site.btaFinal Stage of FameLab Bulgaria Competition to Be Held during Sofia's Science Fest

The final of the 2025 FameLab Bulgaria competition will be held on May 11, the Beautiful Science Foundation said on Tuesday. The event is part of the 16th Sofia Science Festival, which will take place between May 8 and 11.

After five rounds were already held, including one at the Bulgarian Antarctic Base on Livingston Island, 12 finalists will take part in the festival's closing event.

Participants will present their three-minute stories from various scientific fields. One of them will have the opportunity to represent Bulgaria at the international final at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in November.

While the jury is deliberating, the world's first FameLab winner, Britain's Mark Lewney, will present.

The FameLab International Science Communication Competition aims to discover, train and give a platform to the best new voices of science around the world. The competition was established by the Cheltenham Science Festival in the UK in 2005. In 2007, the competition went international through a partnership with the British Council. Bulgaria was among the first of over 35 countries worldwide to organize its own national competition. Until 2021, Bulgaria has held 15 editions of the forum, with participation from more than 700 scientist from all fields of science.

From 2025, the competition in Bulgaria is run by the Beautiful Science Foundation in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science, Sofia University, Medical University Plovdiv, Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Medical University Varna, Astronomical Observatory and Planetarium Nicolaus Copernicus, Bulgarian Antarctic Institute, National Center for Polar Studies, National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Medical University Plovdiv, Forum Democrit, Geograf BG, Aurubis, Kaufland, EnduroSat, BTA, Euronews Bulgaria; the weekly Az-buki, Media Bricks.