Irish Olympiad of Experimental Science (IrEOES)
DCU will organise the fourth Irish Olympiad of Experimental Science (IrEOES).
IrEOES is an individual science competition for Transition Year and Fifth Year students.
The first round takes place online and is open to any eligible student who wants to take part.
Students are eligible if they: live and go to school in Ireland, and are in Transition Year or in Fifth Year, and were born on or after 1st January 2008.
The first round of IrEOES2024 will take place on Saturday October 5th 2024, online between 11.00 a.m. and 12.00 noon. Students select one subject: biology, chemistry, or physics as their chosen subject. The top performers will qualify for Round 2 that will take place in person in DCU later this year.
DCU hopes to secure funding to participate in the fifth European Olympiad of Experimental Science (EOES), to be held April 26th-May 3rd 2025, in Zagreb, Croatia. EOES is an annual science olympiad for school students from the European Union, organised by a member country of EOES NPO.
In 2025 more than 20 countries are expected to each enter two teams of three participants. At EOES each team carries out two experimental tasks that combine biology, chemistry, and physics, and give students the opportunity to feel like real researchers and to pit their science skills against those of the other participants. EOES offers participants the opportunity to share experiences and meet and befriend like-minded students from all over the EU.
Further information, including links to the registration forms and an FAQ, can be found at https://castel.ie/olympiads. Feel free to email IrEOES@dcu.ie for further information.
Paul van Kampen.
EOES Country Coordinator for Ireland.
