August 2022
April 2022

Continued restoration at the Nadneman Estate

With the support of “Science Around Us” Foundation, including participation of private individuals and volunteers, the restoration of the ancestral estate of the renowned Belarusian scientist Jakub Narkevich-Yodko is being carried out for the seventh year in the running.


February 2021

Continued restoration at the Nadneman Estate

With the support of “Science Around Us” Foundation, including participation of private individuals and volunteers, the restoration of the ancestral estate of the renowned Belarusian scientist Jakub Narkevich-Yodko is being carried out for the sixth year in the running.

June 2020

May 2020

Continued restoration at the Nadneman Estate

With the support of “Science Around Us” Foundation, including participation of private individuals and volunteers, the restoration of the ancestral estate of the renowned Belarusian scientist Jakub Narkevich-Yodko is being carried out for the seventh year in the running.

December 2019

Belarusian Pupils Win the ROBOTEX Championship

Thanks to the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, a large delegation from Belarus left for Tallinn in September to participate in a major robotics competition ROBOTEX 2019. The result was stunning: our students were among the best!


September 2019

Science is Interesting!

The organizers and participants of the Science Festival held in the Botanical Garden managed to make science popular among children and pupils during just one day

September 2019

Another Productive Year it the Nadneman Manor

The support of the Science Around Us foundation and the contribution of individuals and volunteers have been driving the reconstruction of the family manor of the famous Belarusian scientist Yakub Narkevich-Iodko for more than three years already


August 2019
August 2019

A Hot Summer for Young Naturalists

Finding all possible ways of soundproofing rooms and studying the effects of salt on soil fertility… Secondary school students from 11 countries discussed advanced ideas and solved complex problems in the field of natural sciences in Minsk.


July 2019

Young Mathematicians’ Gold

Young mathematicians from Belarusian schools took gold and silver at the prestigious International Tournament of Young Mathematicians held in Barcelona

May 2019

Digital Transformation Reaches a New Level

Thanks to the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, the Belarusian scientific and practical journal Digital Transformation is working towards reaching an international level and improving the quality of the published materials.


April 2019

Seven Medals for Six Scientists!

Thanks to the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, six young scientists from Belarus went to the International Conference in Kuala Lumpur and came home with flying colors!

April 2019

NEWMAN the Robot: the Story Behind

With the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, the first anthropomorphic robot was printed and assembled at the Open Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics


March 2019
February 2019

Alexander Chizhevsky. Captured by the Sun

Thanks to the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, the cycle of
documentary films “100 Names of Belarus” was enriched with the one about a
world-famous scientist, the founder of cosmobiology Alexander Chizhevsky


December 2018

Warsaw Holidays for the Winners of the My Scratch Story Contest

“Traveling is the best food for the soul and thought, the basis for fresh ideas and new projects.” Such a brilliant idea leaped into the minds of the Science Around Us Foundation, that became a partner of the My Scratch Story contest, awarding its winners with a trip to Warsaw.

December 2018

Zygmunt Wróblewski. Hot Oxygen

Thanks to the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, the cycle of documentary and historical films “100 Names of Belarus” was enriched with a film about the Belarusian scientist and great experimenter Zygmunt Wróblewski.


November 2018
November 2018

ROBOTEX 2018

The largest annual robotics competition ROBOTEX 2018 was held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, from November 29 to December 2. A Belarusian team was able to participate thanks to the financial support of the Science Around Us Foundation.


November 2018

Top Level Robotics

Thanks to the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, the specialists of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (UIIP NAS) build an anthropomorphic robot, conduct research in the field of speech recognition technology and do science art.

September 2018

Restoration Work of National Importance

Thanks to the financial support of the Science Around Foundation and the team of volunteers, the manor of the Belarusian scientist Narkevich-Jodko was in the centre of full-scale restoration in 2018. We publish a brief report.


August 2018

Heading Hero’s Long Return

Preview Thanks to the financial support of the Science Around Foundation, the cycle of historical documentaries “100 Names of Belarus” was enriched with a film about the world-famous Belarusian scientist Ignacy Domeyko.

