School Physics Contest

Since 2004 the Institute of Applied Physics RAS and the Department of Education of the Administration of Nizhny Novgorod have been annually holding a school contest in physics for students. The main goals and objectives of the Contest are to identify and develop students' creative abilities and interest in research activities, create the necessary conditions for supporting gifted children, assist in the professional orientation of school students, and promote scientific knowledge.

The Contest is held on the basis of general educational programs of basic general and secondary education among students of grades 8–11 of the educational institutions of Nizhny Novgorod. The Contest takes place in full-time format in two rounds. The number of participants is determined in accordance with the Regulations on the City School Contest. The co-organizer of the Contest is also the Department of the Higher School of General and Applied Physics of the N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod.

The Publishing House of the IAP RAS released three editions of the task collection of the Contest (in 2009, 2014, and 2019). The collections contain tasks and solutions to the problems of theoretical and experimental rounds of different years. You can see the edition of 2014 - "Collection of Contest Tasks in Physics 2004-2013" (.pdf )