Research activities

Goals:

• to offer young people the opportunity to build upon and supplement the knowledge they have acquired in school;
• to enable young people to add practical value to their knowledge;
• to enable young people to strengthen their confidence in themselves, their work, and their thinking;
• teach young people how to clearly and publicly express their opinions and suggestions;
• teach young people critical, innovative, and creative thinking;
• establish cooperation between talented young researchers and educational institutions and companies;
• enable the best young researchers to present themselves at international competitions or meetings.

Fields:

Students may choose one of the pre-announced fields for their research:

• astronomy or physics,
• biology,
• biotechnology, forestry, agriculture, or veterinary science,
• environmental protection,
• ethnology,
• pharmacy, medicine, or healthcare,
• mathematics or logic,
• chemistry or chemical technology,
• psychology or education,
• economics or tourism,
• geography or geology,
• Slovenian Language or Literature,
• philosophy or sociology,
• history or art history,
• Interdisciplinary fields – ¹
• Other fields – ²
• electrical engineering, electronics, and robotics,
• architecture, civil engineering, or transportation,
• computer science or telecommunications,
• engineering or technology (textiles, woodworking, mechanical engineering, etc.),
• applied innovation proposals and projects.

¹ The field of biology also includes projects in the field of ecology

² The interdisciplinary field includes projects whose content relates to at least two research fields and must be specified on the project

³ This field includes projects whose topic is announced at a regional meeting (this field must be specified on the project), but is not listed as a separate field in this call for proposals and must be specified on the project