AWARDS

Category Awards

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 cash awards and trophies to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & Honorable Mention 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.
22. U.S. Metric Association Award- Project demonstrates effective use of the metric system (SI units)
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.