KLESF International Challenge 2025

Call for Projects: KLESF International Challenge 2025

We invite students from Malaysia and overseas to showcase their STEM projects
to the public and be part of an exciting international platform.

Objective of competition

  • To enhance school students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
  • To unleash students’ innovative potential via their STEM projects.
  • To promote students’ skills in problem solving, communication, thinking and innovation.
  • To foster greater interaction for schools, educators, industries, public and private sectors to share information and experiences on projects in STEM.
  • To promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among students.

Competition Details:

Category:

  1. Primary school (12 years old or below)

  2. Secondary school (13 – 18 years old)

Selection and Competition Timeline:

  1. Submission of project for onsite competition selection: 31 July 2025

  2. Announcement of selected group for competition: 1 September 2025

  3. Confirmation of onsite attendance: 15 October 2025
  4. KLESF International Challenge Finals (Onsite competition): 14 – 16 November 2025 (Friday – Sunday)

Project Theme

Any Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics related project that addresses issues mentioned in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Participation

  • Team size (1 to 3 student presenters + 1 project mentor/teacher)

  • No registration fees are charged for participation and onsite competition

Project Summary

For KLESF International Challenge 2025, only a maximum of 200 teams from both categories combined will be selected to participate in the KLESF International Challenge Finals held at MINES International Exhibition and Convention Centre (MIECC) on 14-16 November 2025. 

Submission:

    1. Project summary (Maximum 5 pages)
    2. Link to a 3 minutes video explaining the project.
    3. Example of project summary https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JQWFkVnN3Lo2QRdXlj2K5P4ZxGSmok-r_oI9NJ1ifsE/edit?usp=sharing
    4. Submission Link: https://forms.gle/SrfWGn8ZyxFPgn3u5 

Assessment Criteria for Project Summary

  • Relevance to STEM & SDGs (25%)

  • Project problem statement, aims, objectives and methodology (25%)

  • Originality & innovativeness (25%)

  • Project presentation and communication (25%)

KLESF International Challenge Finals (Onsite competition)

  • Only for the selected teams after evaluation is done on the project summary.

  • Each team is required to exhibit onsite throughout the 3-day event

  • Onsite assessment will be conducted to select the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and merit winners.

  • Setting up will be done on the first day of the event. Details will be provided by the organiser through emails.

  • Each participating team will be provided 1 info desk, 3 chairs, 1 electrical point and a 1m x 2.5m shell board. Each team is responsible to bring other necessities for the setting up of its booth.

  • Each team is to exhibit its project at the assigned booth throughout the event period regardless of assessment progress and status.

  • Assessment by judges will be carried out during one of the 3 days event through interview and project presentation at the exhibition booth.

  • Hazardous (biological, chemical, and/or physical) products are prohibited to be displayed on the exhibition booth..

Assessment Criteria for KLESF International Challenge Final

  • Project execution and results (50%)

  • Quality & impact (25%)

  • Project presentation and communication (25%)

Students are required to be present at the booth all 3 days. Any teams that are absent for any of the 3 days will not be eligible for the bronze, silver and gold awards.