Junior Inventor of the Year applications up to June 30

The closing date for applications for the "Junior Inventor of the Year" (JIY) competition organised by the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) has been extended up to June 30 due to requests received from enthusiastic junior inventors and schools.

The IESL seeks to promote science, engineering, mathematics and technology related creativity and ingenuity amongst school-going children through this competition. Students who win at the competition will be awarded with scholarships, medals, certificates, cash prizes and internships at the University of Moratuwa.

The school of the title winner will also be awarded with the Challenge cup offered by the Post Graduate Institute of Management of the Sri Jayawardhanapura University in addition to a cash prize.

The latest addition to the rewards of the competition is the rare opportunity to take part at the annual 'Intel' IESF (International Science and Engineering Fair).

Three inventors who were selected from among the last year's winners took part in the 'Intel IESF' which was held in Atlanta, Virginia and selected Junior Inventors of the 2008 competition will have the good fortune of taking part in the "Intel IESF' which is to be held in the State of Nevada in the United States. The participation to the Intel IESF is sponsored by Intel.

Preliminary competitions that are conducted at regional level will be held in July and August.

The winners of the final competition which is scheduled for the first week of September will be awarded at the Annual Sessions of the IESL to be held in the same month.

Applications for the competition and other details could be obtained by contacting the IESL Secretariat at 120/15, Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo 7.