August 2018

Outstanding Debut at Robot Challenge 2018

Belarus took two bronzes, participating for the first time in the world’s largest robotics competition Robot Challenge 2018. Science Around Us Foundation was the major sponsor of their trip.


August 2018

FIRST Global Challenge

Science Around Us Foundation funded the trip of the Belarusian team to the the Robotic Olympics held in Mexico City (Mexico) from August 16 to 18, 2018

July 2018

31st International Young Physicists’ Tournament

With the support of the Science Around Us Foundation, the representative team of students studying at BSU and BNTU lyceums took part in the 31st International Young Physicists’ Tournament in Beijing


July 2018
July 2018

May 2018

Welcome Mitchel Resnick!

Mitchel Resnick, the developer of the new programming language Scratch, professor of MIT Media Lab visited Minsk. The visit was funded by the Science Around Us Foundation

May 2018

December 2017

Sofia Kovalevskaya. Dilemmas of the Great Woman

The third film of the 100 Names of Belarus documentary cycle dedicated to Sofia Kovalevskaya, the first female professor, was screened with the financial support of the Science Around Us Foundation.

November 2017

Belarusian Robots Among Top 10!

Belarusian team of young robotics engineers sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation participated in WRO 2017 that took place in San José, Costa Rica, in November 2017.


November 2017

ROBOTEX 2017

BNTU students participated in major European robotics competition ROBOTEX 2017 that took place in Tallinn, Estonia, on November 24–26. The trip of the Belarusian team was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.

October 2017

JuniorSkills 2017

Belarusian pupils took the 4th and 5th place in presentation competition JuniorSkills that took place in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on October 13–20. The trip of the team was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.


August 2017

Scratch European Conference

Belarusian teachers sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation participated in the international Scratch Conference that took place in Budapest on August 24–25 and was dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Scratch.

August 2017

Restoration of the Narkevich-Iodkos’ Family Estate Nadneman

The Science Around Us Foundation and the Local Charitable Foundation for the Development of Science, Innovation Technologies, and Culture Named After Professor Narkevich-Iodko support the restoration of the Narkevich-Iodkos’ Family Estate Nadneman located 80 kilometers far from Minsk. The International Scientific and Historical Seminar “Scientific Heritage of Professor Y. O. Narkevich-Iodko” took place within the framework of Narkevich-Iodko cultural heritage revival in Nadneman-Podyelniki. It was organized by Uzda Regional Museum of Local History, Uzda District Executive Committee, the Local Charitable Foundation Named After Professor Y. O. Narkevich-Iodko, the Science Around Us Foundation, and the Belarusian Physical Society.


July 2017
July 2017

9th International Tournament of Young Mathematicians (ITYM 2017)

The performance of the Belarusian teams at the 9th International Tournament of Young Mathematicians (ITYM 2017) was the most successful for us during the whole time of the Tournament existence. The trip to a Romanian city of Iassy was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.


July 2017

5th International Young Naturalists’ Tournament

Belarusian Lyceum pupils once again participated in International Young Naturalists’ Tournament that took place in Nanjing, China, on June 29 – July 5, 2017. The trip was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.

July 2017

FIRST GLOBAL CHALLENGE

Belarusian team sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation and EPAM System for the first time participated in educational robotics competition FIRST global challenge 2017 that took place in Washington, D.C. (USA) on July 14–19, 2017.


April 2017
February 2017

Time to INVEST in Brain Sciences!

A group of Belarusian scientists from the Laboratory of Cell Engineering and Bio- and Nanotechnology of BSU together with physiologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation have been growing biological neural networks for two years already.


December 2016

Warsaw Vacations

Winners of the Scratch Master National Contest spent a weekend in Warsaw sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.

December 2016

ROBOTEX 2016

The team from the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of BNTU took part in the ROBOTEX-2016 in Tallinn thanks to the financial support provided by the Science Around Us Foundation.


