A young generation positively empowered with godly character to withstand in true survival mode. 

To inspire, empower and nurture young generation through skills, knowledge, and resources needed for modern scientific research entrepreneurship and individual development.

1. Foster innovative and entrepreneurial mindsets in students.
2. Develop entrepreneurial capabilities that can be applied in a range of contexts especially life science and technology.
3. Develop awareness of science discovery as intellectual assets and enhance their capacity to manage and exploit them.
4. Guide students to acquire the skill to deliver science and technology in a comprehensive way.
5. Enhance students’ lifelong learning skills, personal development and self-efficacy, allowing them to contribute to society and the environment more generally.

Students who are highly motivated to pursue their dreams by realizing their great ideas that can lead to changes in their lives and the lives of others.

Participation from Family Team (Combination of kids and parents) are allowed as well. 

** Remark: Maximum two (2) members per team.

Through the expertise and experience of Revongen Corporation, a regional biotechnology business conglomerate which invested its resources into five market-focused segments: Biosciences, Medical, Halal, AgriBiotech and Aquaculture, Plantzania able to provide technical assistance to students who are interested in research and development (R&D) specifically in biotechnology field.  In order to realize the dreams, Plantzania will provide the following assistance and convenience:

• Crowd funding platform.
• Work place such as office, laboratories, field, etc. (scheduled).
• Management advices such as coaching, nurturing, business advices, networking, business matching, consultation, etc.
• Mentoring program such as training courses, industrial visits, field trips, etc.
• Publication of the research findings in academic media.
• Special services such as e-market placement, product formulation, sales channels, etc. 

Apart from the above, Plantzania also as an add value in terms of:

• Gathering angel investors who may be interested in investment
• Assist in presentation to higher education institution, financial or funding institution, etc.
• Assist in creating value with media
• Assist in business networking with overseas entrepreneur group
• Assist in technology assessment and related technology link with overseas scientist or technology 

Stage 1 – Business Exploration & Potency

The program will begin the first round with a crowdfunding challenge. To qualify for the next level, a startup is required to raise a minimum of RM1,000 through a crowdfunding platform within 30 to 45 days. Come up with big idea, pitch the plan to the crowd and get real funding. Through this program, participants will experience themselves to the early exposure on how to deal with the public and primarily to educate surroundings about the innovation they want to bring to the public as well as attracting potential investors. This phase is expected to break the walls that are feared to be barriers to become successful and make them believe that someday they will be an important contributor to society.

Stage 2 – Nurturing & Coaching

Having succeeded in the first crowdfunding challenge, the qualifiers are entitled to a mentorship program. The participants will be provided with mentoring and intensive training courses on research and also business opportunities. Furthermore, industrial visit or field trip visit will be organized so that participants will have a better understanding of the real working industry. The participants will be paired with their mentors so as to accelerate the newcomers’ business startup process and also get technical advice and assistance on their research. This session to aim in helping them transform their science ideas into tangible enterprises that create economics, social and also environmental value for better world.

After completing the training, participants will be given a 3 to 4 months duration to work on their own research on the selected topics. Some of the relevant raw materials will be provided to the participants for them to carry out scientific experiments. They need to write their research findings in a mini research journal format for official publications purposes. 

Stage 3 – Presentation and Judging

After completing on their research, each team then needs to present their research outcomes and business proposal as well as any prototype/ sample at the end of the program. They will be given 10 minutes to present an important summary of the research findings in front of the professional jury and an additional 5 minutes for a question and answer session. By a strict selection of panelists will choose the Young Scientist Entrepreneur Awards.

Among the attractive rewards offered:

Plantzania will create partnerships with the following government agencies, corporate sector players and educational institutions:

We are continuously searching and compiling names of relevant partners to join either as sponsors, mentors/coach or better yet, as angel investors.

1. New superfood formulation models using local herbs and fruits combination
2. New chemical-free soap formulation with flower and local herbs mixture for sensitive skin
3. Development of local herbs extract in efforts to replace or reduce the use of chemical based pesticide
4. Extraction of propolis and its second application model
5. Extraction and comparison studies of essential oil from ginger, lemon grass, pandan leaf, and two more local herbs
6. Extraction of ginger and Paulownia leaf enzyme for use in as bio pesticide
7. Application of paulownia flower and mixture with other tea as nutritional herbal drink
8. Application of biochar as soil enhancer in agriculture and landscaping
9. Application of Paulownia biochar in water purification
10. Application of Paulownia biochar paper in air purifying mask and air purifier or air conditional products
11. Paulownia dried leaf application in feed for fish or pet food
12. Utilization of Paulownia saw dust to produce biodegradable composite material or 3D printer
13. Utilization of Ginger agro-waste including leaves and stem in the production of paper
14. Utilization of Banana agro-waste including dried leaves and psuedostem for the yield of fermentable sugars
15. Musang King Tissue Culture
16. The development of a systematic grading method on our kampung durian
17. The development of a localisation GPS or RFID tagging system for our kampung durian trees
18. Aquatic plants as nutritional food
19. Study of rooting improvement medium or enhancer
20. The application of probiotic in banana disease control 

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