Awards
Four types of awards are handed out at NEOSEF:
- Regular Fair Awards
- Special Awards
- Discovery Channel Youth Challenge Awards
- Grand Prize Awards.
Regular Fair Awards: These awards are handed out for 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and Honorable Mentions based on assigned judging results.
- 1st Place winners receive $100, a Gold Medal and a Blue Ribbon
- 2nd Place winners receive $25, a Silver Medal and a Red Ribbon
- 3rd Place winners receive a Bronze Medal and a White Ribbon
- Honorable Mentions receive a Green Ribbon
Special Awards: Awards totaling over $15,000 in the form of cash and prizes are donated by companies, organizations and societies that judge projects base on specific criteria they establish. All students are able to win special awards regardless of placement in regular fair judging.
Society for Science and the Public Middle School Awards: Students in grades 7th and 8th are eligible for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovator Challenge (JIC). Finalists of this competition will receive an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC to compete for $100,00 in prizes. To enter this competition, students must be nominated by NEOSEF.
Grand Prize Winners: Each year, up to five NEOSEF 9-12th Grade Grand Prize Winners from NEOSEF are selected to participate at the next level of science fair competition, the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). ISEF is known as the “Olympics” of Science Fairs where more than 1,700 students from all 50 states and more than 70 countries from around the world compete for more than $4,000,000 in scholarships and prizes. All costs associated with this competition, including registration fee, travel expenses, lodging, and meals will be paid for by the Northeastern Ohio Science & Engineering Fair.
7-8th Grade Grand Prize Winners receive a plaque commemorating their achievement and a cash prize.
9-12th Grade Grand Prize Winners receive a plaque
and an all-expense paid trip to compete in the International Science and Engineering Fair.
