Awards for Iowa students at ISEF (May 19, 2023)
This Iowa student received a Grand Award at ISEF in Dallas:
Jacob Hohl, Central Lee HS, Donnellson
- Earth and Environmental Sciences, Fourth Award of $500
Flash update on photos (April 9, 2023)
100% coverage! This year, we got a photo of all the student exhibits. We received a replacement for the missing exhibit photo, Charolett Schneider & Ayla Zinnert, at SSTFI (the state science fair) from their adult sponsor Arie Schiller. Yea!
Progress report on photos (April 9, 2023)
We’ve posted all photos of the award recipients to the 2023 Photo Album.
99% coverage! This year, we got a photo of all but 1 of the student exhibits. We’ve posted them to the 2023 Photo Album. Now to tweak their captions, and add other photos from the Fair.
Missing photo. We have no photos of the following students at their exhibits:
- JT23: Ayla Zinnert & Charolett Schneider
If you took their pictures at their exhibits, please e-mail the photos to the .
New page for old stuff (April 2, 2023)
Recently we discovered some interesting files in the EISEF attic: Our lists of award winners 1977–88 and 1999. We decided to share these old lists with you, plus some other memories we’ve found. Visit Twentieth-Century Relics to view them.
Summary of the 2023 Fair (March 20, 2023)
The Fair took place on Saturday, March 18, 2023 — 13 months ago.
Meet our 2023 Senior Champions.
Sidney Gruntmeir, Jacob Hohl, Everlee Harvey, all from Central Lee HS in Donnellson.
They won at EISEF in Cedar Rapids. Now they’ll take part in the International Science and Engineering Fair, this May in Dallas.
Meet the rest of our students.
Center court of Lindale Mall, just before judging started.
Statistics:
- 180 students attended from 19 schools, with 145 exhibits.
- 77 judges interviewed them.
- They received 166 awards in all.
Lists:
- All the exhibits and awards at the fair.
- The award winners, by school
- The award winners, by award
- EISEF 2023 Photo Album. (We will gradually fill this in over the next few weeks.)
Did you take photos at the Fair? If you’d like to share them, we’d love to see them. E-mail them to the , and maybe we’ll include them in our photo album.
Senior and Junior Champions: Now you have to get ready to go to Dallas, and you have to meet some strict deadlines. Our Post-Fair Info page tells all about it.
EISEF 2023 award winners, by school (March 20, 2023)
B.R. Miller MS, Marshalltown
EISEF: Class I, Junior Teams
Thermo Fisher JIC: Outstanding Achievement
Beckman Cath HS, Dyersville
EISEF: Class I, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class II, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class II, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 6th Year Student
American Psychological Association: Outstanding Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Genius Olympiad: Outstanding Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award: Outstanding Achievement
National Geographic That’s Geography! Award: Outstanding Achievement
Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association of Iowa: Outstanding Achievement
Regeneron Biomedical Sciences Award: Outstanding Achievement
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize: Outstanding Achievement
Thermo Fisher JIC: Outstanding Achievement
US Navy and Marine Corps: Outstanding Achievement
Central Lee HS, Donnellson
EISEF: Senior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 6th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 7th Year Student
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society: Outstanding Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
NASA Earth System Science Award: Outstanding Achievement
Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association of Iowa: Outstanding Achievement
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize: Outstanding Achievement
US Agency for International Development: Science Champion
Central Lee MS, Donnellson
EISEF: Junior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class I, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class II, Junior Teams
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Physical
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club: Outstanding Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize: Outstanding Achievement
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Outstanding Achievement
Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association of Iowa: Outstanding Achievement
Thermo Fisher JIC: Outstanding Achievement
US Navy and Marine Corps: Outstanding Achievement
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association of Iowa: Outstanding Achievement
Holy Trinity Cath, Ft Madison
EISEF: Class I, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Physical
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society: Outstanding Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers: Outstanding Achievement
Ricoh Corporation: Ricoh Sustainable Development
Thermo Fisher JIC: Outstanding Achievement
Keokuk HS, Keokuk
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Class II, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 6th Year Student
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
US Air Force: Outstanding Achievement
US Navy and Marine Corps: Outstanding Achievement
Keokuk MS, Keokuk
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Teams
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
US Metric Association: Award of Merit
Linn Mar HS, Marion
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
Society for In Vitro Biology: Outstanding Achievement
