well as an International Wildlife Research Week held in Switzerland. NSTF Contest for Young Scientists This is the 14th Year that the NSTF Contest for Young Scientists is being organized for students aged fourteen to twenty one. The National Student Travel Foundation was nominated National Organiser for the EU Contest for Young Scientists by the Ministry of Education in 1997 and through the national contest selects participants for the EU Contest for Young Scientists as well as Expo Science Europe/International. This program is held in collaboration with the Malta Chamber of Scientists. NSTF School Contest for Young Scientists The NSTF School Contest for Young Scientists is now in its 8th year and caters for students aged eleven to fourteen. Students from Secondary Schools team up in groups of three to five persons and work on a science project of their choice. This project is then presented during the NSTF Science Week to other visiting students and the general public. This program is held in collaboration with the Malta Chamber of Scientists and the Malta Council for Science and Technology. NSTF Science Art Contest The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of Biological Diversity for our lives. In order to encourage our young children to reflect upon the value of Biodiversity, the four Themes chosen for this year's NSTF Science Art Contest are as follows: Life in Different Habitats (Cities, the Country, Jungles, Oceans and Seas, Deserts, the Polar Regions and Forests amongst others) Habitat Loss/Climate Change/Pollution (the Major Threats to Biodiversity), Facing Extinction and Different Ecosystems. The best 50 artworks are then exhibited during the NSTF Science Week at Villa Bighi. This program is held in collaboration with the Malta Chamber of Scientists and the Malta Council for Science and Technology. NSTF Little Scientists Village The NSTF Little Scientists Village caters for primary school children to participate in hands-on science activities as well as create their own scientific interactive experiments. Activities include displays in various scientific forms using a variety of mediums such as theatre, art and music. The NSTF Little Scientists' Village project will be co-ordinated together with the Science Centre Department of Curriculum whereby they can offer their expertise in science teacher training. The target audience of this activity is schoolchildren aged between six and eleven. NSTF Science Week The NSTF