This is a typical form filled by the judges. Usually several judges judge the competition papers. We include this form to our page to present you the criteria used when evaluating the papers.

 
First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics

 
 
No. of the paper: _____________   Country: ______________________
 
Author of the paper: ___________________________________________
 
Title of the paper:_____________________________________________
 
   _____________________________________________________________
 

Suggested result:
 
 
- Award
 
- Honourable mention in category:
    
 
- Research paper
    
 
- Contribution
    
 
- Instruments
 
- Nothing

Short description of the paper should be written on the opposite side (please underline own achievements of the Author).

 
Date: __________________;
 
   Signature: _________________________;
 

General criteria for evaluating the competition papers:

AWARDS:

Papers should be of regular research character in physics (physics should dominate in the papers - that refers to all the recognised competition papers, not to the awarded papers only). They should contain new, original and interesting results obtained by the Author either in theory or in experiment or in constructing devices (or instruments), the results should be presented in an appropriate way, characteristic for research papers. The papers should be ready for publication without any changes or after minor changes of editorial character only.

HONOURABLE MENTIONS:

Category: Research papers

The same as above, but the paper is not ready for publication without more or less important changes that exceed editorial character only.

Category: Contributions

Interesting contributions or interesting descriptive papers or interesting papers aiming to popularise some topics (the papers in this category should contain at least a new approach to the topic of the paper). The papers should be correct with regards to physics contents and written in good English. (Good English is required from all the recognised papers, but its role in this category is somewhat greater.)

Category: Instruments

Interesting devices, instruments and other constructions that - at least in principle - are not absolutely new. They, however, should contain some interesting solutions or other interesting details. (The new constructions may be awarded.)