STEMpowerment Viewpoint Challenge
2021 STEMpowerment Viewpoint Challenge Mentee Registration and Mentor Applications are Now Open!!!
Mentee registration is on a first-come, first-serve basis based on the availability of mentors. The last day to register is May 10th, 2021. The 2021 SVC is open to all students, regardless of participation in the Research Exploration Opportunity.
Contact Tristan Wild for more information: tristan.wild@stemfellowship.org
Mentee Registration
(Grades 10-12)
Mentor Application
(Undergraduate and Graduate STEM students and degree-holders)

STEMpowerment Viewpoint Challenge
To complement our Research Exploration Opportunity, which provides high school student mentees the chance to conduct novel research in University labs, we started the STEMpowerment Viewpoint Challenge in 2019 to provide our mentees an opportunity to hone their scholarly writing skills. Through the STEMpowerment Viewpoint Challenge, mentees have the opportunity to publish their scientific viewpoints in the STEM Fellowship Journal (SFJ), an open-access peer-reviewed academic journal published by Canadian Science Publishing.
Mentees will be offered guidance throughout the process by their assigned undergraduate- and graduate-level mentors, the SFJ editors upon submitting their scientific viewpoints, and doctorate-holding peer-reviewers in a respective field. Additionally, we empower students with the tools to succeed through interactive scholarly writing webinars. For instance, our “Blueprint to a Viewpoint” webinar overview can be seen below (subject to updates):

Publication and Awards
All interested mentees will have the opportunity to submit their scientific viewpoints for publication. Each year, the author of the top scientific viewpoints will be awarded free or discounted publications (sponsored by the SFJ). In 2020, $1400 of discounted publication fees were offered as awards. For more information on the STEM Fellowship Journal, please visit: https://journal.stemfellowship.org/journal/sfj
Please see below for the past winners and their well-crafted viewpoint.
2020 Winners
Disclaimer: 2020 papers are currently unpublished and may be subject to change as they are undergoing a standardized academic peer review process by doctorate-holding experts in respective fields.
First Overall – Hana Mirbagheri
Best COVID-19 Viewpoint – Taehyun Yim
Top 5 – Hailey Gregson
Top 5 – Yi An Wang
Top 5 – Alex Cen
2019 Winners
First Overall – Tales Scopinho
Testimonials
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