SCANZ Awards Update!
Post by SCANZ:
We're excited to announce this year's FINALISTS for our SCANZ Awards. Thank you to everyone who applied. The entries received this year set an incredibly high standard and made the judging team’s job very challenging!
Please join us in congratulating all the finalists in our two award categories:
Excellence in Science Communication Award:
The team at the MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology)
for the He Wero ā Ringa Hands on Design Challenge hosted at Te Puawānanga, its creative learning space for communicating scientific and technological practice.
The team at The Seed Pod for their work with educators, whānau, artists, and scientists to create Learning Pods as educational resources that combine science communication with engaging, playful design.
Izzy Te Aho White & Kate White for their artistic contributions to a Health Research Council (HRC) funded study that used digital storytelling with Māori living with chronic pain and tapering opioids.
Emerging Science Communicator Award:
Rebekah Crosswell for her contributions to the project, Te Pou Whirinaki o te Mate Huka (The Pillars of support for Type 2 Diabetes).
Helena Ruffell for raising awareness and understanding of the inputs and impacts of microplastics to productive soil systems in Aotearoa.
Anna Gray Yeoman for her efforts to increase New Zealanders’ engagement with native lizards.
Stay tuned... Our winners will be announced in early November!
