AWARDS

Category Awards

For Elementary, junior and senior division, USEF gives Amazon Gift Cards and trophies to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th as well as Scientific Merit medals to winning projects in each of the competition categories.

Special Awards

The following special awards will be presented this year:

1. Air & Waste Management Association Award- Project must address  environmental engineering, science, or management.
2. Airavata Bioengineering Award- Project demonstrates innovation in medical or healthcare solutions with limited resources.
3. Association for Women Geoscientists Student Award for Geoscience Excellence- The project must be by a student who identifies as a woman or non-binary, and have a strong geoscience component.
4. American Psychological Association Award-Project demonstrates strong research in psychological science.
5. Broadcom Coding with Commitment- Project involves coding or computational thinking to solve a meaningful problem.
6. FRIENDS of Great Salt Lake Special Award- Project is relevant to the Great Salt Lake ecosystem.
7. Hogle Zoo Conservation Impact Award- Project addresses conservation or environmental impact.
8. Lemelson Early Inventor Prize- Project presents a novel invention or improvement solving a real-world problem.
9. Mission Math Award- Project makes strong and effective use of mathematics.
10. Natural History Museum of Utah Science Discovery Award- Project demonstrates strong scientific inquiry or discovery.
11. NASA Earth System Science Award- Project demonstrates understanding of Earth system science and interconnected spheres.
12. NOAA Award- Project advances understanding of climate, weather, oceans, or water systems.
13. OrthIQ Medical Innovations Award- Project focuses on medical or athletic innovation, especially musculoskeletal health.
14. Red Butte Garden & Arboretum Excellence in Plant Science- Project demonstrates excellence in plant science or botany.
15. Regeneron Biomedical Science Award- Project demonstrates excellence in biomedical science research.
16. Ricoh Sustainable Development Award- Project addresses sustainability through social or environmental innovation.
17. Society for In Vitro Biology Award- Project involves plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture.
18. Stockholm Junior Water Prize- Project focuses on water science or water-related issues.
19. T.D. Williamson – Energy & Environmental Science Award- Project demonstrates focus on energy and/or environmental science.
20. T.D. Williamson – Outstanding Young Scientist Award- Project demonstrates exceptional promise as a young scientist.
21. The Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy- project demonstrates strong potential to help policymakers better understand climate change impacts or possible solutions.
23. U.S. Air Force – Elementary Division Award- Project demonstrates strong STEM thinking and future scientific leadership
24. USEF Student Advisory Board- This project can be used globally, specifically for International issues. The student may not need to state a global issue in their presentation, but SAB members can ask how it could be used. Elementary and Junior division only. 
25. Yale Science & Engineering Association Award- Project demonstrates outstanding STEM achievement at the high school level.