MacDiarmid Institute DiscoveryCamp and NanoCamp – Application deadline now extended to 17th September!

NanoCamp and DiscoveryCamp for current Year 12 and 13 secondary school students are hugely popular and highly contested. The five-day, all-expenses-paid residential programmes give students the opportunity to learn about nanoscience through lectures and lab experience with MacDiarmid Institute investigators. DiscoveryCamp is designed specifically for Māori and Pacific Island students, while NanoCamp is open to any students with a strong academic background and passion for science. 

Applications for DiscoveryCamp and NanoCamp 2022 are now open and will close on 17th September 2021 (extended from the previous deadline of 3rd September 2021). In order to apply, students simply need to visit our website at: https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/what-we-do/into-the-community/discoverycamp-and-nanocamp/. From there you will be able to get further information and make an application. There are also videos from previous camp attendees, as follows:

• https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/news-and-events/videos/eden-talks-about-discoverycamp-2020/
• https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/news-and-events/videos/mariah-talks-about-discoverycamp/
• https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/news-and-events/videos/macdiarmid-institute-nanocamp-2019/
• https://www.macdiarmid.ac.nz/news-and-events/videos/discoverycamp-2018/

If you have any questions regarding the camps or the application process, please do not hesitate to contact us at macdiarmidnano-discoverycamp@vuw.ac.nz.