GET INVOLVED

GET INVOLVED

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Apply Now and Be Part of the Future!

For questions or more information, contact Festival Program Lead, Baidy Barton at events@hunterif.com.au.

Don’t miss this chance to put your startup on the map at Hunter Innovation Festival 2025!

Startup Alley Grants

How to Apply

Submit your grant application by 31 July 2025 via the form below.

Application form

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PEW! Pew! Pew!

The Hunter Needs Your Unconventional. Your Audacious. Your Weird.

Application form

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After Dark Party: Innovation Unwinds

Network, Celebrate, and Connect After Hours

Join us for the official After Dark Party and celebrate a day of innovation!

Unwind, network with industry leaders, and enjoy live music, refreshments, and a vibrant atmosphere.

It's the perfect opportunity to build connections and reflect on the day's insights in a relaxed setting.

Keep the Conversation Going

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  • All primary school students in the Hunter region in these year categories K-2, 3-4, 5-6.

    • All 12 Finalists receive their art work printed on a Hunter Innovation Festival Tee.

    • Cash Prize of $500 for overall Winner.

    • Cash Prize of $100 for each of the 12 Finalists.

    • $1,000 Cash Prize for art supplies or artist workshops for the Top 3 schools or oosh’s with the most entries.

    • These exciting prizes will be awarded to the winners across different age categories (K-2, 3-4, 5-6)

    • Michael Bell, local award winning artist

    • Claire Martin, local award winning artist

    • Hunter iF Action Summit group.

    • Festival sponsor

    • Alex Brennan, Chair Hunter iF.

  • 31 July 2025

    1. Complete the entry form.

    2. Create your amazing "Energy of the Future" artwork on an A4 sheet of paper.

    3. Submit your entry by July 31st

      Entries and questions to art@hunterif.com.au

    4. Enter here

Unleash Your Creativity! Design the "Energy of the Future"

Hunter iF Festival Tee Shirt Art Prize for Primary School Students

Hey Young Artists of the Hunter Region!

Do you have BIG ideas about the future of our planet? Do you love to draw and create? Then this is your chance to shine!

The Hunter iF Festival is looking for amazing artwork from kids just like YOU to design our official festival tee shirts!

Theme: "Energy of the Future" Show us what you think sustainable energy looks like! Draw your ideas about: Sustainable energy, cool new technologies, and a greener planet.

Who Can Enter? All primary school students in the Hunter region (K-6)

Awesome Prizes to be Won! Your artwork on official Hunter iF Festival tee shirts!Cash prizes! Art supplies! Book vouchers! Prizes for the top 3 schools with the most entries!

How to Enter:

  1. Complete the entry form.

  2. Create your amazing "Energy of the Future"

  3. artwork on an A4 sheet of paper.

  4. Submit your entry by July 31st

Entries and questions to art@hunterif.com.au