BT deal a real boost for Young Scientists

SCHOOLS from outside Dublin are getting an extra incentive to enter next year's BT Young Scientist Exhibition, with a boost in the funding available for travel and accommodation.

BT yesterday announced that it would continue to organise and sponsor the competition -- the largest of its kind in Europe -- for a further three years, pledging €2m for the period.

And a 50pc increase in the travel and accomm-odation grant to €75,000 will be a boost to schools that require extra financial support to travel and stay in Dublin for the fair.

- Katherine Donnelly

Irish Independent