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British Council launches FameLab-2009 in Azerbaijan

22 April 2009 15:22 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Aynur Veliyeva â€“ APA-Economics. British Council has launched FameLab, the new edition of the contest going international, said Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.

FameLab is an initiative of the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK and its aim is to encourage young scientists (18 to 35 years old) to inspire and excite public imagination with a vision of science in the 21st century. The competition is searching for the new faces of Science who will be able to develop their ideas and presentation skills for a TV audience.

FameLab is one component of the Beautiful Science Regional Project, a new British Council initiative - linking science, education and the arts - which ultimately seeks to inspire young people to consider a career in science and encourage young scientists to communicate with the wider public, in an open, comprehensive, inspired and interactive way.

The project is implemented by the British Council in 9 countries in South East Europe region: Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Israel, Romania, Serbia and Turkey and the UK.

The semifinalists will compete to join the UK finalists at the Cheltenham Science Festival.