Announcing the Shortlist for the Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team Awards
Over the past year, 85 young people, based in almost 30 countries globally, have been part of the Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team. They lead our global scientific journal, and flagship project, Youth STEM Matters, and our second annual Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team Awards will recognise their achievements in 2021-22!
There were so many brilliant nominations submitted by members of the Volunteer Team, which were narrowed down by Editor-In-Chief, Yara Obeidi & Founder & CEO, Mhairi McCann. The winners will be announced live at the Youth STEM Matters Research Conference on Saturday 25th June, but for now, please join us in congratulating the members of our category shortlists…
Extra Mile Award
This award recognises someone who is consistently going over and above what their role asks of them in their contributions to Youth STEM Matters.
Iona Finney
Kavina Uthayakumaran, Kerena Norris, Lucy Chen & William Mehew
Victor Olufemi
Zainab Khan
Leader Award
This award recognises someone who has shown exceptional leadership at Youth STEM Matters. They do not necessarily need to hold a leadership role to be nominated for this award, as it recognises leadership in the broadest possible sense.
Aminta Permpoonwiwat
Elizabeth Bourn
Lucy Mbochi
Madeleine Perry
Inspiration Award
This award recognises the person who most impresses the rest of the Volunteer Team with their attitude and skills.
Anne-Rosa Bilal
Esra Almaeeni
Iona Finney
Poppy Bradley
Mentor Award
This award recognises someone who has taken time to help others, and pass on their knowledge/skills. They can have done this in any format, whether 1-1 advice, group sessions, training or through helping others on Slack.
Aayush Shrestha
Arushi Rastogi
Kavina Uthayakumaran
Lucy Mbochi
Growth Award
This award recognises someone who has grown during their time on the Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team. Both personal growth and growth in skills are equally valid nomination reasons for this award.
Maria Theresa Villatoro
Olivia Johnson
Shalini Sellam
Yvonne Zhou
Changemaker of the Year Award
This award recognises someone who has driven positive change within the Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team. The change can be big or small, but through their efforts, the experience of authors and/or volunteers and/or readers has been enhanced.
Josh Heng
Julia Gardiner
Poppy Bradley
Victor Olufemi
Unsung Hero
This award recognises someone who has made a valuable contribution to the team, but may not previously have been recognised for their efforts. This award is the chance to make sure they get the recognition they deserve!
Chibueze Godwin Onukelobi
Elizabeth Bourn
Nina Khera
Samiksha Manoharan
Youth STEM Matters Champion
This award recognises someone who has made a substantial outreach contribution to Youth STEM Matters. They have embodied the journal's ethos and championed Youth STEM Matters. This recognition can be for any medium of outreach, including social media, events/talks, outreach to schools/organisations, and local outreach.
Aminta Permpoonwiwat
Anne-Rosa Bilal
Kimberly Anindo
Tatenda Murigo
Community Award
This award recognises someone who has made an excellent contribution to the Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team community. They play a key role in the team by driving forward the Youth STEM Matters community spirit.
Julia Gardiner
Kimberly Anindo
Madeleine Perry
Poppy Bradley
Rising Star Award
A new award for 2022, this award recognises someone who, based on their current contributions to the team, we can see even bigger things ahead in their future at Youth STEM Matters.
Abbie Fitzsimmons
Isabelle Johnson
Kavya Venkatesan
Lorraine Cheng
Tatenda Murigo
Tirivashe Madzinga
Team of the Year
This award recognises a team within the journal who have made an exceptional collective contribution to Youth STEM Matters. The team may be a group who have worked together year-round, or a group of volunteers who came together over a shorter time period to work on a specific project.
Iona Finney & Victor Olufemi
Aayush Shrestha & Lucy Mbochi
Senior Life Sciences Team - Anne-Rosa Bilal, Elizabeth Bourn, Kavina Uthayakumaran, Kerena Norris, Lucy Chen, Shalini Sellam & William Mehew
October 2021 Research Conference Organisers - Aminta Permpoonwiwat, Dimple Amitha Garuadapuri, Kimberly Anindo, Olivia Johnson & Zainab Khan
Print Edition Editorial Team - Aminta Permpoonwiwat, Anne-Rosa Bilal, Éimear Stephenson, Katie Molyneux, Lily Tierney, Poppy Bradley & William Mehew
Volunteer of the Year
This award recognises a team an exceptional Volunteer Team member, who has embodied the Youth STEM Matters ethos, and made an outstanding contribution to the journal. Unlike the other awards, the shortlist of nominees will be voted on by the entire Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team to decide the overall winner.
Elizabeth Bourn
Iona Finney
Josh Heng
Julia Gardiner
Kimberly Anindo
Madeleine Perry
Poppy Bradley
Samiksha Manoharan
“It was a real pleasure to read all of the nominations we received from volunteers who wanted to recognise their peers in this year’s Volunteer Team Awards, and reflect on the collective and personal successes and growth of the team. It was hugely difficult to narrow these down, because there have been so many OUTSTANDING people who have been part of the team in this past year. We’ve worked hard to recognise as many people, and different types of achievements, as possible, but regardless of whether you were shortlisted or not, I want to say a huge congratulations and thank you to everyone who has been part of the Volunteer Team this past year for your incredible work to give youth globally a platform.”
The winners of the Youth STEM Matters Volunteer Team Awards will be announced as part of the Youth STEM Matters Research Conference on 25th June.
