July |
Round 2 judging (Crystal Investigation, Games, Models & Inventions, Photography and Posters). |
| Friday 1 August - Sunday 3 August | Open Day at Science Alive! |
| Monday 4 August |
Project Collection |
| Friday 17 October |
Presentation Ceremony (invitation only) |
| Friday 24 October |
2025 OSA Coordinators Celebration |
Please be advised these dates are subject to change, times to be advised at a later date.