Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

Good luck to everyone getting their CAO offers today! 🍀 YSTE alumni have ended up all over the world of STEM — including founding startups via Patch, filing patents on ash tree treatments, and studying mechanical engineering at Trinity College Dublin. We can’t wait to see what you do next.

Applications are now open for the 2027 Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition.
 We're looking for ambitious, curious students across Ireland with ideas worth exploring in science, technology, engineering, maths, and beyond. Whether it's a big question you've been chasing or a problem you think needs solving, we want to see it. 🧑🎓 Who can enter? Students 12–19 across Ireland
 📝 How to enter? Submit a one-page proposal at stripeyste.com
 🗓️ Event Dates: 6-9 January 2027, at the RDS in Dublin
 ⏰ Deadline: 25 September 2026
 This year's handbook has everything you need to get started, from eligibility and categories to tips for putting together a strong proposal. As our Vice Chair, Eileen O'Mara, writes in this year's foreword: the ideas that will shape Ireland’s future are already taking root in classrooms across the country. Get started today at stripeyste.com. #StripeYSTE

Catch up on the latest sci-tech news in today’s Daily Brief, where you can read about the Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition opening for 2027 applications, Gravis Robotics becoming Europe's latest unicorn, and Apple changing app data consent rules after a German regulatory ruling. #SiliconRepublic #STEM #Ireland #Contest #Schools #Students #Europe #Switzerland #AI #Robotics #Funding #Germany #Regulatory #Competition #Apps https://lnkd.in/eGpdT-Me

Stripe lifts Young Scientist prize to €10,000 and offers San Francisco trip https://lnkd.in/e5rGGaX9

Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition just got a lot more exciting. Here's what winners of Stripe YSTE 2027 and onwards can look forward to: 🏆 An overall prize increase to €10,000 ✈️ A new Travel Bursary totalling €150,000, available to all schools taking part 🚀 Stripe YSTE Catalyst — a brand new programme for our top four award recipients, including a trip to Stripe's San Francisco office to meet industry leaders and present at Stripe Sessions Submit your project now at stripeyste.com. #StripeYSTE

It is with profound sadness that we learned of the tragic passing of Alex McKee, a talented young innovator, student, and valued member of our Young Scientist community. Earlier this year, Alex, alongside his teammates Mikayla Ryan and Reece Morey of Terence MacSwiney Community College, won their category and the Ombudsman for Children's Office Award at the Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition for their project, Bumblebee. Inspired by a desire to support children with non-verbal autism, their innovative communication board demonstrated not only technical excellence but also empathy, inclusion, and a determination to improve the lives of others. Alex embodied the curiosity, initiative, and leadership that define so many of the young people who participate in our exhibition each year. While his achievements were remarkable, those who met him spoke most highly of his character, kindness, and bright future. On behalf of the Board of the Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, we extend our deepest sympathies to Alex's family, friends, classmates, teachers, and all who knew and loved him. We also hold Mikayla and Reece in our thoughts as they mourn the loss of a friend and teammate whose contribution to their shared success will never be forgotten. Alex's legacy will continue to inspire future generations of young scientists and innovators to use their talents in service of others. His impact, though achieved in far too short a time, will endure through the lives he touched and the example he set. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. #YoungScientist #YSTE #STEM #Innovation #YoungInnovators #AlexMcKee #ScienceForGood #Community x

Working on a project for Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition? We asked our alumni — now studying and building companies in Dublin, London, Bath, Manchester, Galway, and beyond — for the advice they wish they'd had. From picking a project you're genuinely curious about, to nailing your poster communication, to just enjoying the exhibition itself, swipe through for their top tips. 👉 #StripeYSTE

Over the past few months, while completing my Leaving Certificate I took my nanoinformatics research from Limerick to San Francisco. My research uses computational methods to design nanoparticles that deliver paclitaxel to glioblastoma tumours. During that time, I had the opportunity to: - Travel to San Francisco, where I visited the Arc Institute, Stanford d.school and Stripe - Present my research at Stripe Sessions - Visit Immersive Software Engineering at the University of Limerick - Visit Croom Medical - Present at Smurfit Westrock Thank you to everyone who welcomed me, listened to the research and helped me think more deeply about where it could go next. I believe young people should not feel that they have to wait before pursuing difficult questions or contributing to meaningful research. I’m looking forward to continuing this work and sharing what comes next. #Nanoinformatics #Glioblastoma #Nanomedicine #stripesessions2026

Winning the Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition doesn't end at the RDS. For our alumni, it's been the start of a degree, a career, or even a company. Here’s what a few of them went on to do.

Know any young person (in Ireland and Northern Ireland) with a great idea taking shape? Here's their chance to turn it into something greater. Entries are open to the Stripe Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition 2027 for another 51 days. Deadline on September 25.