BIOTech Futures is an innovation and mentorship program that aims to empower the brightest young minds. Our initiative connects high school students in urban, regional and remote areas with world-class academics to think creatively about scientific inspired solutions to challenges in the fields ranging from medicine and health to sustainable environment, emerging technologies, regulations and ethics.
At BIOTech Futures, innovation comes first. Brand new in 2024 is our upgraded members portal - a successor of BIOTech Connect launched in 2022. This is an all-in-one platform for all challenge participants, mentors, and supervisors and makes your life a lot simpler so you can focus on the fun stuff. It helps you find information easier, keep track of events throughout the Challenge, meet your mentor and other teams, and learn from other, all under one roof. Join the Challenge and find out more.
The competition is open annually to students in years 9-12 who think differently, to create products that work better.
The judges – and Prof. Hala Zreiqat especially – are drawn to projects that employ clever yet simple engineering and scientific principles and address clear problems.
As well as proving a project’s technical viability, we love entrants to show us creativity and collaboration, too.
This year BIOTech Futures will also be looking for entries that address a sustainable issues and humanitarian engineering and what that means in the context of Australian priority areas and globalisation.
BIOTech Futures is a chance to highlight your skills to give you the confidence and passion to pursue STEM and supercharge your education. As well as having the opportunity to win from a selection of great prizes, you can kick-start your career and work together with your peers and classmates to create something innovative that you can be proud of.
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Find out more about our Symposiums.
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high school attendees
from 21 urban, regional and remote schools across Australia & New Zealand
mentor stalls
featuring activities in VR, biochemistry, nanoscience, robotics and anatomy
guest presenters talks
on fields in data science, machine learning, sustainability and scientific collaboration
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