🌍 Global Recognition
🏆 Masason Scholarship, 2024 - Ongoing
Full undergraduate scholarship in any university in recognition of my work on planetary defense.
🏆 Third Grand Award - Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), 2025
Awarded for N-body simulations for exoplanet prediction using transit timing variations.
🏆 Second Grand Award - European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), 2023
Awarded for developing computational models to characterize asteroid physical properties and deflection success.
🏆 Foresight Fellowship, 2025
Fellowship supporting ongoing contributions to planetary defense research.
🏆 NASA Space Apps Challenge Global Winner, 2020
Awarded for sonification of satellited data to measure anthropogenic impacts.
🌍 National Recognition
🥇 Canada's Top Young Scientist Award (2023, 2022)
Canada's youngest and the first back to back winner in 33 years.
🥇 3× Gold Medalist, Canada-Wide Science Fair (2025, 2023, 2022)
On asteroid detections and characterization, and using N-body simulations to detect multi-planet exoplanetary systems.
🥇 Government of Ontario Volunteer Service Award (2023)
For science communication and outreach in the province.
🥇 Young Astronomer Award, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2023)
For strengthening planetary defense and improving exoplanet ephemerides.
🥇 Youth Can Innovate Award (2023, 2022)
🥇 Canadian Space Agency Space Apps Award
🔭 Thematic Awards
- University of Toronto: Mathew Shawn McConville Award (2024)
- University of Toronto: Physics & Earth Sciences Awards (Multiple Years)
- Aerospace Challenge Award — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2025)
- Excellence in Astronomy Awards — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
- Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge — Regional Winner (2024)
🔭 Instrumentation and Citizen Science Award
- Andrew Elvins Award: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2022)
- Jesse Ketchum Award: Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2018)
- Actuarial Foundation of Canada Award
🔭 Research Grants
- Masason Research Grant - Planetary Defense Observatory (R60), Spain
- MIT Solve — Solv[ED] Micro-Grant (2022)
Awards (Chronological)
2026
City of Toronto, Open Data Award.
2025
Third Grand Award — Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), Columbus, Ohio
Project: NEPTUNE — Unseen Exoplanet Prediction Using TTV
https://isef.net/project/phys055-neptune-unseen-exoplanet-prediction-using-ttv
Press Release:
https://youthscience.ca/team-canada-secures-three-prestigious-awards-at-regeneron-isef-2025-in-columbus-ohio/Foresight Fellow — Planetary Defense (2025)
https://foresight.org/fellowship/2025-fellow-arushi-nath/Challenge Award (Aerospace) — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2025)
https://partner.projectboard.world/ysc/project/neptune-n-body-exoplanet-prediction-using-ttvs-for-unseen-exoplanetsGold Medal — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2025)
https://partner.projectboard.world/ysc/project/neptune-n-body-exoplanet-prediction-using-ttvs-for-unseen-exoplanetsExcellence in Astronomy Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2025)
https://partner.projectboard.world/ysc/project/neptune-n-body-exoplanet-prediction-using-ttvs-for-unseen-exoplanetsGold Medal — Toronto Science Fair (2025)
University of Toronto Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences Award (Physics) (2025)
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Award (2025)
2024
Masason Scholar (2024)
Scholar Page: https://masason-foundation.org/en/scholars/
Press Release: https://masason-foundation.org/en/2024/06/26/126542/Gold Medal — Toronto Science Fair (2024)
https://isef.net/project/phys035-accelerated-asteroid-characterization-using-phastUniversity of Toronto — Earth Sciences Mathew Shawn McConville Award (2024)
Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge — Regional Winner (2024)
https://ingeniousplus.ca/celebrating-the-ingenious-2024-innovation-challenge-regional-winners/
2023
Second Prize — European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS), Brussels (2023)
Winners List:
https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-09/EUCYS2023_Winners_List.pdf
Project: https://eucys2023.eu/physics-05/
Press Release: https://youthscience.ca/team-canada-eucys-2023-award-winners/Young Astronomers Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2023)
https://rasc.ca/young-astronomers-awardBest Project Award (Innovation) — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2023)
https://projectboard.world/ysc/project/developing-algorithms-to-determine-asteroids-physical-properties-and-success-of-deflection-missions-zbdjwnYouth Can Innovate Award — Gwyn Morgan & Patricia Trottier Foundation (2023)
