Authors competition "Just about the difficult"

You do not often see this on the Internet, especially in Russia. Therefore, I would like to share with respected Habra users information about one, I think, interesting and useful contest, in which practically everyone who ever wanted to write a story about their hobby, passion or serious scientific research can take part.


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For the second year in Russia, a nationwide Science Festival has been held, the main goal of which is to draw the attention of ordinary people to science and show that science is not only “botanists” in white coats and glasses who are engaged in something incomprehensible, but also extremely interested and enthusiastic young and promising people developing old and creating new technologies.

Within the framework of the 2013 Science Festival, the Elevator to the Future program and the Moscow State University named after MV Lomonosov organize and announce the launch of a new, unique competition “Just difficult” for students, graduate students, young scientists to popularize their own scientific and scientific ideas groups in which they work, as well as for beginner scientific journalists - popularizers of modern scientific knowledge. The main age limit is up to 35 years, but we are all young!

The title of the competition contains the main idea of ​​the whole event: to bring to the very average person in the most simple, but not simplified, performance the answers to extremely complex questions that concern the best world minds today.

The main directions of the competition:

• chemistry and materials science, including (among other possible topics):
  functional materials
  construction materials,
  biomaterials
  electrochemical energy, new current sources and materials for them,
  optical sensors, diagnostics using giant Raman spectroscopy,
• simulation using supercomputers;
• nanotechnology and nanomaterials;
• physics and astronomy;
• biology and biotechnology, medicine;
• ecology and environmental management, earth sciences;
• applied mathematics, information and telecommunication systems and technologies;
• Technical science;
• humanities (history, psychology, sociology, linguistics)

Nominations of the competition (within the main areas of the competition):

"The best popular science article of a young scientist"
"The best popular science article of a scientific journalist"

They promise 20 awards of 20,000 rubles each, ten study tours to Germany, the winners of the competition will be provided with the opportunity of interviewing representatives of major high-tech companies (and media), recommendations for participation in educational programs: Russian Reporter Summer School, Moscow State Pedagogical University School of Scientific Journalism, Sains - Polygon and others.

It seems to me that this was at least interesting for those who write non-fiction articles on Habr and talk about their experiences. For example, BarsMonster , Bredun , Zelenyikot , as well as many, many other authors.

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