Winners of the competition among young scientists to solve the consequences of COVID-19

The Council of Young Scientists of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, jointly with the Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation, organized and conducted an online Republican competition of scientific projects for young scientists on the topic "My vision of resolving the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic".

On November 6, the Council of Young Scientists of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University announced a republican competition of scientific projects among researchers up to 40 years old within the framework of the grant of the Nursultan Nazarbayev Foundation won in 2019 as the "Best Council of Young Scientists". The main goal of the Competition is to provide a platform for young scientists to discuss solutions to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for various spheres of life in Kazakhstan. Carrying out a similar sort of actions stimulate the scientific and innovative activities of young scientists helps their professional growth, pooling efforts to solve urgent scientific and practical problems.

50 scientific projects from various universities and organizations of the regions of Kazakhstan were submitted to the Competition. The submitted works were aimed at solving the social, economic aspects of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of the environment, and public health, and also proposed comprehensive approaches to minimize the impact of the negative consequences of the spread of coronavirus infection.

According to the results of the first stage of the Competition, 10 works of contestants complied with competition criteria and scored the most points were selected and presented to the Competition Commission at the final stage. It was held on December 2.

Based on the decision of the Commission, consisting of experts in various scientific areas, the three best scientific works were determined. The winners were awarded diplomas and bonuses.

The I Degree Diploma - Narmuratova Zh.B., Al-Farabi Kazakh National University.

The II Degree Diploma - Zhubanova Sh.A., Satbayev University.

The III Degree Diploma -   Kudaibergenova L., Maratova A., AkimovaM., Narxoz University.