search-icon
Vote for your favorite artwork in the Science Without Borders® Challenge!

The Khaled Bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has introduced a new category in the Science Without Borders® Challenge—and you can help select the winners! 

Join us on Facebook to vote for your favorite entries to our annual student art contest. Finalists with the most likes in each category by Monday, May 23rd will receive the new “People’s Choice” award along with a $50 scholarship.

A winner will be chosen from each of the age groups, one for younger students 11-14 years old, and another for older students, 15-19 years old. All you have to do to participate is “like” your favorite images in our finalist galleries on Facebook:

Reviewing all of the amazing artwork we receive for the Science Without Borders® Challenge is one of the highlights of our year here at the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation. Right now, a panel of scientists, teachers, and artists are formally evaluating the finalists and selecting the winning entries in each age category.

This year, we invite you to join us on this journey. Help us select the winners of the “People’s Choice” award.

Our formal evaluation process will not change, and the votes for the “People’s Choice” award will not impact the judges as they evaluate which pieces of art best illustrate this year’s theme, “Ridge to Reef” conservation. However, this is your chance to let the students see how much their art is valued and seen by people around the world. Which images inspire you? Vote for the ones you want to win.

Update: Winners Announced!

Congratulations to the winners of the “People’s Choice” award in our annual student art contest, the Science Without Borders® Challenge!

The following pieces of artwork received the most votes from the public on Facebook in each of their respective age groups:

🥇“It’s Okay” by Ya Ru Cao, Age 14, USA
🥇“Pesticides and the Coral Reefs” by Sihao Qian, Age 16, China

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Related Posts

2025-2026 B.A.M. Student Voices

Throughout the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) and Jamaica Awareness of Mangroves in Nature (J.A.M.I.N.) programs, we evaluate each phase of the mangrove education and restoration process to better understand how students are learning, growing, and connecting with their coastal environments.

Before the programs begin, students share what they already know about mangroves and how they feel about them. As the program progresses, we continue to gather feedback to see how their knowledge evolves from identifying mangrove species and understanding food webs to recognizing the role mangroves play in coastal protection and climate change mitigation.

But the surveys go beyond science content.

We also ask students…

Read More

Ten Years of B.A.M.: Rooted in Partnership, Growing in Purpose

Ten years ago, the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program began with a simple but meaningful commitment: to connect Bahamian students with the mangrove ecosystems that shape and protect their island home.

Since 2015, B.A.M. has been implemented in partnership with Friends of the Environment, whose dedication to environmental stewardship in Abaco has made this program possible year after year. Together, we have worked alongside Patrick J. Bethel High School and Forest Heights Academy to bring hands-on mangrove science into classrooms and out into the field.

What makes ten years remarkable is not just longevity — it is consistency…

Read More
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.  You can view our complete Privacy Policy here.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Most of our cookies are used to improve website security and reduce spam. These cookies should be enabled at all times. They also enable us to save your preferences for cookie settings.

3rd Party Cookies

This website uses Google Analytics to collect anonymous information such as the number of visitors to the site, and the most popular pages. Keeping this cookie enabled helps us to improve our website.