https://youthcaninnovate.ca/winners/Challenge Award — Curiosity & Ingenuity — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2023)
Gold Medal — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2023)
Excellence in Astronomy Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2023)
Actuarial Foundation of Canada Award (2023)
Team Toronto Travel Award — University of Toronto (VPRI) (2023)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/cwsf-2023-team-torontoGold Medal — Toronto Science Fair (2023)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/2023-gold-medal-recipientsUniversity of Toronto — Physics Award (2023)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/2023-special-award-recipientsRoyal Astronomical Society of Canada Award (2023)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/2023-special-award-recipientsMentee of the Year — Tundra STEM (2023)
https://tundratechnical-stem.com/arushi-nath/
2022
Best of the Canada-Wide Science Fair (Innovation) (2022)
https://youthscience.ca/plankton-wars-and-planetary-defense-take-best-project-awards-at-this-years-cwsf/Gold Medal — Canada-Wide Science Fair (2022)
https://youthscience.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CWSF-2022-Award-Scholarship-Results-EN.pdfExcellence in Astronomy Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2022)
https://youthscience.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/CWSF-2022-Award-Scholarship-Results-EN.pdfAndrew Elvins Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2022)
https://rascto.ca/news/congratulations-member-awards-recipients-2022MIT Solve — Solv[ED] Micro-Grant (2022)
https://solve.mit.edu/solv-edYouth Can Innovate Award — Gwyn Morgan & Patricia Trottier Foundation (2022)
https://youthcaninnovate.ca/winners/Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Award — Toronto Science Fair (2022)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/2022-special-award-recipientsGold Medal — Toronto Science Fair (2022)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/2022-gold-medal-recipientsGold Medal — Toronto Science Fair (2022)
https://www.torontosciencefair.ca/about-us/2022-gold-medal-recipients
2021
- Best Hardware Award — ElleHacks (2021)
https://tinyurl.com/2scphejg
2020
NASA Space Apps Global Winner — COVID-19 Challenge (2020)
https://covid19.spaceappschallenge.org/awardsJudges’ Favourite — Raspberry Pi Coolest Projects (2020)
https://online.coolestprojects.org/projects/677BMT Global Home STEM Challenge — Global Winner (2020)
https://www.bmt.org/news/2020/announcing-winner-stem-home-challenge/Micro:Bit Do Your Bit Global Challenge — North America Runner-Up (2020)
https://microbit.org/projects/do-your-bit/winners/2020/Honorable Mention — The Art of Planetary Science (University of Arizona LPL) (2020)
https://www.lpl.arizona.edu/art/2020
2019
Imagining the Skies — RASC 150 Winner (2019)
https://rasc.ca/imagining-skies-winnersNASA Space Apps Toronto Winner + Global Nominee (2019)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2020/01/04/my-satellite-data-and-climate-change-project-wins-spaceapps-toronto-2019-and-is-a-global-nominee/Canada’s Favourite Science Blog — People’s Choice Finalist (2019)
https://sciencewriters.ca/peopleschoiceFinalist — Canadian Space Agency / NSERC Little Inventors Challenge (2019)
https://www.littleinventors.org/makers/arushi-nath/
2018
Jesse Ketchum Award — Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (2018)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2018/07/11/jesse-ketchum-award-of-royal-astronomical-society-of-canada-toronto/NASA Space Apps Toronto Winner + People’s Choice + Global Nominee (2018)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2018/10/23/deep-space-musical-using-images-from-hubble-space-telescope-wins-nasa-spaceapps-2018-toronto/Emerald Code — Grand Prize Winner (2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy-UG42noXwScience Odyssey — First Prize (2018)
http://www.owlkids.com/2018-science-odyssey-contest-winners/
2017
- Canadian Space Agency Space Apps Winner (2017)
https://twitter.com/csa_asc/status/872453497152819200
2016
- Climathon — First Prize + Climate Hero Award (2016)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2016/10/30/fix-the-six-first-place-and-climate-hero-winner-climathon-toronto/
2015
- Hardware Hackathon — Winners (2015)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2015/05/21/galacticbot-wins-third-place-at-hardware-hackathon-toronto-2015/
2014
NASA Global Top-5 People’s Choice Award (2014)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2014/05/14/curiousbot-judged-in-top-5-nasa-spaceapps-peoples-choice-award/NASA Space Apps Toronto (2014)
https://hotpoprobot.com/2014/04/21/nasa-space-apps-challenge-2014/