General Information

Applications for Sosyalfest 2025’s Social Model and Health Model Design Competitions may be submitted individually or as a team. The general requirements listed below apply to applications submitted individually. Participants who wish to compete individually or as a team may participate in multiple model design competitions within their respective categories of Sosyalfest 2025, provided they meet the general requirements. A participant may be a member of multiple teams as long as they meet the general requirements, and each team must consist of at least two and at most eight members, also meeting the general requirements.

For participants and teams competing individually in the high school education segment, having a mentor is mandatory, whereas for Bachelor’s degree, graduate, and free segments, mentorship is not required. For the high school segment, mentors can be selected from among teachers or, provided they are of legal age, a preferred third party may act as a mentor. Only one mentor is allowed per participant or team.

Scope

The scope of Sosyalfest 2025 Social Model and Health Model Design Competitions revolves around the relationship between humans and society. Accordingly, the scope and boundaries of the social model and health model competitions include innovative model designs that develop new approaches or improve existing structures in various categories of social life and health fields. The conditions for participation in the Social Model and Health Model Competitions are categorized as follows:

a. General Conditions

b. Special Conditions

c. Ethical Rules

General Conditions

Within the scope of Sosyalfest 2025 Social Model and Health Model Design Competitions:

a. The high school education segment is open to all high school students studying in Türkiye.

b. The Bachelor’s degree education segment is open to all associate and Bachelor’s degree students studying in Türkiye and the member countries of Organization of Turkic States.

c. The graduate education segment is open to all graduate students studying in Türkiye and the member countries of Organization of Turkic States.

d. The free segment is available to anyone over the age of eighteen who does not meet the above conditions.

Special Conditions

Models designed and submitted to the Sosyalfest 2025 Social Model and Health Model Design Competitions are expected to be original, innovative, and problem-solving.

The models submitted must not have won awards in any other competitions prior to Sosyalfest 2025.

Ethical Rules

Social and health models designed and submitted within the scope of Sosyalfest 2025 model design competitions must comply with national and spiritual values, legal regulations, and the right to life. The Sosyalfest 2025 Model Design Competitions Organizing Committee reserves the right to exclude from evaluation any applications lacking sufficient technical qualifications or legal validity.