International Physics Competition for High School Students and a Chance to Win Amazing Prizes from CERN

CERN is calling high school students to an international physics competition that was organized with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Geneva, Switzerland; A Beamline For Schools 2022. It invites teams of high-school students to propose a scientific experiment that they want to perform at a particle accelerator. The two teams that prepare the best proposals will win a trip to a particle accelerator facility to perform their experiments at a fully-equipped beamline. They will receive full support to set up their data acquisition system and to start their data analysis during the experiment preparation time and during their stay at CERN.

If you are a member of the winning teams, you will have the chance to:

• Participation Certificate.
• Working together with CERN scientists on your ideas on how to use the beamline and plan out a particle physics experiment.
• A trip to CERN (free of expenses).
• Conduct a student-led particle physics experiment at a world-leading accelerator center. 
• A selection of up to 30 teams will receive special prizes to recognize the quality of their work. 
• One team will win an award for the best video.
• Five teams will receive a telescope offered by the "Stars shine for everyone" project.
• For the winning teams, BL4S will cover the full costs of the winners' participation in the competition including:
• Travel.
• Accommodation.
• Three meals per day.

You must follow the following terms:

1. Make sure to keep a backup copy of your proposal.
2. The BL4S competition is intended for students around the 16-19 age bracket who, at the time of submitting their entry to the competition, are currently attending a secondary/high school. 
3. Only students aged 16 and above are allowed on CERN's premises to conduct experiments. 
4. Accordingly, only those members of a winning team who are 16 years old at the time of their visit (September 2022) will be able to enter the CERN site for the competition. 
5. CERN will select two winning proposals from the submissions. The teams behind the winning proposals will then be invited to CERN to execute their proposals as collaborative experiments, working with the other winning team.
6. The minimum number of students per team is 5, there is no upper limit but for the winners, a maximum of nine students will be invited, with one or two adults acting as coaches. 
7. Participants who, at the time of registration, are under 18 or are under the legal age of majority in the country where they are applying, must have the consent of their parent(s)/guardian(s) before registering.
8. Any participant that subsequently travels to CERN as a member of a winning team will need to ensure that she/he has health and accident insurance cover that is adequate for Switzerland.
9. By submitting your proposal, you confirm to CERN that your proposal is your own original work and only contains material that you have all necessary permissions to use.
10. By entering your proposal and video in the competition, you consent to their subsequent potential publication by CERN and their use by either as part of their scientific and outreach activities.
11. CERN may make interviews, recordings, and images of participants and their activities in the context of this competition. CERN will only use such material as part of its education, outreach, and fundraising activities.

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Selection Process:

Your proposals will be evaluated based on these criteria:

• The feasibility of the experiment.
• The Creativity. 
• The ability to follow the scientific method.
• The motivation of the experiment and why you want to come to CERN.

Competition Timeline:

• The Deadline: On 15 April.
• The Winning teams are notified: In June. 
• The winning teams will be invited to the research laboratory: At the end of September.

About CERN:

Since CERN began in 1954, it has made many significant breakthroughs, both in particle physics (such as the early discovery of neutral currents) and technologies that have helped improve day-to-day lives (including the World Wide Web). At CERN, it probes the fundamental structure of particles that make up everything, as well as helps to uncover what the universe is made of and how it works. It does so using the world's largest and most complex scientific instruments.

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