Available feedback from judges have been emailed to students

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.

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.

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.

The 2023 Synopsys Championship Awards Ceremony is set for March 26th at the Heritage Theater in Campbell.  See the Winner Summary page for a list of students who will be invited to the ceremony.

The Awards Ceremony is an ‘Invitation Only’ event for each student plus 2 guests. Middle school students should arrive at 12:40 PM. High school students should arrive at 3:10 PM.

If any students have changed their email addresses since applying to the 2023 fair, they should notify fairmanager@science-fair.org at once.

Congratulations to Sally Zhu, who participated in the 2022 & 2023 Synopsys Championship and Ryan Lee and Vivian Wu, who participated in the 2022 Synopsys Championship. Forty finalists, including nine students from California, participated in the finals week competition of Regeneron STS March 8 – 15, 2023. Regeneron STS is the nation’s oldest science and mathematics competition for high school seniors. The competition was in-person this year, culminating in a public Exhibition of projects on March 12th and a formal awards ceremony on March 14th.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the 2023 Synopsys Championship. A special Thank you to our sponsors, teachers and our great volunteers for making the event successful. Stay tuned for the winners listing.

UPDATE –  Printed copies of Forms 1, 1A, 2, 3, 5A, 5B and Research Plan are no longer required at Check-In on March 8th. If you have already printed your application, bring everything and SRC will sign the forms where required.

Forms that are required:

• Project Abstract (1 copy)
• Compliance-Checklist
• Project Notebook (optional for Middle School); hard copy, printed, or digital.
• Form 1C Regulated Research Institutional / Industrial Setting Form (if your project requires it)
• Form 7 Continuation Projects Form (if your project requires it)
• Form 4 Human Participants Form from your application (if your project requires it)
• Signed Human Informed Consent Forms (if your project requires them) (Fair Check-In Day ONLY)
• Signed Ethics Statement
• Form 1B from your application
• Forms 6A and 6B from your application if your project requires it

The deadline to register as a Category Judge has been extended to March 6th. Judges are needed who can judge Plant/Animal Science, Quantitative Biology/Bioinformatics or Environmental Science and Engineering.  Please register here. Judges must be present from Noon to 6 PM on March 9th at South Hall, San Jose Convention Center. Category Judges should have at least a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or in education (with a concentration in a technical field). See the Category Judging page for details.

Students should do a final check of their Judging Folders before the Category judges and Sponsored Award judges start to review them. (1) Use PDF documents and eliminate duplicates in other formats. (2) The Project Abstract should include your project code, title, and name(s) (those don’t count against the 250-word limit). (3) File names should include the project code. (4) Form 1C for RRI projects and Form 7 for Continuation projects should be included if your project requires it, but no other forms should be copied over from your Application Folder.

Changes are possible until Wednesday, March 8th at 5 PM, but you may need to ask the Fair Manager for “Editor” access to your folder.

Upload your project abstract to your Judging Folder by 11:59pm on Feb 28th. On March 1st, projects with no abstract posted will be withdrawn from the Championship. You must also upload Form 1C if you have an RRI project and Form 7 if you have a continuation project. No other forms belong in your Judging Folder. You will continue to have access to your Judging Folder to revise your abstract until March 3rd, 11:59 PM.  Don’t use subfolders. Use PDF documents and eliminate duplicates in other formats.