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Research Mentoring & Programs · 研究指导

From First Question to Finished Paper.

Original research — scoped, executed, written, and defended — guided week by week toward the competitions and qualifications that reward genuine intellectual work: ISEF, Regeneron STS, S.-T. Yau, Thermo Fisher JIC, and EPQ.

⁂ Judge
Regeneron ISEF Grand Award Judge — Physics & Astronomy

The credential that shapes how every project is read and advised: method, novelty, independence, and defence — from the inside of the evaluation room.

The Five Programs

Method, Not Names · 五个研究方向

Five research pathways, each advised end to end. The three flagship programs — Regeneron STS, Regeneron ISEF, and the S.-T. Yau Science Award — have their own detailed pages, linked below.

I ISEF

Regeneron ISEF

国际科学与工程大奖赛
⁂ Grand Award Judge · Physics & Astronomy

The world's largest international pre-college science competition demands a project that is original, independently executed, and defensible to subject specialists — read with the precise eye of a Grand Award Judge in Physics & Astronomy.

  • Question scoping and novelty check
  • Methodology, controls, and statistical plan
  • Research paper and abstract (SRC / ISEF format)
  • Display board and oral-defence rehearsal
Open the ISEF program
II Regeneron STS

Regeneron STS

再生元科学奖

The most selective US high-school competition scores each submission on four equal criteria out of 20. Tian2 critiques applications with an AI-evaluation system calibrated against the official rubric and 463 scored submissions.

  • Rubric-mapped gap analysis (4-criterion, /20)
  • Paper review and structural rewrite guidance
  • Application essays (Tasks 1–10) critique
  • Pre-submission scorecard and red-flag sweep
Open the STS program
III S.-T. Yau

S.-T. Yau

丘成桐中学生科学奖

China's most prestigious secondary-school science award spans Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, and Economics — guided from tractable question to written report and oral defence, backed by an independent archive and a 213-page white paper.

  • Subject-specific hot-topic scoping (6 tracks)
  • Original bilingual research-paper guidance
  • Oral-defence strategy and panel Q&A rehearsal
  • AI-use compliance review (2024–25 rules)
Open the Yau program
IV Thermo Fisher JIC

Thermo Fisher JIC

青少年创新挑战赛

Society for Science's competition for grades 6–8 rewards genuine inquiry, clear communication, and well-reasoned investigative design. Tian2 applies the official JIC rubric throughout, with a bilingual Chinese strategy guide for entry.

  • Project-idea selection and inquiry framing
  • Data-collection design, variables, and controls
  • Abstract, research plan, and display board
  • Pre-submission rubric critique
V Conrad Challenge

Conrad Challenge

康莱德挑战赛 · Space Center Houston

Space Center Houston's innovation and entrepreneurship competition, where half the score is business reasoning rather than science. Teams of two to five invent something, then argue it as a venture — through a Lean Canvas, a 3,000-word Innovation Brief, a video and a website, and finally a live Power Pitch in Houston. Guidance here is grounded in serving on the 2025 Innovation Stage judging panel.

  • Systematic topic discovery against seven winner archetypes
  • Originality and prior-art search, run the way judges run it
  • Innovation Brief critique across all 25 scoring sub-criteria
  • Mock judging, Power Pitch and hostile Q&A rehearsal
  • AI-use and authorship compliance review
Open the Conrad archive
VI EPQ

Extended Project Qualification

高阶项目资格 · Pearson Edexcel P301 / P302

The UK's Pearson Edexcel EPQ (Unit P301 / P302) is a standalone A*–E qualification that asks students to plan, research, and write a 5,000–6,000-word dissertation, then present and defend it. Tian2 has developed a full 18-skill pipeline — from proposal to final presentation — covering every required deliverable to Pearson's AO1–AO4 assessment criteria. Plagiarism and AI-detection targets are built into every draft stage.

  • Research proposal and title formulation (AO1)
  • 25-entry activity log documenting the process (AO1)
  • 5,000–6,000-word dissertation with full citations (AO2–AO3)
  • Annotated bibliography (25+ academic sources)
  • PPTX presentation deck and oral evaluation coaching (AO4)
  • Gantt chart and project-management record

The Research Projects

Anonymized Portfolio · 研究项目
Field · Method · Result · Venue

Selected Project Archetypes

The mentored-research portfolio — from a first question to a defended paper — across pure mathematics, physics, chemistry and materials, biology, computer science, and applied data. Every project is shown by field and method only; students' identities are withheld.

Pure Mathematics Physics Chemistry & Materials Biology & Medicine Computer Science Applied Data
Browse the research portfolio

How the Work Moves

Four Phases · 工作方法
01

Question

Find a question that is genuinely open, tractable with available tools, and interesting enough to sustain a year's work. Field, method, and target venue are chosen together — not retrofitted at the end.

02

Execute

Design the study — experimental, computational, or theoretical — and carry it out rigorously. Statistical hygiene, honest controls, and an honestly-reported null result matter as much as a positive finding.

03

Write

The paper is the project. Every result is set out in full, every limitation named, every source cited. Clarity for a non-specialist evaluator is a first-class goal — not an afterthought.

04

Defend

Oral defence is rehearsed against the exact rubric: board judges for ISEF, thesis panels for Yau, evaluators for EPQ. Anticipated questions are answered with precision — not deflected.

Resources

Publications & Findings · 资料

Original research and analysis published free — the deep reads behind the programs above.

S.-T. Yau White Paper · PDF · 213 pp

How the Yau Award Is Won

Award rules and evaluation criteria; per-subject hot-topic and winning-paper analysis across all six subjects; research and writing method; 2020–2025 winner data and trends; a self-evaluation framework; and AI-use compliance guidance. Bilingual Chinese and English, typeset in ElegantBook LaTeX.

Read the white paper (~12 MB) Regeneron STS Findings Report · Physics Corpus

What Puts a Project On The Table

Built from 11 confirmed "On The Table" winners plus the 19.33/20 calibrated exemplar, cross-referenced with the full 463-entry score sheet. The selection formula, criteria breakdown, six repeatable differentiators, red flags that cost points, a no-lab playbook, and an interactive pre-submission scorecard.

Read the findings report S.-T. Yau Independent Archive · 2020–2025

The Yau Awards Archive

Every laureate from 2020 to 2025 — 393 winning entries across all six subjects — gathered, sorted by year and subject, and linked. A bilingual archive with a seven-chapter white paper on how the award is won.

Browse the archive HiMCM Coaching Hub · COMAP Modeling

HiMCM, Coached End to End

The High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling, read closely: the 2026 calendar, what the judges actually reward, a seven-stage coaching method, and a worked award-standard demo paper for 2021 Problem B.

Open the HiMCM hub Regeneron STS Independent Guide · 2017–2026

The Regeneron STS Guide

How the application works, how it is judged, and what a 463-project scored docket reveals — with an evidence-based playbook for reaching the Top 400 and a winners archive covering every Scholar and Finalist from 2017 to 2026.

Open the STS guide Regeneron ISEF Topic Bank · 330 Scoped Topics

ISEF 2027 Topic Scoping

330 scoped candidate research topics for ISEF 2027 across all 22 categories — each an eight-block brief with research question, hypothesis, method, data sources, and a stated novelty boundary, downloadable as PDF and Markdown.

Browse the topic bank
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Student work is shown only as anonymized archetypes — field, method, result, and competition venue. No student names, internal evaluation data, or dossiers appear on this site. Research outcomes are described at the level of pattern and method only. See the Research section →