Previous Winners
Do you need some inspiration? We have uploaded all of the winning essays from the previous three Science Challenge competitions to give you a little head start on your entry. We change the questions each year so don't go looking here for quotes, but you are more than welcome to take some ideas on how to structure your essay.
Science Challenge 2015
Mun Keat Looi's Question
Tell me a story of (about or from) science. Who are the characters? What is its beginning, middle - and how does it "end"?
Schools runners-up
Alexandra Constantinou
Qingwei Zhang
Imperial runners-up
Catherine Saunders
Harald Grantham-Hill
Prof. Sue Gibson's Question
What would you like to discover and why?
Schools runners-up
Chian Ying Xuan
Tahirah Uddin
Imperial runners-up
Daniel Marx
Stefan Grossfurthner
Ruth Whincup's Question
How do we get the next generation interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths)?
Schools runners-up
Abbie Currington
Akhil Sonthi
Imperial runners-up
Ray Otsuki
Mayurdhvajsinh Gohil
Prof. Philip Moriarty's Task
Why should I believe a scientist? (Video challenge)
Overall Winner
Lawrence Berry Westminster School
Science Challenge 2014
Prof. Fay Dowker's question
What does science tell us about the nature of time?
Schools runners-up
Hannah Coop
Abbie Currington
Imperial runners-up
Lucy Binfield
Sarah Byrne
Pallab Ghosh's question
Write a letter to my five year old daughter, Charlotte, about how one or more areas of science, technology, engineering or medicine that fascinate you will have developed by the time she is at University and which subject you would encourage her to study and why?
Schools runners-up
Jesse Cheung
Assankhan Amirov
Imperial runners-up
Anne-Hermine Allain
Vanessa Place
Jon Kudlick's question
How should we decide which species to prioritise for conservation?
Schools runners-up
Arthur Li
Matthias Butler
Imperial runners-up
Batool Raza
Nicole Levikov
Dr Jad Marrouche's question
Explain a scientific concept of your choice in a 3-minute video.
Overall Winner
Matthew I Murchie Imperial College
Science Challenge 2013
Sir Roy Anderson's question
What are the scientific challenges facing the development of pathogens against vaccines with hyper-variable genome sequences?
Second Place
Schools
Abbie Currington
Third Place
Imperial
Shing-him Cho
Schools
Devang Metha
Sir Brian Hoskin's question
Is public debate a good forum for discussing science issues such as climate change?
Second Place
Imperial
Daniel Marx
Schools
Jennifer Thorpe
Third Place
Imperial
James Bezer
Schools
Elizabeth Bowes
Lord Robert Winston's question
Why are so many students being put off studying science at school?
Second Place
Imperial
Amelia Chong
Schools
Cavin Corriette
Third Place
Imperial
Sebastien Wood
Schools
Alice Pritchard
Dr Jad Marrouche's question
Explain a scientific concept of your choice in a 3-minute video.
Overall Winners
Sang Eun Lee
Mei Ran Abellona U
Bernadeta Dadonaite
Runners Up
Imperial
Richard Flint
Schools
Joshua Banner