Noor Competition closing ceremony held in Tehran

The closing ceremony of the Mustafa Prize’s Noor Competition for students has been held in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

The winners of the international contest featuring scientific student films were honored and awarded during the closing ceremony of the 2nd round of the Noor Competition in Tehran on Friday, a report by the official website stated.

The event was attended by Iran's Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari as well as other officials.

Nanotechnologist Jackie Ying from Singapore was also celebrated at the event.

The Noor Competition is organized by officials of The Mustafa Prize – a science and technology award granted to top researchers and scientists from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states biennially.

Student groups took part in the event by sending 60-second films of their scientific experiments in all fields of science, including physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and astronomy.

The Noor Student Competition launched in early December last year with aims of identifying students’ strengths and talents, fostering them and developing new perspectives in student communities as well as promoting scientific cooperation between educational centers.

The top 100 selected works will be broadcast on a weekly TV program. Other prizes include granting laboratory and science equipment to the selected schools and research centers.

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