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The competition will have its second edition this year under 7th Framework programme of the EU, DG Education and Culture - RESEARCHERS NIGHT 2012 - In-CLOSE.

The YES contest had its first edition in RESEARCHERS NIGHT 2010 under the project RECSES and its objective is to encourage young people to enter and stay in research. It will enlarge the created from the first contest data base of young scientists looking for appropriate conditions to demonstrate and develop their research potential.

This year the emphasis is on life science and the provision better quality of life for ageing society.

The competition fosters, stimulates and encourages young researchers with new ideas to come out and to propose them to industry as well as to stimulate the free exchange of ideas and information about scientific knowledge and intellectual values.

Emphasis is placed on emerging and innovative

technology products and services, which have a high likelihood of generating significant benefits for all stakeholders, both investors and the researchers.

We inspire, challenge, collaborate and celebrate an entrepreneurs and innovators across domains of:

electronics, telecommunications, mechanics, robotics, biotechnologies, physics, e-government, ecology, quality control, information technologies,

medicine.

Our mission is to rewards ideas that have potential to become a new business or even a new industry. The

competition provides opportunity for face to face meeting with entrepreneurs and interaction with

other innovators from the event.

We are targeting researchers under 35 years old doing their PhD or Master thesis and other young people

working in academy or science filed. The candidates are able to submit their proposals through online registration

form.

The project abstracts will be evaluated by jury selected from lecturers and consultants from the best

professionals from the industry and research sector and the winner of the 2011 contest “YES”.

All participating competitors will benefit from the education provided, introductions to potential investors, publicity,

and feedback from industry experts that occur at the national event.

The best five proposals will be presented during “The night” of 28.09.2012 in Sofia in front of the jury and the

visitors of the event.