IYM Residential Programme

Applications for our 2025 programme will open later this year

IYM Residential 2025

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Delivered with our sponsor, Pertronic Industries Ltd, IYM Residential 2025 is a six-day residential programme that exposes participants to the many research and career opportunities in STEMM in the most engaging and hands-on way possible. It is open to 40 young women in Year 11 and 12 at schools in the Greater Wellington Region, Horowhenua and Manawatū.

Key Dates for 2025

Programme dates will be announced shortly

Applications open: 1 November 2023

Applications close: 15 April 2024

Programme dates: 7 - 12 July 2024

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Programme Information

IYM Residential 2025 with Pertronic will take place in the July 2025 school holidays. Programme dates will be announced shortly. This programme is for Year 11 and 12 female students from schools in the Greater Wellington Region, Horowhenua and Manawatū. There are only 40 places are available.

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Programme highlights

Every year we select new and exciting activities and speakers for IYM Residential. Here are some of the amazing things students have done on previous programmes:

Visited the Wellington Medical School hub for medical and biomedical research including a hands-on exercise to try out suturing techniques

A rare peak behind the screens to see how world-leading visual effects are created at Wētā FX's motion capture stage.

Created aspirin from scratch and tested its purity at Gracefield Innovation Quarter's Ferrier Institute

An Innovation Challenge where participants worked in teams led by industry expert mentors.

Visited the incredible Invertebrate Collection and went on career information ‘speed dates’ with scientists from NIWA.

Visited Parliament for a networking reception with some of New Zealand’s leading scientists, innovators and politicians.

To find out more about the amazing experiences our participants had on IYM Residential 2024, please read our IYM Residential 2024 Programme Report here

Programme Structure

IYM Residential 2025 with Pertronic is a residential programme and all students stay together at Silverstream Retreat, Upper Hutt. Each day, the group travels to a variety of science and technology businesses, Crown Research Institutes and tertiary education providers in the Wellington region.

During these visits, participants experience hands-on science and technology activities and hear from women who have built careers and businesses in the sector. In the evenings, the group hears from inspiring speakers, reflects together on the day’s experiences and gets to know the other amazing young women in the group!

Programme Registration and Cost

Applicants can apply online through our website. Each applicant is required to provide their details and write a short essay on why they wish to participate in the programme. Once the 40 participants have been selected, applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application in May.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, participants only pay $170 including GST per person for IYM Residential.

Successful applicants pay this fee once they are accepted onto the programme.

Applications for our 2025 programme will be announced shortly

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IYM has opened my mind and I have learnt about so many new careers that I didn't even know that I would be able to do.

Leila, Aotea College
IYM Residential 2024

I really enjoyed the site visits and listening to the speakers talk about their fascinating careers. The IYM Residential Programme has opened by mind to research the many university degrees I can choose from. This will help me focus and be motivated in school.