It costs about $50K a year to run the New Zealand Young Physicists’ Tournament and send a Representative team to the International Competition. A huge thank you to all our amazing sponsors and supporters in 2024
Trust supporters demonstrate their commitment to STEM education and developing future science and engineering leaders. Donations are always welcome! There are also exciting sponsorship opportunities to support the Trust, the National Tournament and our Representative team in 2025 and 2026
2025
The New Zealand Young Physicists’ Tournament will be held in Auckland on March 22nd. We will be seeking:
- Product contributions. Prizes for the winning teams, and branded items for the volunteer jurors and all participating students.
- Lunch and snack sponsor. In 2024 we catered for over 100 people; most of them hungry teenagers!
- Volunteer jurors. People who have tertiary physics qualifications and continue to use them professionally.
This starts of the selection process for our the NZ Representative team for the International Young Physicists’ Tournament in Lund, Sweden. Additional opportunities for this stage include:
- Team apparel. Shirts, travel jackets and other items for a unified team look.
- Training camp sponsors. There will be two training camps
We also want to develop a regional coordinator role to support expansion beyond the Auckland region. The prospectus for this will be available by the end of the year.
2026
The National Tournament will be held early in the school year. If we are successful in funding a regional coordinator, we will seek everything we needed last year and more.
- Regional sponsors. Potentially in Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
- Series sponsors. Across the regionals and the national final.
Internationally we have big dreams!
We want to host the2026 International Tournament in New Zealand. This will be a big event. Hungary 2024 involved nearly 350 people form 38 participating countries. It’s also a global opportunity to associate your organisation with physics education and talent development.