Proposals are in for Beamline for Schools 2015
The Beamline for Schools competition gives a team of high-school students the chance to perform an experiment at a fully functional beam line at CERN. Selection of the winner for 2015 is now underway.
Out of 292 proposals for CERN's first ever "Beamline for schools" contest, two teams of high-school students – Odysseus' Comrades from Varvakios Pilot School in Athens, Greece and Dominicuscollege from Dominicus College in Nijmegen in the Netherlands – were selected to spend 10 days conducting their proposed experiments at the fully equipped T9 beamline on CERN's Meyrin site. Dedicated CERN staff and users from across departments have put in a huge effort to ensure the success of the project.
On 7 September, the winners of the Beamline for schools competition will arrive at CERN to claim their prizes.