Bangladesh has been named among the winners of the 13th edition of the Beamline for Schools competition, alongside teams from India, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The competition, organized for secondary school students worldwide, invites participants to submit proposals for physics experiments to be conducted at CERN or its partner institutions. Five teams were selected based on the scientific merit of their proposals.

The Bangladeshi winning team, named POLARIS, includes students from Chowmuhani Government Saleh Ahmed College in Noakhali, Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College, and Collectorate School and College Rangpur (CSCR). They will travel to Bonn University to carry out their proposed experiments. Teams from India and Turkey will perform their experiments at CERN in August 2026, while the UK and US teams will conduct theirs at a DESY beamline.

Since its launch in 2014, the Beamline for Schools program has seen growing participation. In 2026, a record 712 teams from 89 countries submitted experimental proposals.