Project Report

Please click here for the suggested Project Report template. 

The Cover Page should contain the following:

• Project Code (e.g. AS001)

• Title of Project

• Full Name of Student(s)

• Project Abstract, which is a concise summary of the report. As a guideline, it should be about 250 words (approximately 1800 characters) or less and within one page.

The subsequent pages should contain the Project Report. The report describes the actual laboratory, field or theoretical research (not library research) for the project. It should involve ideas generated by the student. These ideas may include analysis of data generated by the student.

It should include: 

(a) Background and purpose of the research,
(b) Hypothesis,
(c) Experimental Methods and Results,
(d) Conclusion including a discussion of the results and implications, and
(e) Bibliography / References. 

The report should not exceed seven pages (excluding the cover page and abstract), inclusive of data in tables, figures and diagrams. References and appendices do not count towards the seven-page limit. Any part of a report that exceeds the seven-page limit may be disregarded during judging.

Reports do not need to include an "Acknowledgement" section, although it is necessary to attribute and acknowledge all sources (i.e. citations). Credit must be given to the appropriate source and references. If generative artificial intelligence was used to write the report (beyond basic spelling and grammar checks), there should be a statement on how it was used.

Information that cannot be included in Project Report

To ensure fairness in judging, the Project Report should not contain information about the school, research institutes or external companies or sponsors that the project is affiliated to. This is to minimise any unnecessary influence or bias in the judging process. This also applies to all images.

To be excluded from all project reports:

• Name/crest of school, or anything that may suggest the identity of the school (e.g. distinctive school uniform or school mascots);

• Name of student research or mentorship programme that the project is part of;

• Names/logos of research institute or institute of higher learning that the project is affiliated to (e.g. as part of a mentorship programme), especially if datasets used in the project are exclusively owned by that institute.*

• Names of teachers and/or research mentors

• Names/logos of products or companies that are presented in a way that may be understood as an endorsement of/by the product or company

*Note: As an exception, open source datasets or other datasets which are freely or publicly available can be cited in full without masking, in line with general research principles, as it does not suggest any affiliation.