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

Joining the competition is free of charge! However, any expenses incurred from the participation thereafter will be borne by the participant, e.g., expenses on experiment, travelling, accommodation, etc.*

1. Form your team and register ……

• Each team shall consist of 1 to 3 student member(s) from the SAME secondary school.
• Each team shall have a supervising teacher^ providing guidance and advice for the research.
• A school may have more than one team participating in the competition and a supervising teacher may lead more than one team. However, a student can only be listed in ONE team in any subject category. That means it is possible for a student to participate in competition of multiple subject categories, but for each subject category the student can only be listed ONCE.  Students who apply multiple subject categories should submit the research outline/report separately for EACH subject. 
• When you are ready, click HERE to register. The deadline for registration is 12 June 2025(HKT).
• After the registration deadline, change of team members is normally NOT allowed.
• To facilitate registration, a sample is provided for reference.

2. Start preparing for ……

• Research Outline : Each team shall submit a research outline (in English) by 16 June 2025(HKT).
• Research Report : Each shortlisted team shall submit a research report (in English) by 14 August 2025(HKT).
• Oral Defense : The oral defense (in English) will take place in October & November 2025 in HONG KONG.

3. Concurrent submission

Research reports that have been submitted concurrently with other competitions will NOT be accepted by YHSA(Asia). However, submission in the past, if declared as such in the research report, will be allowed. Concurrent submission or past submission without declaration, if found, will be subject to disqualification.

4. Avoid Plagiarism 

Each participant should be aware of plagiarism. Excessive reference to existing journals is NOT accepted, if found, will be subject to disqualification. For teams who submit more than 1 subject category, self-plagiarism is NOT accepted as well. Those teams have to ensure their research reports are not similar. 

5. No Commercial Interaction is Allowed

Not limited to the subject of supervising teacher^, any commercial interaction is absolutely FORBIDDEN during the entire project cycle. Once found, will be subject to disqualification. Each team should only seek supervision from their supervisor who works in schools or colleges. 

Remarks: 
*Given the scale, geographic division and limited resources of the Award, YHSA(Asia) does NOT foresee providing any financial support to any competition teams to participate in any of the events/activities in general. However, YHSA(Asia) may provide limited airfare support to students who reside in an Asian region other than Hong Kong, and have entered the third stage of assessment. The maximum level of support for different cities will be announced after the second stage of assessment. Students should buy their air tickets first, then claim for airfare reimbursement (subject to the maximum level of support announced) after the oral defense. 
^Hiring of services from profit-making training/education institution is NOT allowed.