Registration
Register here to participate for the NXplorers 2021 by 29 Jan 2021.
Submission
All participants are required to submit your entry by 12 Mar 2021. (Submission link to be advised soon).
Timeline
The timeline for this competition is provided below for reference:
| Key Milestones |
| Items | Date/Day | Time | Venue |
| Stage 1 |
| NXplorers Registration Deadline | 29 Jan (Fri) | 2359 | - |
| Stage 2 |
| NXplorers Workshop (Part 1) | 05 Feb (Fri)
or
19 Feb (Fri) | | Online |
| Submission of Competition Entries with Supporting Material(s) | 12 Mar (Fri) | 2359 | - |
| Announcement of Top 10 Teams | 26 Mar (Fri) | | Online |
| Stage 3 |
| Mentorship by Shell Mentors | 30 Mar – 30 Jul | | TBA |
| Pitching of Ideas | 28 May (Fri) | | Online |
| NXplorers Workshop (Part 2) | 7 Jun (Mon) | | TBA |
| for Finalist Teams |
| NXplorers' 2021 Finals | 30 Jul (Fri) | | Hybrid |
Stage 1: Registration
- Open to all youth aged 14-19 who are studying in Singapore.
- Each school is allowed a maximum registration of 4 teams only.
- Each team must consist of 3 to 5 students.
- Each student can only be a member of one team.
- Interested applicants must successfully complete the online registration by 29 Jan 2021 (2359hrs). Late registrations will not be considered.
Stage 2: Workshop & Submission
- Educators from Science Centre Singapore will deliver NXplorers workshops for registered teams, where students will be guided through the ideation process for the competition.
- Participation in this workshop is compulsory.
- Following the workshop, each team is required to submit their unique project proposal (competition entry) and any supporting documents by 12 Mar 2021 (2359hrs). Late submissions will not be considered.
- Only one project proposal per team can be submitted. A team that submits more than one project proposal will annul their involvement in the competition.
- The problem statement must be based on a Nexus issue faced by Singapore.
- Teams should be mindful that their problem statements will be scrutinized for uniqueness and proposed solutions for feasibility among other evaluation criteria.
- The announcement of shortlisted teams (first round) will be published online on 26 Mar 2021 (2359hrs).
Stage 3: Pitching, 2nd Workshop and Finals
- Shortlisted teams will go through another round of selection. This involves pitching their project idea to judges on 28 May 2021.
- Following the second round of shortlisting, all Finalist Teams will progress to participating in a workshop before presenting at the Finals.
- Educators from Science Centre Singapore will deliver the workshop on the use of advanced NXTools to finalist teams, where students will be guided through the prototyping process for the competition.
- At the Finals, winning teams will be presented attractive prizes.
- Educators from Science Centre Singapore will deliver the workshop on the use of advanced NXTools to finalist teams, where students will be guided through the prototyping process for the competition.
- At the Finals, winning teams will be presented attractive prizes.
Judging Criteria
| Judging Criteria | Weighting (%) |
| Nexus Problem | 10 |
| Methodology / NXTools | 35 |
| Quality of Proposed Solution | 20 |
| Novelty and Feasibility of Solution | 35 |
Video Content on Past Competitions
All interested teams are welcome to browse our YouTube channel to view content like NXplorers 2020 finalist videos and Overseas Trips featuring past Winners.