The POISK Centre (in Russian:''Центр «ПОИСК»'') is an educational and research organization founded in 2004 at

Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

( Russia). Its primary aim is to encourage secondary school students and university students to do independent scientific research. The POISK Centre supports educational programs that motivate youth to develop an interest in physics and natural sciences, and to involve them in “what a real scientist does” as early as possible. These activities include tight collaboration with leading universities and secondary schools in Russia and abroad, joint seminars and workshops, regular international scientific conferences, language programs, but also the promotion of research competitions, such as the Young Physicists' Tournament. POISK means ‘search’ in Russian, but it is also a Russian abbreviation for the Support Centre for Olympiads and Intellectual Competitions.

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Since 2004, the POISK Centre is the only university-based organization in Russia that is being selecting, supervising and preparing the National team that represents Russia at the

International Young Physicists' Tournament The International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT), sometimes referred to as the “Physics World Cup”, is a scientific competition between teams of secondary school students. It mimics, as close as possible, the real-world scientific researc ...

. The POISK Centre’s team has been a participant of IYPTs in 2004 ( Brisbane,

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), 2005 ( Winterthur,

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) and 2006 (

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, Slovakia) with significant success, winning bronze medals twice. In May 2007, the POISK’s Russian team fought in the Finals and won silver at the

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held in Leoben, Austria. In November 2007, the POISK's team of university students was one of the two gold winners at the Ukrainian Physicists' Tournament for University Students held at the

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, Ukraine.

External links

The POISK Centre's Official Website Video of the presentation made by the Russian National team (prepared at POISK Centre) in the finals of AYPT'2007 in Leoben (May 5, 2007)Web-site of the Annual young scientists' conference 'Physics and Progress' (November 14-16, 2007)
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