Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar
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Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar (SIYSS) is an annual science event organised in connection with the Nobel Prize
ceremonies in Stockholm
. The seminar was first held in 1976 and has since been organised by the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists in collaboration with the Nobel Foundation
.
Each year 25 prominent young scientists (ages 18 to mid 20’s) are invited to the event. They have usually won international science prizes at contests such as the European Union Contest for Young Scientists
or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
. However, not all attendees have won an invitation through science contents. Students from Australia
, for example, are selected through the leadership and student-staff training component of the National Youth Science Forum
. The nationalities of the participating scientists vary slightly as some spots are reserved for winners of science contests while some countries have fixed allocation of spots.
The seminar is mainly aimed at promoting interest in science for Swedish high school students, but also gives the participants an opportunity to learn from each other's presentations about their scientific research. The invited young scientists also participate in a number of activities over the course of the Nobel week. These can include attending the Nobel lectures, discussing science ethics and attending the Nobel festivities.
Australia Australia
Mainland China China
Denmark Denmark
Hungary Hungary
India India
Israel Israel
Japan Japan
Mexico
Norway Norway
Poland
Russia
Singapore Singapore
South Africa
South Korea South Korea
Switzerland Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Also, every year winners of the EU Contest and the Intel ISEF are participating in the event.
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
ceremonies in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
. The seminar was first held in 1976 and has since been organised by the Swedish Federation of Young Scientists in collaboration with the Nobel Foundation
Nobel Foundation
The Nobel Foundation is a private institution founded on 29 June 1900 to manage the finances and administration of the Nobel Prizes. The Foundation is based on the last will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite....
.
Each year 25 prominent young scientists (ages 18 to mid 20’s) are invited to the event. They have usually won international science prizes at contests such as the European Union Contest for Young Scientists
European Union Contest for Young Scientists
The European Union Contest for Young Scientists is a science fair, initiated by the European Commission. It is a part of the European Union Framework Programmes on Research, and is managed by the Directorate General for Research in the European Commission....
or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college scientific research event in the world, and is owned and administered by the Society for Science & the Public a 501 non-profit organization based in Washington, DC...
. However, not all attendees have won an invitation through science contents. Students from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, for example, are selected through the leadership and student-staff training component of the National Youth Science Forum
National Youth Science Forum
The National Youth Science Forum is a prestigious Australian program dedicated to exposing year eleven students who are heading into year twelve and are thinking about a career in science, engineering and related disciplines to major scientific institutions and researchers, so that they may make...
. The nationalities of the participating scientists vary slightly as some spots are reserved for winners of science contests while some countries have fixed allocation of spots.
The seminar is mainly aimed at promoting interest in science for Swedish high school students, but also gives the participants an opportunity to learn from each other's presentations about their scientific research. The invited young scientists also participate in a number of activities over the course of the Nobel week. These can include attending the Nobel lectures, discussing science ethics and attending the Nobel festivities.
Participating countries
Scientists from the following countries participate in the SIYSS as of 2009: Australia AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Mainland China ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Denmark DenmarkDenmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
Hungary HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
India IndiaIndia
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
Israel IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
Japan JapanJapan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
MexicoMexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
Norway NorwayNorway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
PolandPoland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
RussiaRussia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Singapore SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
South Korea South KoreaSouth Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Also, every year winners of the EU Contest and the Intel ISEF are participating in the event.