THE Irish Centre for Talented Youth (tel: (01) 704 5634), based at DCU, has launched its fifth annual talent search. It is seeking 12 to 16 year olds with exceptional verbal and/or mathematical reasoning abilities. Students sit the Scholastic Aptitude Test, and those who score highly will be invited to take part in the centre's annual summer programme as well as weekly advanced classes. The closing date for applications is November 8th.