Entries Commonwealth STEM Education Awards for the year 2005 invited

The notification for the Findel CASTME Awards for the Year 2025 has been issued vide their Newsletter Number 25 circulated in the month of March. This time, entries for five awards have been invited instead of usual three awards. The five awards are: The Findel CASTME Education Award; The Findel CASTME Protect Our Planet Award; The Findel CASTME Community Award, The CASTME STEM & Literacy Award; and the CASTME Ling Educational Engineering Award.

The Findel CASTME Education Award is presented to the entry that displays an innovative approach to increasing STEM awareness. The awardee will receive a £300 voucher to spend on Philip Harris science equipment or resources. The Findel CASTME Protect Our Planet Award is presented to a STEM project which focuses on the Sustainable Development Goals such as Climate Change, Responsible Consumption and Clean Water. The awardee will receive a £100 voucher from Findel International.

The Findel CASTME Community Award is presented to a community project focused on mothers, fathers, carers and children and/or on raising awareness of STEM in the community. The awardee will receive a £50 voucher from Findel International.

The CASTME STEM & Literacy Award certificate presented to a project with a focus on STEM and Literacy Awardee will receive a CASTME Certificate and a monetary award to the value of £50 GBP.

The CASTME Ling Educational Engineering Award 2025 is awarded in memory of Jonathan Ling, who was a CASTME Trustee for many years. CASTME invites educational practitioners and emergent young engineers to submit entries for this award. Awardee will receive a CASTME Certificate & a monetary award to the value of £50 GBP.

The Vice Chair of CASTME informed that the Successful recipients are announced at the Association for Science Education Conference (ASE)-2026 held in early January in England and publicised in CASTME Newsletter and website. Information of conference from www.ASE.org.uk.

"Entry assumes permission for successful award entries and any accompanying photographs to be used in CASTME and FINDEL promotional materials. FINDEL will contact the recipients to arrange selection of resources, transport to recipient’s country and insurance," stated the Vice Chair.

The institutions working in the area STEM education from the Commonwealth countries have Please send entries for 2025 Findel CASTME Awards to: kathnugent1@gmail.com before August 31, 2025