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Awards
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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 1
st
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 from grades 7 and 8
are nominated to compete in the SSP competition
which occurs after NEOSEF. National
finalists of this competition will receive an all-expense paid trip to
Washington, DC to compete for prizes.
Grand Prize Winners: Grand Prize Winners are divided into
Biological Science Winners and Physical Science Winners and by grade level.
7-8th
Grade Grand Prize Winners receive a plaque
commemorating your acheivement.
9-12th
Grade Grand Prize Winners receive a plaque
and an
all-expense paid trip to compete in the International Science and Engineering
Fair.
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