AuScience

About AuScience

AuScience is established as a Not-for-profit Association running science competitions for students from grade 10 to 12 in Physics and Science that can lead to representing Australia in international competition.

AuScience is run by teachers and interested others. It does not take any money from those entering events or from those managing events.

The purpose of organising tournaments like the IYPT Australia Challenge, JYPT and IJSO is to give Australian students the change to develop scientific thinking, research skills, communication skills and teamwork. and to measure themselves against their peers from around the world in international competition.

Australia first attended the International Young Physicists' Tournament in 1998 when a team from Brisbane Girls Grammar School (BGGS) entered.

In subsequent years, the school developed a qualifying tournament to promote the event to other schools in Australia. Entries from schools in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales now occur. Students from six schools have represented Australia at IYPT and the Australian Team were world champions in 2007.

In 2008 a joint team of students from Brisbane Girls Grammar School and All Saints Anglican School (ASAS) represented Australia at the 5th International Junior Science Olympiad. It was decided that an independent association was needed to run the IYPT qualifying event with BGGS continuing to host the qualifying competition.

The first Junior Young Physicists' Tournament, JYPT, is scheduled for October 2010 at The Scots College, Sydney. It is hoped that around twenty teams from schools around Australia, New Zealand and Singapore will participate.

There was a need for an association to run JYPT, IYPT and IJSO in Australia and possible future competitions. JYPT is a tournament for the region and is not limited to Australia.

This led to the forming of AuScience.

The Executive Committee members include:

PRESIDENT: Dr Antoine Durandet , All Saints Anglican School
Dr Durandet is also the Australian IOC member for Australia and a Vice President of the IJSO

GENERAL SECRETARY: Mr Philip O'Neill,

IYPT Australia organiser: Mr Alan Allinson, Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Mr Allinson is also the Australian IOC member for Australia and President of IYPT

Ms Rosemary Cameron,
Mrs C Clemot, Brisbane Girls Grammar School
Ms N Chan, Brisbane Grammar School