Hiroo Gakuen High School wins both the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award and the Special Sponsor Company Award at the Shibaura Institute of Technology's "High School Chemistry Grand Contest 2024"

　The High School Chemistry Grand Contest supports independent "learning and research activities" by high school students and technical college students (3rd year or below) and is one of the few "chemistry-specific" high school student educational support programs hosted by universities and supported by university faculty members for their research activities.

　Teams that pass the first round of selection will have the opportunity to deepen their learning by discussing each other's research with their peers, with generous support for transportation and accommodation. The top three teams will be invited to international events overseas (with support for overseas travel expenses), and the winners will have their experiences published in the book "High School Student Chemistry Declaration," among other attractive benefits.

　In 2024, 99 teams (302 people) of high school students from across the country and three teams (3 people) invited from overseas who passed the first round of screening presented the results of their research, and a total of more than 11 people attended over the two days.

　The final judging results are as follows. The three teams that received the Grand Award will receive support from Shibaura Institute of Technology to participate in an overseas international forum*.

<Grand Award>　Certificate, plaque, overseas travel expenses, international forum participation fee Published in "High School Student Chemistry Declaration"
・Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award　
　Hiroo Gakuen High School
　"Photocontrol of cell functions using boron-caged technology"

・Chemistry Future Award　
　Nagano Prefecture Iiyama High School Natural Science Department MBR Team
　"Development of Carbon Dioxide Absorption Ball MBR"

Chemical Technology Award　
　Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Third High School Natural Science Department Chemistry Team
　"Study on glass coloration by iron(III) hydroxide colloid formation"

<Awards>　Award certificate, published in "High School Student Chemistry Declaration"
・Judge's Award　
　Shizuoka Prefectural Shimizu Higashi High School, Natural Science Department, Chemistry Group "Elucidation of the reaction mechanism of pseudo concentration cells"

・Special Jury Award　
　Fukushima Prefectural Aizu Gakuho High School SSH Research Club "Identification of the substance and elucidation of the formation process of the red thin film formed in an aqueous solution of copper alaninato"

・Oral Presentation Gold Award
● Shizuoka Kita High School, Science Club, Water Quality Team, ● Nagano Prefecture Suwa Seiryo High School, Chemistry Club, ● Shiga Prefectural Torahime High School, Science II S Chemistry Seminar, ● Ehime Prefectural Saijo High School, Science Club, ● Nara Prefectural Nishiwa Seiryo High School, Science Team

・Poster Award
●Yasuda Gakuen High School Science Club, ●Kumamoto Prefectural Kumamoto Kita High School, Department of Natural Sciences, Chemistry Division, ●Kanazawa University, School of Human and Social Sciences, School of Education, Affiliated High School, ●Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School SSH Club, ●Toyama Prefectural Toyama Chubu High School Super Science Club, ●Osaka Toin High School Science Research Club, ●Sapporo Kaisei Secondary School Cosmo Science Group 4, ●Okayama Prefectural Okayama Asahi High School Chemistry Club, ●Ehime Prefectural Saijo High School Science Club, ●Ehime Prefectural Mishima High School Chemical Engineering Group

<Special Sponsor Award>　Certificate, plaque, and additional prize of 20 yen
・Daiichi Sankyo Award
　Hiroo Gakuen High School "Photocontrol of Cell Functions Using Boron-Caged Technology"

・NAGASE Award
　Nara Prefectural Nishiwa Seiryo High School Science Team "Preparation of fullerene aqueous dispersion using Japanese bush warbler powder"

・DIC-Color and Comfort-Award
　Miyagi Prefectural Sendai Daisan High School (Miyagi Prefecture) Natural Science Department Chemistry Team "Research on glass coloration in the generation of iron (III) hydroxide colloid"

・ZEON Challenge Award
　Nagano Prefecture Iiyama High School Natural Science Department MBR Team "Development of Carbon Dioxide Absorption Ball MBR"

・IHI Award
　Shizuoka Kita High School Science Club Water Quality Team "It's hot! That's it, let's collect CO2"

・Shiseido Award
　Ehime Prefectural Saijo High School Science Club "Hydrothermal synthesis of stibnite (Sb2S3) using Na2CO3 ~Exploring the mystery of stibnite from Ichinokawa~"

*The science fair to be held in Singapore is the 17th International Science Youth Forum @Singapore 2025 (ISYF), and the science fair to be held in Taiwan is the Taiwan International Science Fair (TISF 2025).

reference:[Shibaura Institute of Technology] The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award at the 2024 High School Chemistry Grand Contest goes to Rui Akiba of Hiroo Gakuen High School (Tokyo) for "Photocontrol of Cell Functions Using Boron-Caged Technology"