FYP Innovation Award


The NUS School of Computing (SoC) is pleased to announce the FYP Innovation Award. The Award is to recognise students who have developed innovative, practical and commercialisable ideas with the potential of substantial real-world impact.

SoC invites students enrolled for the FYP to compete for the FYP Innovation Award. The competition is open to students completing CA in Semester 1 of AY 12/13 and also to those students who have completed their FYP in semester 1 of AY 12/13.

The successful awardee will win a cash prize of S$2,000.

The Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF) has expressed an interest to review promising projects for its 123JumpStart programme which can fund each selected project up to $250,000. The funding will enable individuals or start-ups to embark on Proof of Concept (POC) for their innovative ideas.

The Final Year Project (FYP) is one of the most important single pieces of work in the undergraduate programme at SoC. It provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate their individuality and inspiration, independence and originality, innovativeness and impact on the real world.

Details on submission are as follows:
  1. Eligible students should submit a white paper after their Continual Assessment (CA). Their FYP Supervisor must endorse the submission.
  2. The white paper should clearly articulate the expected outcome of the project, highlighting the technical problem addressed by the project, the practical approach being taken to solve the problem, and the impact of the project on the real world.
  3. Students with promising projects will be shortlisted, and the final selection for the Awards will take place after the shortlisted students have written up and presented their FYP.
  4. Selected students will be asked to make a presentation to a panel of judges.
  5. The successful awardee will win a cash prize of S$2,000.

The format of the white paper is as follows:
i.   Title of project

ii.  Abstract of the project (200 words), including motivation and objectives

iii.  Innovativeness and potential application or impact of the project

iv.  Summary of project comprising:

     a. Technical description of the problem
     b. Expected deliverables at the end of FYP project

v.  CV of the student


Submission for the Award is due by 18 February 2013 extended to 15 March 2013. Please email your submission to caslynwong@nus.edu.sg