丘成桐中学科学奖海外赛区规则

丘成桐中学科学奖

主办方：清华大学丘成桐数学科学中心

发起人：丘成桐，哈佛大学讲席教授

发展历史：自2008年设立数学奖以来，逐步增加学科，至2018年已有六大学科：数学、物理、化学、生物、计算机、
经济金融建模

在顶尖国际科研学术活动中，只有丘奖欢迎在中国读书的中国人参加比赛！

Schedule of 2022 S.-T. Yau High School Science Award (North America)

Date	Events	Remarks
May 18 -- June 30	Registration	Team registration (1-3 members, and must be from the same school.); Registration webpage: http://www.yau-science-awards.org/ Deadline: 24:00 June 30 (EST)
July 1 -- September 5	Submit / update thesis	Deadline: 24:00 September 5 (EST). Thesis can be updated during this period
September 6 -- October 18	Review thesis
October 25 -- November 20	USA regional presentations for all subjects
November 20	USA regional ceremony	10:00 AM on Sunday, Nov. 20 (EST).
December 10–11 (Sat, Sun)	The finals and awards ceremony	The finalists should give an oral defense of their theses in English. Thesis defense will be hosted by the International Jury. Location: Tsinghua University (Beijing)
December 11 (Sun)	Science forum	Public speeches Location: Tsinghua University (Beijing)

Competition Guide

a) Each participating team should consist of 1-3 high school student(s) and 1-2 instructor(s).

b) The participating teams (including under external guidance) have achieved scientific research results.

2. Division

East Division:

Zhejiang/Jiangsu/Shandong/Shanghai

South Division:

Guangdong/Guangxi/Hainan/Sichuan/Hunan/Guizhou/Yunnan/Xizang/Chongqing/Fujian/Jiangxi/Anhui/Macao

North Division:

Beijing/Hebei/Tianjin/Shanxi/Inner Mongolia/Xinjiang/Heilongjiang/Jilin/Liaoning/ Hubei/Henan/Shanxi/Ningxia/Gansu/Qinghai

Overseas:

There are three overseas regional programs: Asia, USA-East, USA-West.

Asia regional program covers all of Asia except Mainland China. For details on its program, please go to its website: https://yashk.org.hk/yau-award

USA-East covers Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Washington D.C..

USA-West covers Arizona, Arkansas, Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

If a team consists of students from more than one region, the program Executive Committee reserves its discretion to direct the concerned team to participate in a region of the Committee’s choice.

If a team consists of students from outside the noted regions, the program Executive Committee reserves its discretion to direct the concerned team to participate in a region of the Committee’s choice.

As of June 15, 2019, due to the strong demand in the eastern region for this program, the western region of the mathematics regional presentation will be combined with the eastern region.

3. Application Process

a) Online account registration, submission of team and individual information.

b) Online submission of research reports and other required materials. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

Registration website: http://www.yau-awards.science/?page_id=15

4. Required Materials

a) Information of the participating team and individuals (to be completed online).

b) Research Report:

i. Format: PDF file.

ii. Each report should include the following:

– Cover Page: name of student(s), province/state and country of the school with which the student(s) are affiliated, name of instructor(s), and title of the report.

– After Cover Page: Title, Author(s), Abstract, Keywords, Table of Contents, and Body Text.

– Bibliography: starting on a separate page.

– Acknowledgment: describe the roles and contributions of each team member in completing the research report and, if applicable, any external assistance for the research.

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Declaration of Academic Integrity.docx: please read carefully and sign.

iii. Requirements for the Research Report:

– Any form of plagiarism or other academic misconducts are strictly prohibited.

– References to existing research methods and conclusions must be indicated with clear citations and included in the bibliography. Each participating team should observe the common standard of academic integrity adopted by most mathematics journals or degree theses.

– The research content and research process must not violate laws and regulations, or general principles of public order and social customs.

– The research subject must not include food, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, or medical instruments that may entail physical or psychological harms to human beings or animals.

Research_Report_Template.docx

c) Plagiarism check report

A plagiarism check report of the final research paper must be submitted before the deadline of the research report submission. (Recommended plagiarism check platforms: HowNet, PaperPass)

d) Supplementary documents (optional): such as experiment videos or relevant text/graphic materials.

5. Special Notes

a) Registration and the submission of all materials must be completed through the online system. Submissions of hard copies alone will be deemed invalid.

b) The information of instructor(s) and participating student(s) cannot be changed after the deadline for the final research report submission.

c) It is possible for a student to participate in the competition of multiple disciplines, but one can only register in the competition of any discipline once.

d) If the participating team has submitted or published the same research report in other competitions, related information must be provided in the “research report submission” section during the account registration process.

e) If a final research report’s percentage of similarity exceeds 10%, the Organizing Committee will disqualify the participating team. In the extreme case of full-text plagiarism, all the participating teams from the same school will be disqualified from the competition. In addition, the school and its act of blatant plagiarism will be publicly reported.

f) Research reports selected for the National Final will be published on the official website for public review within a period of seven days.