Spring at Lviv Polytechnic National University has a tradition that belongs to everyone, not only to researchers behind closed laboratory doors, but to schoolchildren, students, teachers, and anyone curious about what science actually looks like in practice.

Just over a year has passed since the launch of the international research project HELIOS, funded under the Horizon Europe programme within the WIDERA strand. We spoke with the project coordinator, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at

As part of the international programme UK–UA STEM PRO: Professional Development Programme for STEM Teachers and Young Scientists, held in the United Kingdom, Liliia Deva, a contributor to the HELIOS project (“Research and Innovation Strategy for Lviv