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Student Competition Program and Conference Sponsorship Program delayed until further notice.
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The state's research sector will benefit from an $8 million funding boost to cutting-edge research and development facilities through the NSW Government's Research Attraction and Acceleration Program (RAAP).
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The creators of five NSW technologies will share in $5 million from the NSW Government to bring their industry-changing ideas to market; thanks to the NSW Physical Sciences Fund.
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The Final Report from the Independent Review of the Impacts of the Bottled Water Industry on the Groundwater Resources in the Northern Rivers region of NSW has been released.
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Pioneering chemical engineer Scientia Professor Rose Amal AC from UNSW Sydney was named 2019 NSW Scientist of the Year at Government House tonight.