Aerojet Award

Eligible Grade:  6^th – 8^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best project in an engineering related category with special consideration given to aerospace engineering.

Award:  Certificate and Research Notebook

Judge:  TBA

Air Resources Board

Eligible Grade:  6^th-12^th

Competing As:  Individual and Team

Criteria:  Best project whose research investigates relationships between air pollution and health and/or the environment.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  Patrick Wong

American Meteorological Society

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best project in atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  Holly Osborne

American Psychological Association

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Outstanding research in psychology or behavioral and social sciences.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  TBA

American Public Works Association

Eligible Grade:  6^th-12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  The best entries related to transportation/infrastructure, water quality, wastewater, air quality, sustainability, and energy.

Award:  Certificate and Scholarship

Judge:  Megan Henderson

ASM Materials Education Foundation

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Best materials engineering project.

Award:  Certificate and Medallion

Judge:  TBA

Association for Women Geoscientists

Eligible Grade:  6^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best project which exemplifies high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences. The winner must be female.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  TBA

California Association of Professional Scientists

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 11^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Best project using the scientific method.  Mathematics, Behavioral Science, Engineering, and Computer Science project are not eligible.

Award:  Plaque and $100

Judge:  Leona Winner

California Department of Toxic Substance Control

Eligible Grade:  6^th-12^th

Competing As:  Individual and Team

Criteria:  Best project that addresses one or more of the following green chemistry principles – prevent waste, design safer chemicals and products,  design less hazardous chemical syntheses, use renewable feedstocks, use catalysts, not stoichiometric reagents, avoid chemical derivatives, maximize atom economy, use safer solvents and reaction conditions, increase energy efficiency, design chemicals and products to degrade after use, analyze in real time to prevent pollution, minimize the potential for accidents.  For further details, visit http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/PollutionPrevention/GreenChemistryInitiative/GCawards.cfm 

Award: Certificates and Cash

              1 Individual Jr. Division

              1 Individual Sr. Division

              1 Team Jr. Division

              1 Team Sr. Division

Judge:  Diana Phelps, Dylan Clark and Thomas Booze

Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge

Eligible Grade:  5^th – 8^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Open to any 5^th – 8^th Grade student.  1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd, place winners at the Regional Fair become nominees and by-pass the first round of judging and go straight to the quarter finalist level. 

Judge:  TBA

Explorit Science Center

Eligible Grade:  6^th only

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  The project should be informal and accessible.  Through thoughtful design the project should create an atmosphere that is informal, comfortable and engaging.  The project should invite interaction and allow for open-ended discovery.  The project should be interdisciplinary and attempt to combine a variety of different science facets. Most importantly it should spark an interest in science pursuits and inspire appreciation of the wonders of the world. 

Award:  Trophy and Gift Certificate

Judge:  Peter Willson

Intel Excellence in Computer Science

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best computer science project.

Award:  Certificate and $200

Judge:  Leroy Tripette

Mu Alpha Theta

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best project demonstrating the most challenging, original, thorough and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics.

Award:  Certificate & Letter of Congratulations to Teacher

Judge:  TBA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Best project whose research emphasizes NOAA’s mission to understand and predict changes in the earth’s environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our nation’s economic, social and environmental needs

Award:  Certificate, Medallion & Letter of Congratulations to Student

Judge:  Holly Osborne

National Society of Professional Engineers

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  The most outstanding engineering project.

Award:  Certificate, lapel pin and the change to win $1,000 in the national competition drawing.

Judge:  TBA

Northern California Institute Food Technology

Eligible Grade:  7^th-12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  The best project involving scientific study of food materials. This may be a study of the chemistry, microbiology or physics of food stuffs.  Nutrition, flavor, and engineering projects involving food are included.

Award:  1^st Place $100, 2^nd Place $50

Judge:  Mary Palumbo

Professional Engineers in California Government

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best engineering project.

Award:  Certificate and $100

Judge:  Matt Hanson

Project Lead the Way

Eligible Grade:  LEED students ONLY

Competing As: Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best use of pre-engineering or bio medical skills

Award:  Scholarship & Certificate

Judge:  TBA

Ramesh Innovation Award

Eligible Grade:  7^th-12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Project that demonstrates a creative approach to scientific investigation and experimentation of a research topic by combining ideas and concepts from two or more disciplines of science and or engineering.

Award:  $250 Check

Judge:  V. Ramesh

RICOH

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Outstanding project addressing issues of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  TBA

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

Eligible Grade: 7^th-12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Top project that uses energy conservation, alternative fuels, electricity or magnetism.

Award:  Trophy

Judge:  Suzette Del Bono

Society for Biomedical Research

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Top project that demonstrates the appropriate use of animal models that show complete and appropriate review and approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).  Projects that involve observational studies of animals designed to improve the health or quality of life of humans and/or animals are also eligible for this award.

Award:  Plaque and $500 US Savings Bond

Judge:  Jessica Davis & Richard Carlsen

Society for In Vitro Biology

Eligible Grade:  11^th Only    

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Awarded to the most outstanding 11^th grade student exhibiting in the areas of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  TBA

Stockholm Junior Water Prize

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best water-related science project.

Award:  Certificate and nomination to compete in the state competition.

Judge:  TBA

US Metric Association

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Outstanding student whose project involves quantitative measures and which best uses the SI metric system for those measures.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  TBA

United States Air Force

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best four projects in math, science, or engineering.

Award:  Certificate, computer accessories kit, magnetic floating pen/holder

Judge:  TBA

United States Army

Eligible Grade:  9^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual or Team

Criteria:  Best project in engineering, environmental science, mathematics/computer science, life science, and physical science

Award:   Five Certificates, five tangible awards, the best of the five also receives a bronze medallion

Judge:  TBA

United States Navy/Marine Corps

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Best science fair project in any category

Award:  4 Junior Division Certificates, Congratulations letter and a medallion, 2 Senior Division Certificates, Congratulations letter, a medallion and $50 sent directly by the US Navy at a later time.

Judge:  Mike Gilmer, LT USN

United States Public Health Service

Eligible Grade:  7^th – 12^th

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Most outstanding student project that creatively illustrates the Surgeon General’s focus on promoting healthy lifestyles through the benefit of physical activity, balanced nutrition, injury prevention, and avoidance of tobacco and substance abuse.

Award:  Certificate

Judge:  TBA

Yale Science and Engineering Association

Eligible Grade:  11^th Only

Competing As:  Individual

Criteria:  Most outstanding 11^th grade student exhibiting in the areas of computer science, engineering, physics or chemistry.

Award:  Certificate, congratulations letter and medallion (sent to winner late summer)

Judge:  TBA