Win one of four CASH prizes for your school – totalling $2,500!

Introducing the “Nourishing Minds” Competition for Australian School Students in Years 9 to 12.

Are you in Year 9 to 12 and passionate about tackling global food security challenges? If you’ve developed innovative solutions, we have an exciting opportunity for you and your school!

Win Big!

Your school could WIN one of four prizes up to $2,500! Plus, your students’ remarkable work will be showcased nationally and internationally.

Foster Future Leaders

We’re on the lookout for the future’s scientists, researchers, communicators, AI and big data specialists, nutritionists, geographers, engineers, designers, social scientists, problem solvers, and creative thinkers. 

Address Critical Issues

We need young minds to help us tackle pressing food security challenges. Entries should relate to your students’ use of one of the Crawford Fund’s “Development for a Better Future” teaching and learning modules.

Ready to Win?

Prizes awarded to schools:

1st Prize: $1,000

2nd Prize: $750

3rd Prize: $500

PLUS a special encouragement award of $250.

📽 Record a Video: Encourage your students to record their ideas in a video. An individual student or a class team can create it.

📨 Submit: Send your video to the Crawford Fund. As an educator/parent, you can submit these videos on behalf of your students.

How to Enter

Entries should be delivered by email from the educator/parent presenting the module to schools@crawfordfund.org with a link to your stored video that we can download to our system. There is no application form – please email each video entry of no longer than three minutes with a link to the stored video or videos with the following information:

  • Name, phone and email contacts of the educator making the entry
  • The name and address of the school or indication the student is home-schooled
  • The first name of the student/s involved in producing each video (for child protection purposes) and their year level. Eg. Ruby (Year 9)
  • The module on which the class has been working.
Judging Criteria

1. Message Clarity

2. Understanding of the Issue

3. Appropriateness of the Solution