Young employees of the Institute of Botany of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan successfully passed the competition announced for academic English language courses organized within the framework of the cooperation of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences and the Embassy of the United States of America in Azerbaijan. The winners of the competition were Aydan Zeynalova, scientific worker of the Plant Resources Department of the Institute, Lala Iskenderova, junior scientific worker of the Systematics and Biodiversity Department, Yagut Yusifova, junior scientific worker of the Mycology Department, and Elnara Iskanderli, chief laboratory assistant. Young people will participate in organized academic English classes for 3 months.