The Professor Harry Messel International Science School (ISS) is a fee-free residential educational event for selected secondary students held for two weeks in July every two years and based at the University of Sydney in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia which has gained renown. ISS aims to honour excellence in senior high school science students and to encourage them to consider careers in science.
The ISS offers presentations by internationally respected guest lecturers from Australia and overseas to 140 science students from 10 countries (50 students) and Australia (90).
The ISS is funded by the Messel Endowment and grants from various sources.
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