Deadline: 30-Apr-22
Entries are now open for the 2022 Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Innovation Award for School Children (CIASC) to harness the creative and innovative spirit of school children.
The competition has been started in the year 2002 on the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day which is celebrated throughout the world on 26th April. CSIR invites students to send their original creative technological and design ideas in the form of proposal for the competition.
The proposals invited for the awards are for exploration of ideas and for providing the feasibility or possibility of the concept on intellectual property rights. Winning entries are selected on the basis of the novelty and utility for any new concept or idea or design or a solution to an existing problem or a completely new method/device/utility.
The Award will be announced on or before 26th September, 2022, at New Delhi and would be communicated to the Awardees only. The awards will be given to winners on CSIR Foundation Day ie 26th September, 2022. The cost of travel and stay at New Delhi will be borne by CSIR.
Benefits
There are in all 15 prizes. Besides a certificate, the cash awards are:
- First Prize (1 Nos.) Rs. 1,00,000/-
- Second Prize (2 Nos.) Rs. 50,000/- each
- Third Prize (3 Nos.) Rs. 30,000/- each
- Fourth Prize (4 Nos.) Rs. 20,000/- each
- Fifth Prize (5.) Rs. 10,000/- each
It is not mandatory that all the above 15 prizes for the award would be given.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any Indian school going student up to Class XII and below 18 years of age as on 1st January 2022 would be eligible to apply in English or Hindi through the Principal/Head of the School (for authentication purposes).
- Proposals can be submitted by a student or a group of students. However, a single award will be given to group of students.
- The proposals would be categorized in groups such as Biotechnology/biology, Chemical, Electronics & Engineering/device and design. However design based applications are encouraged.
- The eligible innovations for consideration should be novel, and utilitarian for any new concept or idea or design or a solution to an existing problem or completely a new method/device/utility.
- The concept of the innovation should have been proved through a model, a prototype or an experimental data.
- Proposal already awarded by any central/state government, ministry/ department/ organization/ need not to be sent for this scheme.
For more information, visit https://www.csir.res.in/csir-innovation-award-school-children-2022-ciasc-2022-last-date-30th-april-2022