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Where Can Students Find Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award Entry Requirements?

Find Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors’ Award (TKKYIA) entry requirements on the Tan Kah Kee Foundation’s award page and its linked competition terms. Use the organiser’s route to check the edition, participant category, application instructions and required evidence.

The organiser currently displays TKKYIA 2026. Its published dates, and the 2026 dates on Science Centre Singapore’s supporting page, are already past. Do not interpret a remaining “Sign Up” button or old “registration open” notice as confirmation that the next edition is accepting entries.

Did you know? An invention entry needs more than a good title. Start by asking what problem the proposed device or process solves, who encounters it and what testing would show that the solution helps. Then check whether the competition’s current conditions fit the student and the project.

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Official sources · Practical checks · What to do next

Official sources at a glance

Reader taskOfficial sourceWhat to check
Start with the organiserTan Kah Kee Foundation: Young Inventors’ AwardEdition, category and application link
Read the entry conditionsOfficial award termsTeam declaration, required documents and prototype readiness
Cross-check the event listingScience Centre: TKKYIADated announcement and organiser contact route
Match the source to the learner’s circumstances and the intended application or competition year.

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Practical checks before you act

Choose the category and declare the actual team

The organiser’s FAQ describes individual entries or teams of up to three for primary, secondary, JC, polytechnic and ITE participants, with different arrangements for the Open category. Use the current category definitions rather than assuming every age group follows the same team rule.

The terms require all participating members to be declared. Agree early on who is contributing and keep a simple task record. A team member’s work should not disappear from the application merely because another student handles the online form.

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Prepare evidence of the invention, not just a pitch

The terms call for prototypes to be ready when entries are submitted, with presentation to judges when requested or at a shortlisted interview. Read the exact instructions before deciding that a sketch, slideshow or description alone is enough.

For your working notes, describe the problem, the existing approach you compared against, the change you made and the result of each test. Record a limitation honestly. A device that works only under particular conditions is easier to improve when those conditions are visible.

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Keep authorship and submission details clear

The published rules require the participants’ own inventions and reject plagiarism. They also require separate online submissions for different inventions and do not permit the same entry in more than one section. Recheck these conditions in the intended round’s instructions.

Maintain a list of sources, borrowed components and outside assistance while making the project. Ask a supervisor how to describe contributions accurately. Before uploading, open every requested file and check that the application identifies the same invention and team throughout.

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Resolve dates with the organiser, not by choosing the later one

The Foundation’s 2026 page shows 31 March 2026 as its registration closing date; Science Centre’s listing shows 30 April 2026. Both are past, but the difference is a useful warning against treating a search snippet as a current deadline.

For a new edition, seek an explicitly updated announcement or ask the organiser to confirm the deadline and requirements for your category. Keep that response with your application notes. Do not infer a 2027 window from either of the old dates.

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What to do next

Read the organiser’s page and terms with your teacher or supervisor, then identify what remains uncertain: category, entry period, team details or evidence. Prepare a concise project record while waiting for confirmed instructions. For a physical-computing idea, use the existing design-and-feedback guide below to strengthen the testing, not to substitute for competition rules.

Explore further: Robotics and micro:bit: design, feedback and testing · Sony Creative Science Award: a different making challenge. For the wider route, use the Singapore School Pathways and Calendar collection.

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Related source guide: Singapore Science Buskers participation.

Official sources reviewed: 18 October 2026. Recheck current instructions before acting.

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