In case you're not hip to science fairs like most normal people aren't 
the title I used is the name of a science award for up and coming scientists. That's because today's topic is about Sumeru's version of it! 
I think Kavikavus could be a reference to the Iranian ruler Keikavus. During his reign he promoted culture and education. He also wrote a famous book in Persian literature called the Qabus-nama or Mirror for Princes which feels like a memoir about essentially everything. The man was well studied. It goes from religion to decorum to science to physical and mental well being to military and then how to be a proper ruler. But that's not really the point.
Keep in mind that the way Sumeru runs right now is that Kusanali is allowing folly because the researchers of Academia are seeking knowledge for the sake of having it like a currency. The sages are "sitting underutilized advisory councils."
It's the sages that pick the winner of this prize but if they are powerless in the current setting of Sumeru then this award could represent that at least in inspiration. During his lifetime Keikavus lived in Persia when it was conquered by the Seljuk Turks. They let him act as ruler of the region. So in other words he was powerless.
Side Note: There's also another Keikavus but spelled Kay Kavus. This one's actually more well known but that's because he's mythological. Apparently after the Muslim Conquest of Persia a writer named Ferdowsi decided to write a romanticized origin story for the Achaemenid Empire. Kay Kavus was one of the rulers and in the story he used eagles to lift up his chair and somehow got them to fly him to China. Yeah.... (Did I mention the chair was a gold throne? I guess he called in the LOTR eagles.)
Anyway I bring that up because this is also where we get a guy named Rostam. I wonder where we've heard that name before. After the eagle powered chair rocket crashes in China Rostam has to go pick him up.
To be fair you could link either Keikavus to this award. Making a chair powered by eagles sounds like something one of the crazy researchers we've met might come up with. And the Iranian leader during Seljuk rule is thematic to modern day Sumeru.
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