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RIYADH: The final phase of the 15th annual National Olympiad for Scientific Creativity, or Ibdaa, will be held from Feb. 3-6 at the Imam Mohammed bin Saud Islamic University conference center in Riyadh.
The event is being organized in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the King Abdulaziz and His Companions Foundation for Giftedness and Creativity, known as Mawhiba.
The olympiad will feature 200 research and innovation projects submitted by students from 22 scientific fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
The projects were selected from more than 23,000 entries received during earlier stages of the competition, the SPA added.
Sixty-eight winners will be chosen to represent Saudi Arabia at international and regional competitions, including the International Science and Engineering Fair in the US.
The olympiad is an annual international contest for middle and high school students in standards and technology. It started as a local event in South Korea in 2006, and became an international contest in 2014.