Register for Big Science Pitch 2026
Wednesday 11 November, 6-7.30pm
With just three minutes to sell their idea, our competitors need to convince the judges and public that their project is most worthy to receive funding.
Watch the Big Science Pitch 2025
Pitchers
- Dr Gayathri Gopakumar – Fighting the hidden threat: A vaccine for marsupial herpesviruses
- Dr Jason Jung – Stopping seizures before they start
- Dr Katherine Morgan – From molecules to medicines: Targeting metastatic breast cancer with precision radiation
- Dr Kimberley Reid – Harvesting clean water from fog
- Dr Megan Lucas – Saving piglets, sustaining the industry
- Dr Mia Cobb – Happy dog science: helping our canine co-workers and companions to thrive
- Dr Simon Higham – Precision electrodes for restoring movement after traumatic spinal cord injury
Watch the Big Science Pitch 2024
Pitchers
- Dr Felipe Martelli Soares Da Silva – Protecting non-pest insects from climate change and pesticides
- Dr Ludovica Monti – Tracing the path of drug resistance in superbugs
- Dr Marie Dade – The big contribution of small green spaces in cities
- Dr Oliver Eales – Mathematical modelling of mpox in Australia
- Dr Rebecca Webb – A frog-friendly way to fight fungal infections
- Dr Veronique Paris – Reclaiming our backyards: New avenues to sustainable mosquito control
Watch the Big Science Pitch 2023
Pitchers
- Dr Rachele Wilson – Conserving sugarbag bees in Arnhem Land
- Dr Wing Yan Chan – The secrets of extreme corals
- Dr Brendan Lanham – Bringing back Victoria’s lost shellfish reefs from the brink of extinction
- Dr Laura Bibiana Ospina-Rozo – Interview with the green beetle: How to keep our cities cool?
- Dr Claire Taylor – Does nature always nurture? Investing in young in a changing world
- Dr Joshua Barrow – Are fishways a silver bullet solution or just another obstacle for native fish?