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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:
"Most Promising Young Scientist"
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.