For Junior & Senior divisions, cash awards and trophies are awarded for each 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place projects in each of the competition categories.
For Elementary division, we award medals to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & Honorable Mention winning projects in each of the competition categories.
The following special awards will be presented this year:
Awarded to the best project in the senior division dealing with atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. | |
Awarded to the student whose project represents outstanding research in psychology in the Behavioral & Social Science Category or other category as long as the project is psychology related. | |
Awarded to student projects that demonstrate significant knowledge, research, and application of the challenges faced by civil engineering. | |
Awarded to the most outstanding exhibit in materials science and engineering. The winning project will need to use materials-related concepts, demonstrate some aspect of the materials paradigm, be clear in presentation, and demonstrate a clear understanding of the scientific method. | |
Awarded to female students whose projects exemplify high standards of innovation and scientific excellence in the geosciences. | |
Any projects that are in the Earth & Planetary Science, Environmental Management, Energy & Transportation, Environmental Sciences categories, for which at least one of the participants is a female. | |
The initiatives encourage and celebrate inventors, social entrepreneurs, innovative designers and creative thinkers who develop solutions to sustainability challenges. | |
A certificate and invitation to enter Broadcom MASTERS national competition will be awarded to projects displaying mastery of S.T.E.M. principles. | |
Awarded to a project that demonstrates student excellency in research and/or innovation. | |
Awarded to a project which explores environmental science and/or engineering. | |
Awarded to a promising student who is working on environmental engineering, science, and/or management. | |
A certificate and cash prize will be awarded to 1st place in Computer Science. | |
Awarded to a project which demonstrates best use of math. | |
Awarded to the project demonstrating the most challenging, original, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to a high school student. | |
Given to the project that exemplifies the use of earth and planetary systems in their project. | |
Awarded to a project whose research emphasizes NOAA's mission: to understand and predict changes in Earth's environment and to conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation's economic, social, and environmental needs. | |
Awarded to an individual or team whose principles and technical innovations offer the greatest potential for increasing our ability to grow environmentally friendly and socially responsible businesses. | |
This award recognizes students who show a comprehension of the principles related to water treatment or the treatment and re-use of waste water. | |
Awarded to the most outstanding 11th grade student exhibiting in the areas of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture. | |
Awarded to extraordinary projects in Chemistry, Energy: Chemical and Physical, and Plant Science. | |
Awarded to the best projects relating to or dealing with water treatment, management, protection or quality. Opportunity to advance tot the National Water Environment Federation Competition. | |
Awarded by the USEF Student Advisory Board. | |
Top Z scores in Environmental Science for Elementary and Secondary. | |
Awarded to the project that best combines science, technology, and art. | |
Awarded to students whose projects demonstrate excellent scientific thought and process skills. | |
Awarded to the project that involves quantitative measures and which best uses the SI metric system for those measures. | |
Awarded to students whose projects demonstrate excellent scientific thought and process skills. | |
Awarded to students whose projects demonstrate excellent scientific thought and process skills. | |
Awarded to the projects that best demonstrate innovation in transportation. | |
Awarded to the most outstanding 11th grade student exhibiting in the areas of computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry. |