S.T. Yau High School Science Award (Asia)

Competition teams whose research outlines have been shortlisted to enter the second stage of the competition are required submit a research report (in English) by 31 August 2022 to yauaward@ashk.org.hk. For file over 5MB, please instead send a download link to the above email address.  

Format Requirement

• in English
• in PDF format (A4 size)
• margins set at a minimum of 2.5 cm
• line spacing should be 1.5 lines or double (except for quotations, footnotes, references, captions, which may be single-spaced)
• in one single file (zip your files if you have attachments) 
• file name must be “Registration Number-Research Report”, e.g., “Math-001-Research Report”
•  download and refer to the research report template and sample

Content Requirement

• Cover page showing
  • Name(s) of team member(s) and school, city, country
  • Name of supervising teacher and his/her position, school/institution, city, country
  • Title of the report
• Content pages including 
  • Title of the report
  • Author(s)
  • Abstract (less than one page)
  • Keywords
  • Table of contents
  • Contents (e.g., introduction to research background & existing research, research materials & approaches, conclusion, discussions, etc.)
• References
  • References to existing research methods and conclusions must be indicated with clear citations.
  • Each team shall observe the common standard of academic integrity adopted by most journals or degree theses.
• Acknowledgement indicating
  • all the assistance and contribution you have received for the project.
• Commitments on academic honesty and integrity
  • All team member(s), including the Supervising Teacher and School Principal of all team member(s), shall sign on the page  “Commitments on Academic Honesty and Integrity” of the report".
• Other supplementary documents as deemed applicable (e.g., experiment videos, relevant text/graphic materials, etc.)

  
  

To facilitate your preparation of the research report, a research report sample is provided for reference.