cssf.usc.eduCalifornia Science & Engineering Fair

California Science & Engineering Fair The California Science & Engineering Fair is the final science fair of the academic year for students throughout the State of California in grades 6 - 12, serving California’s future scientists and engineers since 1952. The fair is hosted by the California Science and Engineering Foundation . Judging interviews for the 73 rd annual California Science and Engineering Fair were held on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. That’s only -28 days away! It’s here!.This year there were 857 participants from 344 schools throughout the State who presented 704 projects in competition for awards totaling over $40,000. Latest News from the Fair : Fair Date CSEF 2024 judging will take place on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and will be entirely online. Student Applications Students who have qualified to participate will be sent invitations individually to their personal email addresses registered with their affiliated fair.Awards Here are all Majors Fair Awards, Category Awards, and Sponsored Awards. Fair Store Open! The CSEF 2024 Store is now open! Memorialize your achievement in being a participant in the California Science & Engineering Fair with CSEF 2024 branded merchandise. The store will only be open until April 29, after which all orders will be shipped. Judge Registration Qualified scientists and engineers who wish to judge at CSEF 2025 should visit the Judges Page below. Awards Ceremony The Awards Ceremony is now available! Click here to check out your category, Sponsored Awards, and Major Fair Awards.See the CSEF 2021 Awards Ceremony which is a series of videos with all of the judging results. These results are also available on this site, just as all results in previous years will always be available in our History section .Student Application System Closed The Final Submission Deadline has now long passed. See the deadlines for all affiliated fairs. If you still need to submit additional required paperwork, email each document as a separate attachment to CSEF.SRC@gmail.com . Include your project number in the body of that email. Student Application System Open! We are now accepting applications from students who wish to participate in CSEF 2022. Applicants must have received an invitation from CSEF containing a link with a special key that will enable them to create a participant account. This email has been sent to all students named on our list of students eligible to submit applications . Make sure to submit your application on time. See the deadlines for all affiliated fairs. We are almost ready to begin accepting applications. When the application system opens,checklist of all required materials . Qualified Students All students who are presently eligible to submit an application are listed here. This list includes all students selected by our affiliates to date. Students must still submit an application in order to participate. Student Registration Qualification to CSEF is exclusively through our network of affiliated county and multi-county regional science fairs. CSEF will provide registration information directly to students after their affiliated fair certifies its qualifications. See here for the list of all currently qualified students. Project Displays All projects, including their Project Presentations , are available for public viewing at our zFairs 2023 site . Click on its menu item “Fair” and then “Showcase.” Interview Schedules The Framework for all interview schedules shows the time frame in which each interview will be conducted. Students and judges in small panels will receive their individual interview schedules within their account on our zFairs site . Those in large panels will follow the times shown in the Framework.Judge Registration Judge Registration for the 2023 Fair is now closed. All interviews are now being scheduled. No more judges can be added after the schedule is complete. See here for more details regarding both Category Award judges and Sponsored Award judges. Judge Registration is still open. See the Judges Page for further information. Recent Announcements Interview Recordings — and what students need to do in order to ensure a successful interview. Interview Framework — Now includes the windows for all interviews in every judging panel.Awards See our CSEF 2021 page for a listing of participants and awards. Student Registration Student registration closed on Saturday, April 3. list of applications received .Final Submission Deadline of Wednesday, April 1, has now passed. This process remains available only for missing team members whose teams have already been accepted. No other new applications will be accepted.Category Assignments See this alphabetical list of participants as well as the list of all projects organized by division and category .All Projects Organized by division and category. Incomplete Student Applications Check for missing required items on this list of all participants organized by the student’s qualifying affiliated fair. Results All judging results are now available, including Category Awards , Major Fair Awards , and External Awards . Photographs coming soon.Note: The Judge Registration Process is presently unavailable, but will be back online shortly. All judges in past years will be notified when it returns. For all others interested in joining the ranks of our judges, please visit the registration process to indicate your interest in being contacted when it returns.Important: No further judges are needed, and no further judges will be accepted for this year’s fair. This process remains open solely for judges who have been assigned to specific judging panels and need to inform us in case they have to back out of their earlier commitment.Changes for the 2019 Fair Dates, ISEF affiliation, New certification process required of all projects, and more...Science Fair Teacher of the Year Finalists Announced (Apr 19) Jennifer Claudio, Eric Hartung, Roxanna Jackman, Cathy Messenger, Najwan Naserelddin, and Christopher Petriccione. Student Application The student application process is nearly ready. In the meantime, please download the Student Application Packet for complete information about this year’s Fair. See also, the list of all students eligible to submit applications to date .all awards in a single spreadsheet, with category awards organized by county.2017 Photographs Posted Photographs of all Category Awards are now available. Photographs of Special Awards posted. Photographs of Recognition Awards available. Portraits of all participants are also available now. Other pictures are in process. July XX: All portraits now available. July XX: Major Fair Award photos added to the collection. July XX: Special and Recognition Award photos added to the collection.Registration Problems Students still missing one or more elements which will block Registration until provided. All Participants Shows the current status of all items required before you will be permitted to set up your project display.Status of All Applications This list shows all acceptances to date, applicants awaiting decisions, and any missing items which could, if not corrected, prevent students from presenting their projects at the Fair. See also the list of all students who have qualified to participate to date.Acceptances Announced (May 2) Registration Status This list shows any missing items which could, if not corrected, prevent students from presenting their projects at the Fair.Category Award Photos Photographs of all Category Awards are now available.Status of All Participants This list indicates any missing items which will prevent participants from being allowed to set up their displays.Special and Recognition Awards photographs are now posted. This completes all awards photographs. Many more photographs are in process including the portraits and judging interview period pictures. Awards Ceremony Video Here is the video of participants, projects, and...