NanoCamp 2025

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NanoCamp 2025

Start:
Jan 20, 2025
End:
Jan 24, 2025
Venue:
Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka - The University of Otago (Ōtepoti Dunedin)
Price:
It's free!

Event details

NanoCamp 2025

Hosted by the MacDiarmid Institute, NanoCamp is a four-day residential lab experience with top scientists, completing hands-on investigations into a range of topics including electron microscopy, laser physics and nano-electronics. We're looking for current year 12 or 13 students with a strong academic background who are planning to continue with science.

Applications

Before starting your NanoCamp application, please make sure you have all information to hand. This is important because you cannot return later to add missing information. You will need:

  1. Contact details (phone and email) for your nominated parent or guardian
  2. Contact details (phone and email) for your nominated referee (teacher or member of your community)
  3. Your school address (physical address, not postal)
  4. A copy of your formal NCEA results (or equivalent). Please include copies of any awards, scholarships or prizes. Please name your file as follows: SURNAME-FirstName-Date-NANO-DocumentType, eg BROWN-Kate-30072023-NANO-NCEA
  5. Your statement of motivation. We require a short paragraph outlining your reasons for applying for NanoCamp, as well as what you hope to achieve (150 to 300 words max.)

Applications for NanoCamp 2025 are now closed. We will be in touch with all applicants for 2025 by the end of October to let them know the outcomes to their applications.

If you have any questions about NanoCamp or the application process, please contact us at macdiarmidnano-discoverycamp@vuw.ac.nz

I simply cannot overstate the impact of attending NanoCamp 2024 on my life. My confidence has grown immensely, and I was able to make lifelong connections with like-minded teens… Was NanoCamp 2024 anything like I expected? No. But it was even better than I could have imagined.

Attendee Waipapa Taumata Rau - University of Auckland NanoCamp, 2024

MacDiarmid Institute NanoCamp 2019

A group of New Zealand's brightest high school science pupils from across the country spent a week in Wellington getting an introduction to nanoscience and advanced materials during NanoCamp. The 2019 cohort made a video showing their hands-on experience in spintronics, microscopy, nanoelectronics, chemistry, and optics.

January 29, 2019