Note: Awards subject to change based on sponsorship.
All Participants
Participant Medal and Certificate
Elementary Projects
Exemplary Projects - Plaques and $75 Check
Honorable Mention - Medallion
Junior Projects (Biological Sciences A; Biological Sciences B; Chemistry; Earth/Environmental; Physics; and Technology/Engineering):
1st Place - Plaque and $100 Check
2nd Place - Plaque and $75 Check
3rd Place - Plaque and $50 Check
Honorable Mention - Medallion
High School Projects (Biological Sciences A; Biological Sciences B; Chemistry; Earth/Environmental; Physics; and Technology/Engineering):
1st Place – Plaque and $125 Check
2nd Place – Plaque and $100 Check
3rd Place – Plaque and $75 Check
Honorable Mention - Medallion
Grand Awards
Dewey & Susan Ryals Memorial Award for the Elementary Division
Top 10% of the Junior projects will qualify to be nominated to the Broadcom Masters.Top High School projects will qualify to be nominated to the International Science and Engineering Fair.
Special Awards
These awards will be distributed to projects that meet the guidelines that have been stipulated by the awarding organization or agency.
| Awarding Organization/Agency |
Award |
Divisions |
| DLH Award for Excellence in Public Health Research to honor one senior project (9th-12th grade) for promoting excellence in public health research . The project can be listed under any scientific or engineering category. | Certificate, $250 award | Senior - grades 11-12 |
| ASM Materials Education Foundation Most Outstanding Exhibit in Materials Science | Certificate | Junior or Senior |
| Society for Science & the Public Community Innovation Award One project that will better humanity and improve conditions in the local community |
$500 | Senior |
| Nomination for Stockholm Junior Water Prize for outstanding water science research project |
Certificate, Nomination to participate in next level of contest |
Senior – grades 9 to 12 and age 15 by August 1, 2019 |
| Mu Alpha Theta Award for the most challenging, thorough, and creative investigation of a problem involving modern mathematics. |
Certificate |
Senior |
| NOAA’s “Taking the Pulse of the Planet” Award goes to one individual whose research emphasizes NOAA’s mission to understand and predict changes in Earth’s environment and conserve and manage coastal and marine resources to meet our Nation’s economic, social, and environmental needs. |
Certificate | Junior or Senior Divisions |
| Yale Science and Engineering Award to the most outstanding eleventh grade project in computer science, engineering, physics, or chemistry |
Preliminary Certificate with Formal Certificate and medallion to be sent later |
Senior |
| Outstanding Projects awarded by the Office of Naval Research |
Certificate |
Junior and Senior |
| U.S. Metric Association Award for the project that involves a significant amount of quantitative measurement and best uses the SI metric system. |
Certificate |
Junior or Senior |
| United State Army Awards for scientific/engineering excellence in engineering, environmental sciences, mathematics/computer science, life sciences, and physical sciences. |
Certificates |
Senior |
| Association for Women Geoscientists Award for female student whose project exemplifies high standards of innovativeness and scientific excellence in the geosciences, illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of the geosciences, or promote the sensitivity to the earth as a global system. |
Certificate |
Junior or Senior female participant |
|
Girl Scouts – North Carolina Coastal Pines Creating a Better World Award for a female student who overcomes challenges and demonstrates confidence, and whose project promotes making the world a better place. |
Certificate and Goodie Bag | 1 Elementary, 1 Junior, and 1 Senior female participant |
| RICOH Sustainable Development Award for efforts in addressing issues of environmental responsibility and sustainable development |
Certificate | Senior |
| NASA Earth System Science Award |
Certificate |
Senior |
| SPIE Optics and Photonics Science Fair Award | 1st place award 2nd place award 3rd place award |
Senior |
| 1st place award 2nd place award 3rd place award |
Junior | |
| American Psychological Association Certificate of Award for outstanding research in behavioral or social sciences. |
Certificate |
Junior or Senior |
| American Meteorological Society for Outstanding Achievement |
Certificate |
Senior |
| United States Air Force Awards |
Certificate |
Senior and Junior |
| Society for In Vitro Biology |
Certificate |
11th Grade |
| US Agency for International Development Science Champion Award | Certificate | Junior or Senior |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Young Naturalist Award |
Certificate and $50 |
Elementary |
| North Carolina American Water Works - Water Environment Association |
First, second and third place certificate |
Elementary, Junior, Senior |
| SMT Promising Young Researcher Award |
Certificate |
Elementary and Junior |