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Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
Category Awards
Category
Eligibility
Behavioral/Social Science – As Presented by the American Quality
Society
Biology
• High school student
Chemistry/Biochemistry
• High school student
Engineering – As Presented by Nordco
• High school student
Environmental Science – as Presented by Symbiont
• High school student
Math/Computer Science – as Presented by Steadfast
• High school student
Medicine/Health
• High school student
Physics
• High school student
• High school student
Specialty Awards
1st Place
Certificate,
medallion
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion
Certificate,
medallion,
2nd Place
Certificate,
medallion
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion
Certificate,
medallion,
The number of specialty awards for each project is limited.
Check the Specialty Award Selection Form Under the Student tab, Getting Started.
Specialty Award
Criteria
Eligibility
1st Place
2nd Place
Alpha Chi Sigma
Top Chemistry Project
• High School Student
Cash Award &
Certificate
American Meteorological
Society
Achievement for Creative Scientific
Endeavor in Atmospheric and related
Oceanic & Hydrologic Sciences
• Atmospheric and related
Oceanic & Hydrologic
Sciences
• High School student
Certificate
Certificate
3rd Place
Certificate,
medallion
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion,
Certificate,
medallion
Certificate,
medallion,
3rd Place
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
American Psychological
Association (APA)
Outstanding research in Psychology under
the category of Behavioral and Social
Sciences.
The American Society for
Awarded to the project that best displays
Clinical Laboratory Science proper laboratory procedures. Emphasis is
placed on experimental thoroughness,
attention to scientific process detail and
safety.
American Society for Quality Projects will be reviewed for precision of
(ASQ)
thought, creativity and application
• Behavioral/Social Science
Psychology project
• High school student
• All students
Certificate
• Project in Quality processing
• High school student
ASM International Materials Materials – related concepts, demonstration
Foundation
of structure, processing, properties,
performance relationships. Clarity of
methods, aesthetics and presentation.
Association of Women
High standard of innovativeness and
Geoscientists (AWG)
scientific excellence in the geosciences.
Special considerations given to projects
that increase the public awareness of the
geosciences, illustrate the inter-disciplinary
nature of the geosciences, or promote the
sensitivity to the earth as a global system.
Celebrating students who are social
ASU Walton
Sustainability Solutions entrepreneurs, inventors, innovative
designers, and creative thinkers and
Initiative
projects that bring a fresh perspective to
sustainabiity problems.
• Project in Materials
• High school student
Certificate
Cash award
$250
Medallion and
Certificate
CH2M Hill Award for the
Best Environmental
Engineering Project
• Projects in either Civil or
Environmental engineering
• High school student
For the project that best applies the
principles of Civil or Environmental
Engineering. Examples: Planning, design
and construction of environmental
Certificate
Cash award
• Project in geosciences
• High school female student
only
Certificate
• High School Student
Certificate
Student will also
be nominated
for the Grand
Prize- a trip to
the 2016
Sustainability
Solutions
Festival in AZ
Environmental
Project: Cash
award to be
Certificate
Cash award
$250
Certificate
Student will also
be nominated
for the Grand
Prize- a trip to
the 2016
Sustainability
Solutions
Festival in AZ
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
GENIUS Olympiad
improvements, i.e. pipeline, sewers, roads
and bridges. Environmental improvements
may include water and waste water
treatment, ground water, air quality or
wetlands management.
High School Science Fair project on global
environmental issues, quality science on
topics of human ecology, resources and
energy or ecology and biodiversity.
Intel Excellence in Computer To encourage increased participation on
Science Award
Computer Science, an important source of
innovation for the 21st century.
divided between
team members
• High school project focusing
on Environmental issues
• High school student
• Computer Science project
• High school student
Compete at the
GENIUS
Olympiad
National
competition.
Winner is
responsible for
transportation.
Accommodation
s provided.
Winners receive
Certificates
Certificate and
$200 cash
award
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
MacGyver Award from STI For the most creative use of an item or
Engineering &
material in an application for which it was
American Science and never intended by the manufacturer
Surplus
• All Projects
MU Alpha Theta
• Mathematics project
• High school student
The most challenging, original, thorough
and creative investigation of a problem
involving modern mathematics. (The project
does not have to be entered into the math
category.)
National Oceanic and
“Taking the pulse of the planet.” General
Atmospheric
award whose research emphasizes
Administration (NOAA) NOAA’s mission to understand and predict
changes in the earth’s environment and
conserve and manage coastal and marine
resources.
