Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair
- Date of this year's Fair—March 17, 2012, 24 days from now.
- Location—Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids.
- The When and Where page has schedules, maps, and directions to help you find your way on Fair Day.
- News from the Fair—read it in the EISEF Recent News.
- Date of next year’s Fair—March 16, 2013, 13 months from now.
This year’s logo
EISEF's Mission Statement
We are the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair (EISEF).
Our mission is to inspire eastern Iowa’s students to pursue careers in science, engineering, and math.
To accomplish our mission, every year we do the following:
- We challenge the students in grades 6–12 to do science projects.
- We support their parents and teachers in guiding their projects.
- We invite them to Cedar Rapids to exhibit their projects and explain what they learned.
- We recognize the deserving students with awards, prizes, and scholarships.
- We send the very best students to the International Science and Engineering Fair, to exhibit their projects alongside the best students from around the world.
- We raise funds and mobilize volunteers and resources to make all this happen.
- We try to have fun doing it, and make it fun for everyone else.
This web site: Information for the EISEF mission.
This web site is a primary source of information for the people who carry out EISEF’s mission:
Follow the links above, on the left, and in the EISEF News section below to find the information you need for your part in EISEF’s mission.
EISEF Recent News
2012–01–24: Students: Time to enter your project in the Fair
Here’s what you need to do:
- Read the For Students And Teachers page and follow its directions.
- Check the Forms Guide to find out what forms and certificates you need to fill out and when.
- Finish your experiment and complete your paperwork.
- Fill out the Student Entry Form and submit it.
- Mail us copies of your Student Entry Signature Pages and all your other paperwork. The deadline is February 26, 2012.
- Check the status of your entry on the Status of Student Entries page.
- Bring the originals of all paperwork with you to the Fair on March 17, 2012.
2012–01–11: Video at EISEF
We’re thinking about recording and publishing video of the Fair. We’ve updated our Privacy Policy to tell you what this means to you.
2012–01–09: We’ve started to recruit judges
What’s involved in being a judge? Our Judges page tells you.
Do you want to judge? Fill out our Volunteer Signup form and let us know!
Do you want to help recruit judges? Post our 2012 judging flyers, or use them as handouts.
2011–11–27: Student seeks survey-takers
Taylor Morgen, an 11th-grader in Yorktown Heights, New York, is researching how high school “internship”-style programs affect students later in life. For this she’s seeking adults to take her web survey at “Evaluation of Academic Extracurricular Programs”.
She will keep your responses confidential. She’ll share her findings if you send email to with “Evaluation of Academic Extracurricular Programs” in the subject line.
2011–10–24: 2012 EISEF Logo is now available.
2011–09–01: EISEF 2012 season starts
Come to the first EISEF Board meeting and see what it takes to put on a science fair!
- When and where: Tuesday, September 13, at 5:30 PM, in the Marion Public Library.
- The Calendar of Events shows the meeting dates for the whole season.
This year’s ISEF will take place May 13–18, 2012, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Visit the ISEF Website for more information.
Senior students & teachers: You need to review the ISEF rules—they’ve changed for 2012.
- The ISEF 2012 Rules and Guidelines FAQ has a link to a page “Can I use last year’s forms?” (It strongly recommends using the 2012 forms.)
- The EISEF Forms Guide requires you to use the 2012 ISEF forms.
- The ISEF website has a document that highlights the rules changes for 2012.
2011–08–29: ISEF 2011 photos available
The 2011 Photo Album now has photos of the Iowa students at ISEF in Los Angeles last May.