Four Russian schoolchildren won their right to participate in the final stage of the worldwide Intel ISEF-99 contest of youth scientific and engineering activity. They are the winners of the regional Junior-99 contest. ISEF final will be held on May 2 to 8, 1999, in Philadelphia.

Participation of CIS schoolchildren in Intel ISEF has become possible since 1997 by virtue of the corporate academic program, which is carried out by Intel offices in these countries. Since that, a number of leading universities and colleges of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus has joint the program.

Students of 124 schools from 47 Russian, Ukrainian, Belarussian and Moldovian cities took part in the regional stage of the contest. They presented about 350 reports in five sections: mathematics, physics, informatics, Earth and space sciences, and environmental sciences (biology, economy, ecology). The jury of the contest was constituted by professors and researchers from Moscow State University (MSU), Moscow Engineering and Physical Institute (MEPhI), Moscow State Technical University (MSTU), and Russian Ministry of Education.

According to Intel Moscow office, all participants of the contest will be awarded with prizes and gifts. They will also be granted an additional score white passing entrance examinations for MSU, MEPhI and MSTU. Top four contributors to each section can now enter any of these universities without examinations.

Source: InfoArt News Agency

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