On February 24 Zaporizhzhya National University hosted the regional stage of All-Ukrainian competition for young researchers – members of the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The participants presented and defended their scientific research papers. High school students arrived from every part of Zaporizhzhya region to present their works at the second round of the competition. ZNU lecturers, who acted as judges at the competition, stressed that the amount of accomplished participants grew as well as the quality of their research papers.