"We are looking for people who have scientific stars in their eyes, people who can present an entertaining, original and exciting talk that is scientifically accurate but appealing to a non-scientific audience". Kathy Sykes, Cheltenham Science Festival, UK

We are pleased to announce the winners of the FameLab Final that took place on 13 May 2009 at the Park Inn Hotel!

Elchin Ibrahimov, a student from Qafqaz University won the first prize for his exciting presentation devoted to “3 Newton’s law”, and will attend the Cheltenham Science Festival 2009 in the UK. He also gained a Toshiba notebook from Azercell.

Audience Award winner is Lala Aslanova, a student of Azerbaijan Medical University and her award is DVD Player from Azercell.

The first runner-up is Hafiz Malikli, a student at Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. His topic was as interesting as his presentation: “Why the Sun turns red at sunset?” Beside English course at the Qafqaz University, he obtained a digital photo camera from Azercell.

The second runner-up is Sarkhan Talibzada, a student from Azerbaijan Architecture and Construction University. His presentation was devoted to Atmosphere and Atmospheric Pressure. He also got English course at Qafqaz University and a digital photo camera from Azercell.

All ten finalists attended a masterclass in science communications provided by British Science Journalist Quentin Cooper and a training by Imran Mukhtarov from Baku American Centre on Presentation skills. They also received nano i-pods from Azercell

We would like to congratulate our winners and wish them further success in their careers as science communicators!   

FameLab is an initiative of the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK and this is the third year the contest is going international in nine countries in South-East Europe through the British Council network. The aim of FameLab is to encourage young scientists (18 to 35 years old) to inspire and excite public imagination with a vision of science in the 21st century.

The competition is searching for the new faces of Science who will be able to develop their ideas and presentation skills for a TV audience. The model is familiar from TV programmes like Pop Idol and Folk Star – you have just three minutes to prove yourself to a panel of expert judges, with only the best going forward to the next round, and the talk should be entertaining and original, scientifically accurate but also engaging to a non-scientific audience.

The FameLab competitions were held in April 2009. All nine winners from South East Europe will attend the Cheltenham Science Festival 2009 in the UK.

Azerbaijan FameLab was organised in partnership with Qafqaz University, and with the support of Azercell. Our media partner is Public TV.

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