November 2016

Belarusian Robots Among Top 10!

Belarusian team of young engineers sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation performed successfully at the major world robotics competition WRO 2016 that took place in New Delhi, India, on November 25–27, 2016.

November 2016

Do Not Touch the Exibits!

A unique exhibition “Obvious and Incredible: Optical Effects” opened on November 3 in the OLD CITY shopping center in Grodno. 30 interactive installations from the founders of the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw introduce the visitors to the world of light and shadow, images, holograms, and optical illusions. The exhibition was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.


September 2016

LOOK BEYOND THE HORIZON: First Robotics Festival Took Place in Minsk

Minsk Palace of Children and Youth hosted the First Open Belarusian Robotics Festival “ROBOFEST BELARUS-2016” on September 16–18. The Festival was organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, Educational Center of High Technology Park, JLLC, Republican Center of Innovation and Technical Creativity, and Minsk State Palace of Children and Youth. The colleagues from Russia taught some master classes for children and teachers sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.

July 2016

IYNT 4 – How to Find Life on Mars Electricity in Cat Hair

Belarusian Lyceum pupils won the 2nd place in a prestigious International Young Naturalists’ Tournament that took place in Shiraz, Iran, on 16–22 July. The trip of the Belarusian team was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.


July 2016

ITYM 8 – International Tournament of Young Mathematicians

Belarusian teams successfully performed and won a silver and a bronze medal at 8th International Tournament of Young Mathematicians that took place in Russia on 4–11 July. The trip was sponsored by the Science Around Us Foundation.

May 2016

March 2016
February 2016

February 2016
January 2016

January 2016

Series of documentaries «Genius of Belarusian Science»

Creative team which produces popular in Belarus television project “Countdown” in collaboration with Science Around Us started production of new series of documentaries «Genius of Belarusian Science». This series of films will tell the stories of Byelorussian scientists who made revolutionary discoveries in science. Opening episode will be dedicated to a man who in fact was the first to discover radio waves and invented electrography – Jakub Narkevich-Jodko.

November 2015

November 2015
September 2015

Launch of the CanSat student satellite

With sponsorship support of by Science Around Us Foundation, a project to build and launch CanSat micro-satellites was implemented within the Russian Student Championship.


September 2015

“Icarus at the Edge of Time” Concert

The Concert Season of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society was opened by the performance of the play Icarus at the Edge of Time in Minsk, on September 8, 2015. The concert was held under the sponsorship and organizational support of Science Around Us Foundation.

August 2015

August 2015
July 2015

June 2015
June 2015

June 2015

Collection of drawings IT through Children’s Eyes

In the spring of 2015, the Park of High Technologies held a drawing and crafts contest Science through the eyes of children among schoolchildren of Belarus. With the support of Science Around Us, an Almanac of the best paintings and handicrafts was pubished.

May 2015

Student Natural Sciences Tournament

In May 2015, with the support of Science Around Us, a Student Natural Sciences Tournament was held in Minsk at the Chemistry Department of the Belarusian State University.


April 2015
April 2015

April 2015
April 2015

December 2014
November 2014

Children’s robotics competition Robosumo

In November 2014 SAUF sponsored the second citywide robotics competition for kids. The contest was part of the Japanese cultural week and its theme was sumo wrestling.


November 2014

Equipment for Minsk Planetarium

In November 2014, SAUF’s sponsored installation of the new modern equipment in Minsk Planetarium making it possible to show movies in the spherical format.

October 2014

July 2014

Science Through Children’s Eyes Album

In the winter of 2014 High Tech Park held an art contest “Science through Children’s eyes” among the local school students. Later that year SAUF sponsored publication of the album featuring works by the contest winners. Each of the 50 contest winners received a complimentary copy of the album.

May 2014

Youth Robohockey Competition

In May 2014 SAUF sponsored the first citywide Robohockey youth competition in Minsk. Kids and teens from the local robotics clubs participated in the competition.