Invitation to Students’ Essay Competition
The Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network has the perfect opportunity for you.
Take part in the BSWN student essay competition for a chance to be a winner and speaker at the First Annual Regional Conference “Empowering Women in Nuclear – We All Can Do It!” to be held in Constanța, Romania, on 5-6 November 2024. Through this essay contest, today’s youth voices will be incorporated into the outcomes of the BSWN annual regional conference and BSWN’s future strategy.
Young people have a role to play in the future of nuclear fields – science, technology, security, and industry, where gender equality, equal opportunities, diversity and inclusion have paramount importance. Listening to the next generation and learning more about your innovative ideas and opinions is important and is one of the main reasons why the Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network is excited to present your ideas and thoughts at the annual regional conference.
We invite students from Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, and Türkiye to take part in this competition and share how the nuclear field can be transformed into a place of equal opportunities for all.
Those with a background and/or an interest in the topics of the competition are encouraged to submit an essay answering one of the questions pertaining to the topics in discussion at the regional conference, including, but limited.
- What are the challenges for women in nuclear in the Black Sea Region, and how to overcome them?
- How to increase the participation of the young generation in nuclear science and engineering?
- How to ensure equal access to nuclear education – innovative insights to improve equal education opportunities?
- How do new threats affect women’s empowerment?
- Development of advanced nuclear technologies
Students between 18 and 25 years of age are eligible to take part in the competition. Submissions must be in English, and the deadline to submit an essay is the 10th of October, 2024.
The essay competition’s three winners will be announced on 15th October 2024, and finalists will be provided with financial support to travel to and participate in the conference in Romania.
Competition Rules
Submission deadline: Friday, 10 October 2024, at 11:59 p.m., Vienna Time (CET)
- Length: Up to 1,000 words
- Format: Word document, submission by email to bswnconferences@gmail.com. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions for details.
- Limit: One entry per person
- Language: English
Terms and Conditions
- The competition is only open to nationals of Black Sea Region Countries: Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Türkiye, and Ukraine.
- Applicants must be 25 years of age and under
- Essay maximum word count: 1,000.
- All essays must be original work by the applicant in their own words, except for quotations from published and unpublished sources, which are clearly indicated and acknowledged as such. Citations must follow internationally recognized styles (Chicago, MLA, ACS, IEEE, NLM, Vancouver, AAA, APA, APSA, etc.), and applicants can at any time be requested to provide clarification of the source. Any content that can be identified as plagiarism will immediately be disqualified. Essays generated with AI will be disqualified.
- The submission e-mail should:
- Contain “Students Essay Competition 2024”_” applicant’s family name” in the subject line – E.g., Students Essay Competition 2024_surname
- Have the essay as an attachment in MS Word format
- Contain the following information in the body of the e-mail:
- Applicant’s first and last name as in the passport:
- Title (Mr/Ms):
- School/organization/affiliation:
- Programme (bachelors, Masters, PhD)