Future Makers: Junior Cup

The participants of the competition select the tasks for their competition projects from a list provided by the organizing committee. All tasks are related to one of two categories of the competition: Engineering Cup and Cities Cup . For the Engineering Cup, tasks were proposed by technical directors and chief engineers from industrial companies in Russia that are partners of the foundation. Similarly, for the Cities Cup, local authorities in regions where the foundation's partners operate worked together to create tasks that reflect the specific needs and challenges of those communities.

At the preliminary stage, you will begin working on solving one of the tasks (individually or in a group). We have designed this stage to allow you to study best practices, create several hypotheses for possible solutions, select one, and begin to develop it. And at the Project School stage, we will teach you all the nuances of how to package your solution so that it is clearly described, becomes a full-fledged project application with an accompanying presentation, ready to be evaluated by the jury.

We recommend that you include adult and experienced mentors on your team. These could be teachers, research supervisors or anyone else who can help you with the chosen task for the competition. We will provide awards not only for the mentors of the winners, but also for the educational institutions where they study. So, feel free to involve your school administrators and teachers in your project!

Carefully review the list of tasks and determine if you have the necessary knowledge and skills to collect and analyze the data, develop a solution, perform the necessary calculations, and create a presentation. What are your own areas of strength? Who else, with what expertise, could enhance your chances of success in the competition? Where could you find such individuals? If you decide working alone will not bring success, you may wish to consider forming a team. Please note, however, that the maximum number of team members is limited to five, including the adult mentor.

Create a plan and outline what needs to be done and when in order to have the proposed solution to the problem implemented by January 15th. Ensure that the workplan for creating the solution includes analysis, data collection, calculations, and a description of the solution. If needed, schedule consultations with a mentor to help guide you through the process. Assign roles within the team and begin working on the solution. Set 2-3 intermediate checkpoints and set reminders for yourself to ensure that each stage is completed on time.