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2024 People's choice voting is now live
We’re excited to announce 15 outstanding finalists across our three categories. Show your support by voting for your favourite entries – just click the heart icon next to their entry. Every vote counts!
Scroll down the page to vote for your favourite Problem Solver, Future Builder and Community Champion.
Voting closes on Sunday, 19 January 2025.
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Meet the finalists
The Problem Solver award
Recognises groundbreaking research work that has already transformed, or holds the potential to transform, the lives of Australians for the better.
Groundbreaking invention: producing the world’s cheapest green hydrogen | University of Wollongong
575
Latte-street innovation: coffee-infused concrete breaks new ground | RMIT University
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Saving our cereals: fungal infection prevention saves billions of dollars and secures food supply | The University of Sydney
355
Treating heart attack and stroke with drugs from spider venom | UQ
1121
Instant cancer detection on a glass slide | La Trobe University
632
The future Builder Award
Celebrates an individual or a team who has gone above and beyond to equip their students with the knowledge and skills to make a positive impact in the world.
An Australia-first university apprenticeship and pathway to a career in STEM | UniSA
412
Delivering the future of our space and security sectors | UniSA
480
BioDesign Innovation: developing the next generation of medical technology leaders | UniMelb
401
Student managed investment fund: shaping tomorrow through sustainability and social impact | Griffith
903
From classroom to community: UTS shopfront students driving social change | UTS
924
The Community Champion Award
Honours an individual, team or university with deep ties to its community and the people who call it home, beyond just those who attend the institution.
iAccelerate's RISE program empowers rural NSW entrepreneurs | University of Wollongong
266
The All Ages All Abilities Playground | University of Wollongong
1303
uni 2 beyond: Students with intellectual disabilities experience uni life | The University of Sydney
387
Scaling up point-of-care testing for infectious diseases in Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities | UNSW
498
Giving a voice to rural Aboriginal children: Guyati Garraka wa Witing speech pathology | UoN
606
People's choice voting closes in:
Entries open
03 July 2024
Entries close
Tuesday, 1 October 2024, 5pm
People’s choice voting opens
Thursday, 10 October 2024
People’s choice voting closes
Sunday, 19 January 2025
Winners announced
Wednesday, 25 February 2025
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