Third International Conference on Human Resource
Development for Nuclear Power Programmes:
Meeting Challenges to Ensure the Future Nuclear Workforce
Capability
International Student Competition Announcement
Theme
Secondary school students are invited to design and run an original project on current or
future impacts and applications of nuclear science and technology in our lives.
Projects should promote discussion and increase awareness around nuclear science andtechnology in their local communities. Students may wish to consider working with theirnational, regional, and/or local nuclear institutions, organizations, and facilities in
implementing the project.
Students may refer to IAEA sources available on the IAEA website, documents and elearning modules for ideas or scientific accuracy.

Participants
The competition is open to students aged 14-18, who are currently enrolled in secondary
schools in IAEA Member States.
Teams must have at least three students but there is no upper limit to a team’s size (althoughjust three students per finalist team will be invited and supported to attend the conference).
Preference will be given to teams with at least 50% female representation.
Teams may be composed of students from a single school, or from a number of schools
working together.

Submissions
Participants will submit an abstract that describes the proposed project with the outline ofwhat will be produced, motivation, methods, expected results and conclusions.
Shortlisted participants will be invited to submit a video (or digital media presentation) that
describes the implementation and outcomes of the project.
Please note that:
All abstracts must be in English

Videos in a language other than English must have English subtitles1Participants must send abstracts and videos by the deadlines1 () to the following email address: H.Hyun@iaea.org

A jury composed of the Conference Steering Committee Members (including IAEA staff)
and representatives of the competition sponsors will review abstracts and videos to select thefinalists.

Finalists
Five teams from the shortlisted group will be invited to present their project at theconference:
Teams can participate either in person or via video-callingEach team will have a five minutes Q&A session on the project development process
and on its content after their presentation

Each team presenting their project live at the conference will be required to beaccompanied by an adult professional teacher

An international jury will select the winning team

Criteria
The selection criteria for the projects are:

Projects should demonstrate an understanding of nuclear science and technology
applications as it relates to their projectProjects can combine theoretical and practical content in a creative way

Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words

Videos should be no longer than 3 minutes

Content needs to be as scientifically accurate as possibleThe project should be originally created by identified student team members

No copyrighted material (such as music, images or videos not created by student teammembers) can be used

Teachers can be advisors onlyPrizes
All finalist teams (represented by three students and one accompanying teacher per team) will
be eligible for:

Economy class round-trip ticket to the Republic of Korea

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Local transportation within the Republic of Korea

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Accommodation and living expenses during the stay in the Republic of Korea

details on the conference website – https://www.iaea.org/events/human-resourcedevelopment-conference-201812

Access to the conference and related technical visits

Visits to local schools and institutions

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Local cultural visits

Other expenses, as determined by organizers

The winning team will receive a prize.

Timeline

1 December 2017: Participants submit abstracts

20 December 2017: The IAEA notifies shortlisted participants

2 March 2018: Shortlisted participants submit videos (or digital media presentations)of the project implementation

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26 March 2018: The IAEA notifies finalists

29/30 May 2018: Finalist projects are presented at the conference and the winningteam is announced

1 June 2018: Finalist projects are available on IAEA social media

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