Latvia has been tasked with organising the EU Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) in 2025, according to the National Centre for Education (NCE). The organisation has been a success, with teacher supervisors of scientific research projects (SRPs) supporting the event. Regional SRP conferences have been held at various Latvian universities since 2017, and Riga Technical University has also supported the national conferences. EUCYS is the most important competition for young scientists in the European Union, created by the European Commission in 1989, bringing together the best young scientists aged 14 to 20 each year. The competition aims to develop cooperation and knowledge exchange between young scientists, attracting young people’s interest in science and technology careers. This year’s EUCYS took place in Brussels, where Latvian team representative Ilja Niks Stoligvo won the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) special prize for his research on empirical prediction of chalcopyrite grid lattice parameters. RTU School of Engineering student Patriks Gustavs Rinkevics also participated with his paper on cyclic motion path reproduction. A total of 136 promising young scientists aged 14 to 20 from 36 countries participated in the contest.
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