BL4S Edition 2026
In 2026, Beamline for Schools celebrates its 13th edition. This edition saw a record number of 712 proposals from teams representing 89 countries. More than 4500 high-school students from all around the world accepted the challenge of planning a particle physics experiment.
Here you can find the shortlist and special prizes of BL4S 2026. The five winning teams were:
Team attoPION (India, 2026)
Team Centauri Stars (USA, 2026)
Team Mobile MIPs (UK, 2026)
Team PionIST 3 (Türkiye, 2026)
Team POLARIS (Bangladesh, 2026)
Below you can find the distribution of participant countries for BL4S 2026:
| Country | Country Code | Number of participating teams or number of teams | Applications (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Türkiye | TR | 137 | 19% |
| India | IN | 94 | 13% |
| United States | US | 61 | 9% |
| Pakistan | PK | 58 | 8% |
| Bangladesh | BD | 45 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | GB | 25 | 4% |
| Egypt | EG | 18 | 3% |
| Spain | ES | 14 | 2% |
| Mexico | MX | 13 | 2% |
| Brazil | BR | 12 | 2% |
| Italy | IT | 12 | 2% |
| Syrian Arab Republic | SY | 10 | 1% |
| United Arab Emirates | AE | 10 | 1% |
| Portugal | PT | 9 | 1% |
| Thailand | TH | 9 | 1% |
| Nepal | NP | 8 | 1% |
| Singapore | SG | 8 | 1% |
| Australia | AU | 7 | 1% |
| Canada | CA | 7 | 1% |
| Saudi Arabia | SA | 7 | 1% |
| Belgium | BE | 6 | 1% |
| El Salvador | SV | 6 | 1% |
| Ethiopia | ET | 5 | 1% |
| Germany | DE | 5 | 1% |
| Indonesia | ID | 5 | 1% |
| Kazakhstan | KZ | 5 | 1% |
| Malaysia | MY | 5 | 1% |
| Philippines | PH | 5 | 1% |
| Poland | PL | 5 | 1% |
| Bahrain | BH | 4 | 1% |
| France | FR | 4 | 1% |
| Hong Kong | HK | 4 | 1% |
| Romania | RO | 4 | 1% |
| Switzerland | CH | 4 | 1% |
| Algeria | DZ | 3 | 0% |
| Argentina | AR | 3 | 0% |
| China | CN | 3 | 0% |
| Georgia | GE | 3 | 0% |
| Netherlands | NL | 3 | 0% |
| Peru | PE | 3 | 0% |
| Albania | AL | 2 | 0% |
| Angola | AO | 2 | 0% |
| Bhutan | BT | 2 | 0% |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | BO | 2 | 0% |
| Bulgaria | BG | 2 | 0% |
| Chile | CL | 2 | 0% |
| Colombia | CO | 2 | 0% |
| Czechia | CZ | 2 | 0% |
| Ecuador | EC | 2 | 0% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | IR | 2 | 0% |
| Ireland | IE | 2 | 0% |
| Korea, Republic of | KR | 2 | 0% |
| Morocco | MA | 2 | 0% |
| New Zealand | NZ | 2 | 0% |
| Nigeria | NG | 2 | 0% |
| Oman | OM | 2 | 0% |
| Qatar | QA | 2 | 0% |
| Russian Federation | RU | 2 | 0% |
| Sri Lanka | LK | 2 | 0% |
| Ukraine | UA | 2 | 0% |
| Uzbekistan | UZ | 2 | 0% |
| Afghanistan | AF | 1 | 0% |
| Belize | BZ | 1 | 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BA | 1 | 0% |
| Costa Rica | CR | 1 | 0% |
| Cyprus | CY | 1 | 0% |
| Denmark | DK | 1 | 0% |
| Dominican Republic | DO | 1 | 0% |
| Finland | FI | 1 | 0% |
| Greece | GR | 1 | 0% |
| Hungary | HU | 1 | 0% |
| Iraq | IQ | 1 | 0% |
| Liberia | LR | 1 | 0% |
| Malawi | MW | 1 | 0% |
| Mongolia | MN | 1 | 0% |
| Myanmar | MM | 1 | 0% |
| Palau | PW | 1 | 0% |
| Puerto Rico | PR | 1 | 0% |
| Rwanda | RW | 1 | 0% |
| Turkmenistan | TM | 1 | 0% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | VE | 1 | 0% |
| Vietnam | VN | 1 | 0% |
| total | 712 |