The Annual
JYEM Expo/Competition

Saturday, 8/10/2024 (10am-1pm), The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, New Jersey

Click the button above to see the past JYEM/NYCSEF event at Harvard Club in NYC

About JYEM

Journal of Young Explorers Meta: Research competitions and peer-reviewed online journal by and for high school and undergraduate students. JYEM encourages students to submit research projects for JYEM student journal and research competitions. Read More >>

Publishing the Project on JYEM (PPJ)



  • A work-in-progress
  • Completed research
  • Diversity in STEaM

Research Paper Competition (RPC)



  • Fundamental and applied
  • Special and category awards
  • Integrated studies

Photo and Image Competition (PIC)



  • Unlimited topics and ideas
  • Upload your work online
  • Photos, images and drawings

Humanities, Social Science, Engineering, Life and Natural Science

The JYEM, supported by Young Explorers Global Institution, welcomes the vast scope of its questions, without worrying about specific technicalities or having to deliver immediate answers. The events are funded by alumni research foundation at Harvard, Yale, MIT and other prestigious schools and organizations.

Humanities, Psychology and Philosophy

  • Essential knowledge that unites humankind
  • Human essence to the spiritual principle
  • A comprehensive study on philosophy 

Social, Economics and Business

  • Human behavior, individuals and societies 
  • Research on economic and business issues
  • Socioeconomic and financial 

Engineering, Math and Computer

  • Utilizes and invents engineering methods
  • Investigates problems in our lives
  • Concepts used in various fields

Biological and Medical Sciences

  • Creative thought and finding inspiration
  • Develop your imagination with creative method
  • Creative procedures and technologies 

Sciences and Technologies

  • Keen observation and analyses
  • Nature and other related matters of life
  • Alignment to standards

Mentorship Program-Internship

  • Eligibility: GPA of 3.7 or above
  • 9th through 12th grade/college students 
  • Mentorship from Ivy League faculty members

Special Features of the Current Volume

Speaker 1

History and Social Study

by Rebecca Vitenzen, University of Oxford

Speaker 2

Psychology and Political Science

by Eric Jiefei Deng, Columbia University

Science & Engineering

by Noel Cercizi and Jiali Chen, Brooklyn Tech. HS

Sponsors and Our Member Institutions

2024 JYEM Expo/Competition

Poster Presentations by High School and College Students

Competition and Conference for Networking


Sunday, 8/10/2024 (10am-1pm)
The Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, New Jersey

Click here to see the past JYEM/NYCSEF opening ceremony at Harvard Club in NYC

JYEM invites the submission of innovative proposals for the conference broadly defined on humanities, social, and other interdisciplinary research, as well as science and engineering research.