The fifth round of student competition of “Brain Bee” will be held in the country, specifically for high school students, in the field of neural sciences.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the first round of these competitions will be started December 13^th 2018 in Tehran and capitals of provinces, whereas the second round of the event will be held in March of the next year by the competition of the top students in Tehran.

These competitions are held for students aged 13-18 years annually, and the top individuals will be sent to South Korea for global “Brain Bee” competitions.

The goal of holding these competitions in Iran is finding talents and drawing an ideal space for the continuing the education of these people in cognitive sciences field with the support of the cognitive sciences and technologies development headquarter.

The global “Brain Bee” competitions are held every year along with holding a neuroscience congress in one of the countries of the world.

The 20^th round of the global “Brain Bee” competitions will be held along with the European Federation of Neurosciences in the presence of representatives from 25 countries of the world held in the summer of this year in Berlin, Germany, our representative was ranked fourth in the competition.

It is notable that the representatives of Iran were able to achieve the fourth and fifth ranks in the previous rounds of the event held in America and Denmark, respectively.