The legacy of NRIC

Welcome to the official website of the Novel Research and Innovation Competition (NRIC) 2017. Once again the Student Representative Council of Universiti Sains Malaysia is going organize a competition which had successfully altered the course of young Malaysian researchers as well as young researchers from the Asia region over the past years of its launching. Since it was established in 2006, this prestigious competition always has a clear aim in instilling the importance of research and development by giving participants a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform their talents and creativities into their displayed project to the eyes of the frontlines of industry. As an APEX university, we go hand in hand and make the element sustainability as the core of the projects presented by the participants.

The categories presented in this competition are :

• Life Science
• Engineering & Technology
• Health & Medical Science
• Social Transformation & Creative Arts
• Information Technology & Communication
• Fundamental Science

An additional category has been introduced since 2011 which is known as Community Research & Innovation Competition (CoRIC). CoRIC basically is a viva-oriented competition, which requires the participants to present their ideas on how to make a better world in front of the judges. The successful team with the most captivating idea will then be granted with capital to make their idea a reality.

In 2013, the young researchers who were sent to the British Invention Show (BIS) 2013 by NRIC 2013, had bagged a big win and thid further indicates that our young researchers definitely pack with a potential hopes of winning the BIS again this year. Thus this year, with the theme ‘Revolution Through The Decade's Novelty’, we from NRIC 2017 , are going to anticipate more participation from ambitious young researchers to fulfil the quest of searching the best among the best.