Office of Naval Research
Project evaluated on scientific approach,
(U.S. Department of
original notebook, thoroughness, ingenuity
the Navy/Marine
& creativity, clarity, skill and student
Corps)
advancement in science. What the student
learned about the subject and the process,
their display exhibit, intelligent discussion
and originality.
RICOH Sustainable
Have principles and technical innovations
Development Award that offer the greatest potential for
increasing our ability to grow
environmentally friendly and socially
responsible businesses. Protect the
environment, prevent pollution and use all
resources in a sustainable manner
Society for In Vitro Biology Eleventh Grade student exhibiting in the
(SIVB)
areas of Plant or Animal in In Vitro Biology
or Tissue Culture.
• Environmental changes
project.
• High School student
• Project process focused
• High School Student
• Environmentally focused
project
• High school student
Certificate,
$100 Gift Card
to American
Science &
Surplus,
catalogue
Certificate
Certificate, $100
Gift Card to
American
Science &
Surplus,
catalogue
Certificate,
medallion, and
letter
Certificate,
Certificate,
award letter, gift award letter, gift
card and medal. card and medal.
Certificate
• Plant or animal In vitro biology Certificate
project
• High school Junior (11th
grade)
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
Stockholm Junior Water
Prize (3)
Improvement of the quality of life through
• Water Science Project
water quality; water resources
• High School student
management; water protection or water and • Student must submit research
waste water treatment. Relevance: on
paper ASAP after State Fair
originality, methodology and approach,
subject matter knowledge and ingenuity.
Open to theoretical and applied sciencebased projects.
United States Air Force
To encourage studies in Math, Science and • Math or science project with
Engineering. Look for projects that could
Air force applicability
have some Air Force applicability.
• High School student
U.S. Metric Association
U.S. Public Health Service
Certificate,
Nomination for
the state SJWP
Competition
(Must enter online by April 15,
2015.) - 3
Awards
Available
Certificate and
technology
supply award
(Four awards
available)
Certificate
Project must involve a significant amount of • Project containing
quantitative data or measurements which
Quantitative data
best use the SI Metric System for those
measurements
measurements.
High School student
Creatively illustrate and expand on key
• Health and well-being related Certificate &
areas of health prevention. Topics:
Medallion,
projects
Tobacco, Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Healthy
Letter of
Eating, Active Living, Mental and Emotional
Congratulations
Well-Being.
Yale Science & Engineering The most outstanding eleventh grade
Association, Inc.
exhibit in Computer Science Engineering,
Physics or Chemistry.
• Computer Science,
Engineering, Physics or
Chemistry project
• High School Junior (11th
grade)
Certificate &
Medallion
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
BEST of Fair
Best-of-Fair
Badger State Science &
Engineering Fair
Criteria
Best category project and presentation,
thoroughness of study, and knowledge of
project process and application
Grand Awards
Grand Awards
Criteria
Eligibility
Category Place winner
High school student
Eligibility
Marian University
Scholarship, 4 Years
To the student whose project
best evidences scientific processes
MSOE Summer Camp
The MSOE Future Engineer Award will Students currently in 9th, 10th, or
11th grades
be awarded to the student who best
highlights the design process in their
project.
Category Award Winner
1st Place
Travel &
Lodging paid trip
to ISEF for
student
2nd Place
Travel &
Lodging paid trip
to ISEF for
student
3rd Place
1st Place
$30,000
$24,000
Full
scholarship to
attend one
of MSOE’s
residential
summer
programs in
the student's
chosen area.
Full
scholarship to
attend one
of MSOE’s
residential
summer
programs in
the student's
chosen area.
Value $750.
Value $750.
$24,000
Badger State Science and Engineering Fair Award List – 2015
Awards will be divided between team members
Stan Jaskolski Engineering To the Junior or Senior Student with the
Scholarship
project that best evidences
engineering principles
Engineering project by a 11th or
Scholarship
12th grade student who
$3,000
plans to attend Marquette
College of Engineering in the
Fall of 2015 or 2016.
State of Wisconsin
Governor’s Young
Scientist Award
To the student whose project most
promotes scientific progress in Wisconsin
with a Wisconsin viewpoint, current
Wisconsin topic, or Wisconsin natural
resource.
Wisconsin viewpoint, Wisconsin
Natural Resource, or current
Wisconsin topic (environmental,
economic, or scientific)
Philip Streich Memorial
Award
An award focusing on positive
environmental impact projects, especially
those that mitigate climate change.
All BSSEF Fair participants
A certificate of
congratulations
from the
Governor of
Wisconsin &
cash award
Certificate
$100 monetary
award
Copy of the
book "Science
Fair Season" by
Julie Dutton