We are excited to introduce a new field for the competition for Grade 6 to 8 only – ‘Food Science/Engineering’. Projects in the new field must not use humans or vertebrate animals. A list of suggested research areas is found at https://science-fair.org/rules-and-registration/project-categories/”
August 16, 2023 by
August 16, 2023 by
Sign up at https://outreach-foundation.org/teachers/ to receive notices about applying to receive a Science Project Package of STEM items. All items are free of cost and available to teachers at nonprofit organizations, K-12 public schools, school districts, dependent charter schools, independent charter schools with 501(c)(3) public charity status and private non-profit schools with 501(c)(3) public charity status.
June 1, 2023 by
The Regeneron Science Talent Search 2023 application is open now until November 8th. In addition to the Intel ISEF and the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge programs, the Society for Science & the Public also owns and produces the Regeneron STS, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious competition for high school seniors.
May 19, 2023 by
ISEF, the International Science & Engineering Fair, returned this year with 1600 finalists participating in-person with the sponsorship of Regeneron. Finalists represented 49 states and 63 countries. Congratulations to all the participants from the Synopsys Championship and to the award winners announced on May 18 (special awards) and May 19 (scientific category awards). ISEF winners from the Championship are listed here.
Special congratulations to Kaitlyn Wang for her ISEF top award, the George D. Yancopoulos Innovator Award, as the finalist who was selected on the basis of outstanding and innovative research, as well as on the potential impact of the work — in the field and on the world at large. Her project in Physics and Astronomy/Astronomy and Cosmology is Discovery of the Smallest Ever Ultra-Short-Period Planet Using Novel Phase Folding Detection System Parallelized on a Cheap GPU.
April 17, 2023 by
Open enrollment has begun for the Society’s Science News in High Schools program for the 2023-2024 school year! A free resource for any public school. Enroll your school in Science News
Regeneron and other sponsors are generously funding the participation of nearly 6,000 public high and middle schools in The Society’s Science News Learning program during the 2023 – 2024 school year. Fill out and submit this form to express interest in signing up your school.
April 13, 2023 by
Congratulations to our outstanding Santa Clara County students! 130 Synopsys Championship participants qualified to compete virtually at the California State Science & Engineering Fair on April 11th. Winners were announced online and are posted on the CSEF web site. SCVSEFA has a summary page of all 71 winning participants from the Synopsys Championship.
Special congratulations to Sharanya Chudgar who was awarded Project of the Year in the Junior Division!
April 6, 2023 by
The awards that were not collected at the March 26th Awards Ceremony will be delivered to your school over the next 2 weeks. We are aware that many schools will be on Spring Break so we will be sure to deliver before or after your break.
April 3, 2023 by
A few judges had substantive comments that they wished to share with students after the fair, and these comments have been emailed to the students. Don’t be surprised if you did not receive comments, as most students will not receive comments.
Unfortunately, we cannot answer questions about the judge’s comments if you did receive them.
March 30, 2023 by
SCVSEFA announced the 2023 Synopsys Championship winners on the web site on March 26, click here to see results, including the students who qualified for CSEF and Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) nominees.
March 20, 2023 by
CSEF posted the list of qualified students from the Synopsys Championship on their web page. They have also individually sent each student an email invitation to submit their CSEF application through a special URL crafted just for the students. If you’re named on the list but have not received an invitation check your spam folder and other email accounts, but then email CSEF@usc.edu to request a new invitation – perhaps to a different email address – as soon as possible.
Follow CSEF instructions to begin your application by the March 28th deadline. The project presentation materials and all forms are due by March 30th. Important: Do not submit your original forms 1B, 4, 5a or 6a to CSEF. You must submit copies with an official SRC/IRB signature(s). If you did not get these forms signed at the Synopsys Championship please bring them Sunday March 26th to be signed after the Awards Ceremony. If you have questions please contact fairmanager@science-fair.org.
To learn more about how one is chosen for CSEF please visit our Judging FAQ for Students page.
