Singapore Student Wins $250,000 Scholarship in Breakthrough Junior Challenge

LOS ANGELES, CA. – Jasmine Eyal, from Singapore, has been crowned the winner of the 10th annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge.

The challenge awards creativity and communication skills around fundamental concepts across the life sciences, physics, and mathematics to students by submitting videos.

Previous winners have created videos about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity, Circadian Rhythms, Neutrino Astronomy, Quantum Physics, and more. Award alumni have gone on to attend institutions including MIT, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford. 

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge will award a total of $400,000 in educational prizes to Jasmine and her science teacher Julie Li-Eval. Along with bragging rights, the award includes a $250,000 college scholarship for Eyal. A $50,000 prize to Ms. Li-Eyal.

There will also be a state-of-the-art science lab designed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory valued at $100,000. The lab will be given to Community High School, a partner of the Beginning with Children Education Network in Brooklyn, NY. The Breakthrough Junior Challenge will be awarding roughly $400,000 to Jasmine Eyal and people connected with her.

“Jasmine’s video is a great example of where curiosity can lead you,” said Julia Milner, co-founder of the Breakthrough Prize.

Eyal’s winning video explains mechanogenetic cellular engineering. The short film can be seen here:

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge attracts more than 2,300 applicants from around the world!

Check in to potentially apply for the 2025 Breakthrough Challenge that opens on May 1st, and be rewarded for having a creative approach to discussing science.

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge, founded by Julia and Yuri Milner, is a global science video competition, aiming to develop and demonstrate young people’s knowledge of science and scientific principles and communications skills; generate excitement in these fields; support STEM career choices; and engage the imagination and interest of the public-at-large in key concepts of fundamental science.

The Breakthrough Prize, often called the “Oscars of Science,” awards $3 million to leading scientists in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics, and Mathematics, with additional New Horizons and New Frontiers Prizes for early-career researchers.

Founded by prominent figures including Sergey Brin, Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Julia and Yuri Milner, and Anne Wojcicki, and funded through their foundations, the prizes are selected by committees of past laureates.

The award ceremony celebrates scientific accomplishments and aims to inspire future generations in the field.

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