Sponsor
The sponsor is usually a teacher at the school the student attends. It can be a mentor if work started at an RRI during the summer. The sponsor is the primary contact with SCVSEFA for applications, paperwork, etc.
The sponsor takes responsibility for submitting and signing paperwork. Unless designated supervisor or qualified scientist forms are submitted, the sponsor is also responsible for ensuring student safety including active supervision of experimentation as appropriate.
Responsibilities of a Sponsor, Designated Supervisor or Qualified Scientist
Mentor
The mentor provides specialized technical guidance in the specific area of the student’s research. The sponsor and mentor may be the same person unless your mentor is not a teacher from your school. You will need a teacher from your school to sponsor your project except as listed below.
Parent Sponsored Projects
Any homeschool student may enter the fair with a Parent Sponsored Project.
Parent sponsored projects are not accepted if there is a teacher at the students’ school who participates in the Synopsys Championship.
Parents of students coming in under PSP must attend a teacher workshop and view the Engineering Workshop and/or past Teacher Workshop presentations.
Projects done at Regulated Research Institutions (Universities and Corporations with internal SRC/IACUC committees)
Only High School students (grades 9–12) may conduct research at an RRI. All RRI projects will be judged against one another.
Related pages:
Regulated Research Institution (RRI) projects – for grades 9-12 only
