Daugavpils University Invites School Students to Enter the Scientific Research Paper Competition

Daugavpils University (DU) and the Daugavpils City Education Department (DPIP) are holding the Scientific Research Paper Competition for students of general secondary education institutions in the Latgale region for the seventh consecutive year. Students in Grades 10–12, as well as students of vocational secondary schools and vocational schools who have conducted research in one of the scientific fields, are invited to participate.

The competition is organised with the aim of deepening students’ knowledge in the natural sciences, humanities, social sciences and engineering, introducing students to the subjects and methods of modern scientific research, and involving them directly in the development of research.

To participate in the competition, participants are invited to prepare research papers in the fields of the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences or engineering and submit them for assessment at their schools. Schools organise the assessment of students’ scientific research papers and nominate the best papers for the regional conference by 25 February 2016 (postmark date).

Scientific Research Paper Competition regulations – http://du.lv/files/000/011/820/ZPD_nolikums_2016.pdf?1449057551
The best papers, selected by an expert committee following assessment, will be nominated for participation in the Regional Conference, which will take place at DU on 18 March 2016.

At the conference, the papers will be presented in several sections: astronomy, biology, linguistics of foreign languages and foreign literature, science and history, economics, philosophy, physics, computer science, cultural studies, Latvian literature, science and history, Latvian linguistics, mathematics, art studies, pedagogy, political science, psychology, sociology, law, health sciences, history and cultural heritage, earth sciences and economic geography, chemistry, environmental science, and engineering.

In the previous competition (in March of this year), 243 scientific research papers were submitted by 55 general secondary education institutions in the Latgale region.

All competition participants will receive letters of appreciation from DU, while the laureates will receive diplomas and certificates of recognition. The competition laureates (those placing first, second and third) will be eligible to apply for admission outside the competition to full-time studies funded from the state budget in the study programmes offered by DU in the 2016/2017 academic year.

The best papers from the regional conference will be nominated for the national conference, which will take place in Riga from 22 to 24 April 2016.