Congratulations to the 2024 Synopsys Championship Winners

SCVSEFA announced the 2024 Synopsys Championship winners on the web site on April 7, click here to see results, including the students who qualified for CSEF and Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (JIC) nominees.

The 2024 Synopsys Championship Awards Ceremony is set for April 7th 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 2024 fair, they should notify fairmanager@science-fair.org at once.

CSEF posted the list of qualified students from the Synopsys Championship on their web page. They will also individually send 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 before emailing CSEF@usc.edu to request a new invitation – perhaps to a different email address – as soon as possible.
Follow CSEF instructions to complete your application by the March 26th deadline. The project presentation materials and all forms are due no later than two days after: by March 28th. 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 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.

Congratulations to Michelle Wei, who participated in the 2022, 2023 & 2024 Synopsys Championship for winning 3rd Place, Zeyneb Zaya who participated in 2023 & 2024 Synopsys Championship for winning 5th Place, and Arnav Chakravarthy, from Cupertino, CA for winning 9th Place. Forty finalists, including eight students from California, participated in the finals week competition of Regeneron STS March 7 – 13, 2024. 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 11th and a formal awards ceremony on March 12th.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in the 2024 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.

Upload your project abstract to your Judging Folder by 11:59pm on March 5th. On March 6th, projects with no abstract 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 8th, 11:59 PM.  Don’t use subfolders. Use PDF documents only and eliminate duplicates in other formats.

Students now have access to their Judging Folders. Check your email! Contact the Fair Administrators to request access if you can not access the folder via your Project Page; please include your project code. You may use the link on your Project Page and follow the newly posted Step 7 through Step 10 for instructions.  Links were sent to the email address you used when you registered. Deadline to upload your Abstract is March 5 at 11:59pm. Projects without abstracts will be withdrawn. We highly encourage students to upload their Abstracts (interactive PDF here) sooner rather than later.

Individual Judging Folders will be made available – via everyone’s individual Project Page – around Feb 25th. Then you may use the links on your Project Page and follow the newly posted Step 7 through Step 10 for instructions. Links will be sent to the address you used when you registered. 

Students may need to request Editor access to their Judging Folders in order to upload new or revised project materials after March 8th. Contact the Fair Administrators to request access; please include your project code.  

Every Judging Folder needs at least the Project Abstract, some projects require additional forms: 

• Project abstract (interactive PDF or Word document). Download, complete and save as a PDF. 
• Form 1C: Regulated Research Institutional / Industrial Setting Form. High School students with a professional mentor (RRI projects) must upload Form 1C, which is completed after the research is done.
• Form 7: Continuation Projects Form.

Judges are still needed in all fields on Fair Day, March 14. Parents and others are encouraged to register as a Category Judge before the March 1^st deadline. Parents are not assigned to judge their children’s or their friend’s projects. Judges must be present from Noon to 6 PM on March 14 at South Hall, San Jose Convention Center. Both returning and new judges must register here. 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.

We are looking for scientists, computer scientists, engineers and others who enjoy talking to enthusiastic young people about scientific inquiry and engineering challenges. Questions? Email judging@science-fair.org.

Please request changes to your project title, field of study, etc. – or to withdraw from science fair – by midnight on Friday, February 23. Then the database will close, meta-information will be locked, and judging assignments will begin. 

• Check Project Status with the button on the home page. After February 23 any Incomplete project will become Not Qualified.
• Is the Field of Study accurate? and the category (RRI or non-RRI)? 
• Is the title correct, are student names spelled correctly, and is it listed by the correct teacher/sponsor name?
• If the project is Incomplete, upload whatever information has been requested to your Forms Folder. Inform the reviewer (or whoever made the request) by email with your project code in the subject line.
• If you need to withdraw or make changes, send email to Fair Manager, using the Fair Administration link on the SCVSEFA contact page.