Thank you to the 2024 Sponsors!
| Access Braille Awards: Best Project showcasing technological innovation that will aid the visually impaired and the blind to be independent and self-confident. |
| Al Foster Award: A creative and scientifically well-done project in 6th or 7th grade. |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Intelligent Systems Award: Best 2 projects demonstrating ingenuity in the field of intelligent systems with application to the domain of aerospace. |
| American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin Award (ASEI): Top projects in each grade (9-12) which excel in using software engineering, computer science, and data |
| American Vacuum Society, Northern CA |
| Association for Computing Machinery, ACM |
| Bessie Stough Awards |
| Bruce Kawanami Engineering Award: for a 9th grade student who displays knowledge and efficient application of engineering methodologies, using easily available materials/hardware/software demonstrating a useful application to society at large. |
| California Science & Engineering Fair |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| Green Ninja |
| IBM Award: Best Project (one from each grade 8-12) demonstrating the use of emerging technologies such as Cloud Computing, Data & Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Computing. Innovation and Impact to humanity with smart use of resources are the differentiating factors. |
| Inez M. Lechner Award |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE): Outstanding science projects pertaining to technology and the general sciences such as Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. |
| Kerry Veenstra Awards |
| The Lemelson Early Inventor Prize |
| NASA Earth System Science Award |
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) |
| Northern California Institute of Food Technologists (NCIFT): Best 3 projects demonstrating some aspect of food science. This may include food microbiology, food chemistry, food engineering, nutrition, or sensory science; Best demonstration of scientific excellence in Food Science including a hypothesis, experimentation, and analysis. |
| Office of Naval Research - U.S. Navy / U.S. Marine Corps: Individual project that shows excellence in science, math, or engineering |
| Regeneron Biomedical Science Award |
| Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Award |
| SAMPE – Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering, Santa Clara Valley Chapter: Best projects in field of Materials Engineering and Science. |
| SPV Market Research: Outstanding and innovative projects in the fields of science and engineering, particularly those benefiting humanity. |
| SVACS American Chemical Society, Silicon Valley Chapter: Best 3 projects demonstrating mastery/ingenuity in the chemical sciences. |
| SVACS Dave Parker Award: 3 middle school projects demonstrating originality and mastery in the chemical sciences |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge: Top 10% of Middle School Projects. All first place winners in Middle School are invited to compete at the Thermo Fisher Scientific JIC. |
| U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize: Water-related science research projects selected by the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) to enter California State Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) competition. |
| United States Air Force |
| Valley Water: Best projects demonstrating ingenuity in issues relating to water conservation, collection, storage, treatment, recycling, and distribution |
| Wireless Communications Alliance: Outstanding projects in the physical sciences, math, computers, or engineering with a wireless emphasis. |
| Yale Science and Engineering Association: Most outstanding 11th grade student for Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, or Chemistry |
| Zeidman Award: Best projects in middle school in the field of electrical engineering or computer science that demonstrate an advanced knowledge of electronics or computer programming and that solve a challenging problem in a unique and efficient manner. |
