YSK Awards
Prizes will be awarded to Young Scientists Kenya prize winners in the following categories:
Overall Winners Young Scientists Kenya
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Young Scientists of the Year Trophy (perpetual) and a cheque (50,000 KES per student, 20,000 KES for the teacher)
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Tertiary Education Sponsored Scholarship
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Smart Phones for the 2 students from Safaricom PLC
Overall Runners-up, Young Scientists Kenya
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Trophy (perpetual) plus a cheque (40,000 KES per student, 15,000 KES for the teacher)
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Smart Phones for the 2 students from Safaricom PLC
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2019 Winners
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2020 Winners
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2021 Winners
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2022 Winners
Category Awards
The category awards take the form of First, Second and Third Prizes in each of the four categories: Chemical, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Technology, Biological and Ecological Sciences and Social and Behavioural Sciences
The category award prizes are as follows:
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First Prize: Trophy plus cheque (30,000 KES per student, 10,000 KES for the teacher) plus Smart Phones for the 2 students from Safaricom PLC
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Second Prize: Trophy plus cheque (20,000 KES per student, 10,000 KES for the teacher) plus Headsets for the 2 students from Safaricom PLC
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Third Prize: Trophy plus cheque (15,000 KES per student, 10,000 KES for the teacher) plus Headsets for the 2 students from Safaricom PLC
In the event of a tie in any category, the prize money will be split equally.
Special Awards
A number of Special Awards will be presented in each category by the panel of judges – these awards are mostly pegged on our partner/sponsor organisations that are interested in supporting projects in a particular field.
Each special award winner gets a trophy plus a cheque (5,000 KES per student, 5,000 KES for the teacher). They also receive Headsets from Safaricom PLC.
The Mentor of the Year and Teacher of the Year winners each receive a 10,000 KES.
Awards | Number of Awards | Cash Award per Category |
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Overall Winners | ||
Overall Winner | 1 | KES 120,000 |
Overall Runner-up | 1 | KES 95,000 |
Category Winners | ||
Technology Category | 3 | KES 160,000 |
Biological & Ecological Sciences Category | 3 | KES 160,000 |
Social & Behavioural Sciences Category | 3 | KES 160,000 |
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences Category | 3 | KES 160,000 |
Special Awards | ||
Teacher of the Year | 1 | KES 10,000 |
Mentor of the Year | 1 | KES 10,000 |
Innovative project in Energy | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Innovative project in EdTech | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Innovative project in Agricultural Issues | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Innovative project from ASAL region | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Innovative project in STEM inclusivity | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Innovative project in Health | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Innovative project in IoT | 1 | KES 15,000 |
Science for Development Award | 1 | KES 15,000 |
People's Choice Award | 1 | KES 15,000 |
TOTAL NUMBER OF AWARDS | 25 |