1. The first round of the May 2025 “STEM Armenia” contest will take place on Sunday, May 11th. Six critical thinking tasks must be solved within six hours.

2. The competition is open to all students of middle and high schools in Armenia aged 13 to 18. Participation is free, pre-registration is not required, but is recommended.

3. The tasks will be published online on the STEMArmenia.org platform at 9:00am on May 11th. Solutions must be submitted via the web form on the STEMArmenia.org website.

4. The contest will be judged by a committee consisting of three members of the NGO “STEM Armenia” and one member of the sponsoring organization.

5. The contest is considered void if less than ten entries are submitted.

6. In case there are multiple entries from the same household, only the first entry will be considered.

7. The contest committee reserves the right to disqualify any entry if there are obvious signs of unfair competition.

8. In the first round, up to ten winners will be selected by the contest committee based on the total number of points or, in the case of a tie, who submitted first.

9. The entries from Yerevan and the regions will be judged separately, with up to five winning entries from each. However, exceptions are possible in special cases.

10. The names of the winners of the first round will be published on STEMArmenia.org on May 14th.

11. The winners of the first round advance to the second and final round, where they must prepare a presentation. The topic of the presentation will be announced after the first round.

12. The presentations will be published on STEMArmenia.org and three of the best ones will be selected by the contest committee as the winners of the contest.

13. The decisions of the contest committee are final and not subject to appeal.

14. The three winners of the contest will be awarded gift cards worth 50 thousand drams to the “Zangak” bookstore.

In case of questions please contact the contest committee at contact@stemarmenia.org.