Maharishi Sch, Fairfield
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
Association for Women Geoscientists: Outstanding Achievement
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club: Outstanding Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Teacher Award
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers: Outstanding Achievement
Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association of Iowa: Outstanding Achievement
Mazzuchelli Sch, Dubuque
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Teams
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Prairie City Monroe HS, Monroe
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award: Outstanding Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
West HS, Iowa City
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Class II, Senior
Genius Olympiad: Outstanding Achievement
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award: Outstanding Achievement
US Navy and Marine Corps: Outstanding Achievement
Yale Science & Engineering Association: Most Outstanding Exhibit
EISEF 2023 award winners, by award (March 20, 2023)
EISEF: Junior Champion
EISEF: Senior Champion
EISEF: Class I, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class I, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class I, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class I, Senior
EISEF: Class II, Junior Biological
EISEF: Class II, Junior Physical
EISEF: Class II, Junior Teams
EISEF: Class II, Senior
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Biological
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Physical
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Junior Teams
EISEF: Honorable Mention, Senior
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 4th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 5th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 6th Year Student
EISEF: Participation Achievement Award: 7th Year Student
American Psychological Association: Outstanding Achievement
Association for Women Geoscientists: Outstanding Achievement
Cedar Rapids Audubon Society: Outstanding Achievement
Cedar Valley Amateur Radio Club: Outstanding Achievement
Excellence in Science Research: Outstanding Achievement
Genius Olympiad: Outstanding Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Meritorious Achievement
Inspiring Excellence: Alan B. Adams Teacher Award
Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers: Outstanding Achievement
Laverne & Frances Vaske Science & Education Memorial Award: Outstanding Achievement
Lemelson Early Inventor Prize: Outstanding Achievement
NASA Earth System Science Award: Outstanding Achievement
National Geographic That’s Geography! Award: Outstanding Achievement
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: Outstanding Achievement
Occupational and Environmental Health Student Association of Iowa: Outstanding Achievement
Regeneron Biomedical Sciences Award: Outstanding Achievement
Ricoh Corporation: Ricoh Sustainable Development
Society for In Vitro Biology: Outstanding Achievement
Stockholm Jr. Water Prize: Outstanding Achievement
Thermo Fisher JIC: Outstanding Achievement
US Agency for International Development: Science Champion
US Air Force: Outstanding Achievement
US Metric Association: Award of Merit
US Navy and Marine Corps: Outstanding Achievement
Yale Science & Engineering Association: Most Outstanding Exhibit
Last-minute info for the 2023 Fair (March 16, 2023)
The Fair is Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Lindale Mall, Cedar Rapids.
Times
Check-in for everybody starts at 8:00 AM on Fair Day.
- Students
- EISEF judges
- Sponsored Award judges
Places
Mall Entrance
- Only one Mall entrance will be open on Saturday morning: On the Mall’s north side, next to the former Sears.
- Lindale Mall Info has maps and a photo that show where it is.
- We’ll raise an EISEF banner over the entrance to guide you.
- Follow the crowds and the parked cars.
- Everybody — students, adult sponsors, and judges — will be funneling through this single set of doors.
- Nobody else will be entering the Mall at that time.
Key locations
- EISEF Headquarters: Main level near the former Sears, across from the Sears entrance.
- Student Check-in: Main level in front of the Sears entrance.
- Judges’ Check-in: Outside EISEF HQ.
- Sponsored Awards Check-in: Inside EISEF HQ.
The When and Where page has schedules, maps, and directions to help you find your way on Fair Day.
Advice for you
Last-minute judges and volunteers: come to check-in (EISEF Headquarters) and we’ll sign you up there.
Students:
- You can check your entries on the Status of Student Entries page.
Judges:
- You can pick the exhibits you’d like to judge — before the Fair. These pages list the entries we’ve received, with their titles and descriptions. Look them over, choose a couple that are right for you, and you’ll be ready to sign up on Fair Day morning.
- Exhibit List for Judges (regular EISEF judging)
- Exhibit List for Awards (Sponsored Awards)
Everybody: Contribute to the 2023 Photo Album!
- Take 3 (or more) photos of things you see at EISEF.
- Email them to .
- We’ll include the photos we like.
Encouraging Video from Maya Ajmera and George Yancopoulos (February 14, 2023)
ISEF has released an encouraging video from Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science and Executive Publisher, Science News, and George Yancopoulos, Co-Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Regeneron. The video congratulates all participants at the science fair for their hard work; you can use it to encourage or motivate your students and yourself.
