European Union Contest for Young Scientists

The European Union (EU) Contest for Young Scientists is an initiative of the European Commission and it is a part of the EU' s Training and Mobility of Researchers programme. The Contest takes place each year in September in a different European country.
The EU Contest accepts project entries from all fields of scientific endeavour; however, only projects that have been nominated by the National Organiser in each participating country are admissible.

The 25th European Union Contest for young scientists takes place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 20 to 25 September 2013. Following the National Contests, which every year are held across Europe from October to May, the EU Contest takes place in three stages:
1. Winners of the National Contests are selected to represent their country at the EU Contest (only National organisers can submit proposals).
2. The EU Contest Jury receive copies of the written projects and preliminary assessments are made.
3. The Finals take place in September and consists of the Science Fair and the Award Ceremony.

The contestants must conform to the following requirements:
must be less than 21 years of age on the last day of the month of the EU contest (30 September 2013) but more than 14 years of age on the first day of the month of the EU contest (1 September 2013);
have not completed more than one year of higher education studies at the time of the Contest;
have not previously participated in the EU Contest, even if the project intended for presentation is different;
have completed their project before entering university.
The projects may have been worked upon individually or as a team with up to 3 members.

Participating countries are:
Member States of the European Union;
Countries associated to the 7th Framework Programme (FP7);
Countries with which the Commission has come to an agreement at government level about their participation in the Contest. These countries must have a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement with the EC.
For an updated list of eligible countries, please check the guidelines.

The project prizes are:
three first prizes worth 7000 EUR each,
three second prizes worth 5000 EUR each,
three third prizes worth 3500 EUR each.
International cooperation prize worth 5000 EUR.
There will also be Honorary Awards and Special Donated Prizes.

Deadline for National Organiser to nominate contestants: 4 June 2013.

Further details:
http://www.eurodesk.eu