Research program · In person
A four- to nine-month project attachment that places Secondary 3 to JC students in DSTA and DSO teams to work on live defence technology problems with engineers and scientists.
Mentored by defence engineers, software developers, cybersecurity specialists and research scientists, students work on projects in areas such as aerodynamics, artificial intelligence, drones, computer security, green energy and quantum sensing. In the 12 months before the 2026 Congress, 87 students did Research@YDSP. YDSP, started in 1992, also runs camps and the World of Science module.