You’ll find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJYy_BaZtLc
Opportunity for STEM teachers and mentors (February 14, 2023)
We received the following from on February 10, 2023:
Professional development opportunity for STEM teachers and mentors in your fair networks!
Applications are now being accepted for the Society for Science’s Advocate Program. This program provides a stipend, training, and year-round support to teachers and mentors who help students from traditionally underrepresented groups and low-income households enter STEM research competitions. Click here for eligibility requirements and to apply, applications are due March 5th.
We’ve started to recruit judges (January 24, 2023)
- What’s involved in being a judge? Our Judges page tells you.
- Watch our training video for more info.
- Do you want to judge? Fill out our Volunteer Signup form and let us know!
- Do you want to help recruit judges? Post our 2023 judging flyers, or use them as handouts.
Register your project for EISEF (January 24, 2023)
We will hold the Fair in-person in Lindale Mall on March 18, 2023.
Here’s what you need to do register your project for it:
- 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.
- Visit the ProjectRegistrationForm, follow the link, fill out the form and submit it.
- Send us copies by email of your Student Entry Signature Page and all your other paperwork. The deadline is February 27, 2023.
- 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 18, 2023.
Regeneron ISEF: Guide for Project Materials etc. (November 15, 2022)
We received this email from
Subject: Regeneron ISEF: Guide for Project Materials and Display & Safety and Scientific Review Committee Membership Applications
Dear Fair Directors and Contacts,
As we anticipate the fast-approaching science fair season, we have a few updates and opportunities to share. The Executive Committee of the Regeneron Display & Safety Committee and the Regeneron Scientific Review Committees both met this fall and have supported Society staff in making a few updates to the Guide for Project Materials.
Within the Guide, we have added a section on the physical display board in addition to providing guidance on the virtual display.Judges have increasingly commented that the display boards are illegible due to the volume of materials being provided on the board in small fonts. The guidelines for the physical board are provided as recommendations and not requirements.
We have also made two key changes to the Display & Safety regulations within the International Rules that you will see reflected in the document posted online and that are explained within the Guide for Project Materials:
- Acknowledgements on the project display are no longer prohibited; in alignment with the ISEF ethics statement, students may recognize those that have supported their work in a section on the display.
- Student-created logos are to be properly credited within the photograph/image display requirements but are no longer restricted to one instance on the display.
Given the volume of projects to be reviewed by the SRC and Display & Safety Committee each Spring, we also are recruiting for members of the Regeneron ISEF Display & Safety Committee and for the Regeneron ISEF Scientific Review Committee (as members and readers). We have created online applications for both committees that are now available. Please consider applying and please share forward to your fair personnel, volunteers or educators who might be interested.
Apply to the ISEF Display and Safety Committee
Apply to serve as an ISEF Scientific Review Committee member or reader
Sincerely,
—The Regeneron ISEF Team
Grant opportunity for MS and HS teachers (October 5, 2022)
We received the following email from :
We ran across this grant opportunity for Middle and HS teachers who are engaging their students in original research and thought we’d pass it along. I don’t know how competitive it is, but you could get some new classroom equipment if awarded.
https://srg.societyforscience.org/
Brian Douglas, MBA (he/him)
EISEF 2023 season starts (September 8, 2022)
Location and date of this year’s Fair: Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids, on March 18, 2023.
Come to Attend the first EISEF Board meeting and see what it takes to put on a science fair!
- When and where:
- Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5:30 PM
- The second is October 13, 2022 at 5:30 PM
- By videoconference (email for details)
- Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 5:30 PM
- The Calendar of Events shows the meeting dates for the whole season.
Senior students & adult sponsors: You need to review the ISEF rules—they’ve changed for 2023.
- The ISEF website has a document that highlights the latest rules changes.
- The International Rules and Guidelines FAQ has a section “Can I use last year’s forms?” (It strongly recommends using the current year’s forms.)
- The EISEF Forms Guide requires you to use the current ISEF forms.
- Resources for Fair Committees — you need to check this out. It has links to:
- SRC Materials
- IRB Materials
- Self Checklists for Biosafety-Level 1 and -Level 2 Laboratories
Junior students & adult sponsors: Thermo Fisher Scientific is the new sponsor for your STEM competition.
- Read the press release
- Thermo Fisher replaces Broadcom MASTERS as the sponsor.