The science Olympiad "Nanotechnology: Breakthrough into the Future"

The science Olympiad "Nanotechnology: Breakthrough into the Future," a new educational program of the Moscow State University devoted to nanoscience, was described. The Olympiad combines the best traditions of Russian science Olympiads for schoolchildren with the new educational trends: research competitions for young scientists, creative contests for all participants, and a well-developed distant learning system. The Olympiad covers all the main branches of nanoscience and all the existing nanotechnologies. Examples of original problems on chemistry, physics, mathematics, and biology for schoolchildren were given. The new educational technologies used in the Olympiad, including distance learning techniques, were discussed. All the materials of the "Nanotechnology: Breakthrough into the Future" Olympiad are freely and openly available electronically.