Some things don't fit in a competition.

Most of SPADES runs on deadlines and scoreboards. These don't. They are the things we keep doing all year because they are worth doing.

Ongoing since 2024

Women in STEM

Fee waivers so girls can compete at PsiFi, science boot camps for school girls from low-income families, and mentors who have built careers in STEM.

Read about it: Women in STEM

Ongoing since 2025

Smog Project

Lahore's first student-led air-quality research project. School students measure PM2.5 across the city, then write it up as research.

Teams applied
213
Students took part
90
Workshops
3
Read about it: Smog Project