Brussels (BE), February 2013 - Odysseus is a pan-European contest on space exploration themes that aims to engage and inspire students around Europe in the -œNew Frontier-. Young students are given the opportunity to create their own science project combining creativity, intelligence, and innovation. The contest aspires to integrate ongoing educational activities on science in a pan-European perspective, providing the opportunity for young pupils to compete with their peers from different European countries.
The Odysseus contest challenges students between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years old from all EU countries to develop a project on space exploration using their knowledge, creativity, and critical thinking. Students wishing to participate need to form teams of two to five members, plus a teacher as facilitator. Teams participating in Odysseus may choose to compete in one of the following three major theme categories:
Participating teams will first compete at the national level, where one team will be declared winner in each of the three categories. Winning teams from all countries will then compete at the European level, a competition in which the best project in Europe for each category of the contest will be selected. The winning team in each category will be awarded a trip to the Netherlands in April 2013, where they will have the opportunity to visit the SPACE EXPO and present their project during the Odysseus Award Ceremony. They will also have a chance to visit ESA's technical center ESTEC (European Space Research and Technology Centre).
Key Dates
14 February 2013: team registration closes
15 February 2013: submission of entries closes
01 March 2013: Announcement of Winners at National level
March 31st, 2013: announcement of winners at European level
April 2013: award ceremony in Space Expo
