Members Area

Welcome to the Oliphant Coordinator Login Area.

Coordinator registrations are now open for 2025!

Please note that although you may have registered as an Oliphant coordinator in previous years, you will still need to register for the 2025 competition before you can begin to register your students' projects.

Click here to register.

You can see this year's topics for Posters, Photography and Science Writing on the 2025 Project Category pages.

Now is also a great time to start planning your Citizen Science entries for 2025! Citizen Science projects take some time to research, plan and action! Here are some websites with ideas for current Citizen Science projects:

• https://www.csiro.au/en/education/get-involved/citizen-science/projects
• https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/articles/ideas-for-citizen-science-for-your-students/
• https://www.teachstarter.com/au/blog/citizen-science-in-the-classroom/ 

Need inspiration on how to introduce OSA to your school community?

We've posted some example Word documents - one for the parents of your students and one for any teachers you know of in other schools who may need some convincing on why to start OSA in their school! You can find them both on the Coordinator Information page, but you can also find them linked below for quick access!

• Example Introductory Letter Home (2024)
• OSA25 - Letter to teachers
• OSA25 - Letter to parents

2025 Coordinator Webinar

Did you miss the 2025 Coordinators' Webinar on Monday 17th February 2025?

You can find the webinar recording on this page.

Available Grants

Applications for the Country School Bursary, New Schools Incentive and Regional Student Travel Fund for 2025 are now open!

Seeking Volunteers!

We're on the hunt for volunteers for Science Alive! (and the couple of days beforehand - drop-off, judging, set-up)! If you're able to give of your time, please click here to fill out the online volunteering form!