For Award Sponsors

Award Sponsorship

EISEF’s central activity is the judging of projects for EISEF awards for each of our five divisions. Each year we recruit about 150 judges to meet this need.

While this is going on, many other organizations — scientific, engineering, or educational — are also interviewing students to find ones who merit their own Sponsored Awards. The Sponsoring Organizations provide awards directly to individual students in the form of cash, certificates, or other non-monetary recognition. Past sponsors have included:

• colleges and universities

• non-profit academic and professional groups

• companies and government agencies

• individuals who want to inspire excellence among Eastern Iowa’s students

The Award Sponsor determines the criteria for presenting the award: which students should receive the award, and what they should do to merit it. EISEF asks only that the award be based on bona fide scientific or engineering merit.

Would you or your organization like to sponsor an award at the next EISEF? If so, please visit our Award Planning and Registration pages, which will walk you through the process.

The Award Schedule shows the key dates for an Award Sponsor, plus the key times on Fair Day.

The Exhibit List page lists all the projects that have been accepted so far for the Fair, with their titles and descriptions. You can use this to narrow down the projects to those best suited for your awards.

If you have any questions, contact the Awards Committee at awards@eisef.org