Moscow State University (MSU) and Intel corporation announced Scientists of Future competition of scientific and technical works among senior school students of the CIS countries.

Moscow will host the competition's finals on October 9 as part of Science Festival, MSU said on its website. Its winners will compete for the right to participate in the international finals of the competition– Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) due May 2011 in Los Angeles, U.S.

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF), the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, provides an annual forum for more than 1,600 high school students from over 50 countries, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine, to showcase their independent research. The Intel ISEF is the premier global science competition for students in grades 9–11.