REQUIREMENTS TO STUDENT SCIENTIFIC WORKS

1. The works submitted to the content must be authored by students. Each work should correspond to one of the sections defined above and should present scientific research. 
2. One scientific work can have several authors. If the authors of a scientific work are students from different Universities, there may be scientific supervisors from different higher education institutions. 
3 A scientific work of a student: 
-      should include a title page (that contains only a code and title of the work), table of contents, introduction, chapters, conclusions, the list of references (​Document Templates) 
-     a work is accompanied by an annotation which indicates the relevance, purpose, task, methodology of research and a general characteristics of the work (​Document Templates) 
-     should contain references to sources of information if the authors used third-party ideas, statements, information 
-     the total length of work should not exceed 30 pages excluding appendices and the list of references; there is no required minimum number of pages 
-     drawings and illustrations attached to work should be arranged on an A4 sheet. 

4. The following accompanying documents are submitted separately: 
-     information about the author (authors) and scientific supervisor (Document Templates).  

5. Language of scientific work and report - English

THE PROCEDURE OF SUBMISSION, REVIEW, AND EVALUATION OF WORKS

1.  To submit a work use Microsoft CMT:

SUBMIT A WORK

Also, works shall be sent to the following email: oleksiibychkov@knu.ua. Works that do not meet the requirements of the competition or are not presented in time will not be considered. 
2.  The competition is held in the form of two stages: 
   І stage– the competition commission reviews the works to determine winner candidates; 
  ІІ stage – scientific and practical conference where the students present their works and the competition commission determines the winners of the competition. 
3.  During the first stage of the competition the competition commission shall consider the submitted scientific works and carry out their review (​Document Templates). A single work passes a bind review by two reviewers. 
4.  Scientific works are not reviewed at the Universities where their authors study. 
5.  In accordance with the results of the review, a rating list of scientific works (hereinafter referred to as the rating list) shall be formed and published. Minutes of a meeting of the competition commission shall be prepared. 
6.     If during the review of a scientific work instances of academic plagiarism are detected, the competition commission shall consider this issue separately and either confirm the fact of academic plagiarism and remove the respective scientific work from the competition and notify the participant about this fact or, not confirm the fact of academic plagiarism and allow the scientific work to continue participation in the competition. 
7. On the basis of reviews, the competition commission at its meeting (where no less than 2/3s of its members should be present) shall select scientific works the authors of which are invited to the final scientific and practical conference. The decision of the competition commission is voted by the majority of its approved members. If vote counts are equal, the vote of the chairman is decisive. 
8. The competition commission shall send invitations to the authors of the respective scientific works (including to the author's e-mail) to participate in the final scientific-practical conference (not later than two weeks before its date) and present the work. 
9. If a candidate for award is not able to attend the final scientific and practical conference, he or she is allowed to participate with the use of telecommunications in videoconference mode. 
10. In accordance with the decision of the competition commission, the final scientific and practical conference can also be held in videoconference mode. 
11. Information about the date of the final scientific and practical conference, the lists of invited participants and of their scientific works, reviews of all scientific works submitted to the competition (excluding information about the reviewer), the rating list are published on the website of the competition not later than two weeks before the final the scientific-practical conference. 
12. The competition commission maintains a register of student scientific works in order to eliminate the possibility that such works are re-submitted to the competition. Documentation concerning the second stage of the competition is stored by the base higher education institutions for three years.

SUBMISSION AND CONSIDERATION OF APPEALS

1. The appeals commission is created to ensure that the second stage of the competition is conducted objectively. 
2. Representatives of universities, scientific institutions and companies (under their consent) are appointed to be the members of the appeals commission. 
3. Participants of the competition can apply in writing to the appeals commission within five calendar days after the release of the rating list, if, in their opinion, their scientific work was evaluated non-objectively. 
4. The appeals commission shall, within three working days from the date of receipt of an application, make a decision recorded in the minutes of a meeting of the appeals commission of the competition (Document Templates) and shall provide it to the applicant.

WINNER SELECTION AND AWARD PROCEDURE

1. After the final scientific and practical conference, the competition commission summarizes the results of the second stage of the competition and selects winners of the competition: I degree - up to 20%, II degree - up to 30%, III degree - up to 50%. An author of a scientific work who did not participate in the final scientific and practical conference cannot be a winner. 
2. Scientific works of the winners of the competition shall be published on the website of the competition. 
3. The competition commission shall publish the reports on the second stage of the competition, minutes of the meeting of the competition commission (​Document Templates), statistical information (​Document Templates), and copies of minutes of the appeals commission (if any) on the web site of the Competition. 
4. Diplomas of winners of the Competition shall be issued and signed by the chairman of the competition commission. 
5. The competition commission may issue prizes and honors in separate nominations to students.

FINANCING OF THE COMPETITION

1. Material technical support of the II stage of the competition, expenses for the review process and the final scientific and practical conference shall be covered by any sources not prohibited by the legislation of Ukraine. 
2. Expenses for business trips of participants of the II stage of the competition shall be covered by any sources not prohibited by the legislation of Ukraine.