10 December 2007
Supported by “Kharkov Technology”, the Academy of Science of Ukraine and the British Council in Ukraine, the 4th Annual International Competition “Science and Innovations for Society” was launched. The goal of this competition is popularization of national scientific achievements, attraction of public attention to the problems of national science, raising the prestige of science in society, assistance to wider introduction of scientific developments and innovations into practice, search of talented science popularizers in every profession, involvement of youth into scientific and innovation activities.
Goals of the Competition:
- popularisation of achievements of the domestic science, attraction of public attention to its problems and prospects of further development;
- promotion of prestige of science in the Ukrainian society and wider implementation of scientific developments and innovations into practice;
- revelation of talented popularizers of science of various professions that can speak about significant achievements and results of science and technology development in Ukraine in a simple and clear, interesting and correct manner;
- attraction of youth's attention to science.
Three competitions are held:
the best popular science article
the best scientific photograph
the best science-fiction story
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For more information about the competition, please visit the detailed project description on the Science for Society website.