Special Awards

Science for Society and the Public Middle School Program

Yale Science and Engineering Association, Inc.

Awarded to the most outstanding 11th grade student exhibiting in the areas of Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Chemistry

Society For In Vitro Biology

Awarded to the most outstanding 11th grade student exhibiting in the areas of plant or animal in vitro biology or tissue culture

Office of Naval Research

Awarded to two of the most outstanding 9-12th graders in the fair

The U.S. Public Health Service

Awarded to the most outstanding project designed to address the challenge of exercise, healthy diet and weight control, hazards from tobacco usage, injury and illness prevention or alcohol abuse

United States Army

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th graders exhibiting in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Computer Science/Mathematics, Life Sciences and Physical Sciences

U.S. Metric Association

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th grader whose project involves significant amount of quantitative measurement and which best uses the SI metric system for those measurements

Ricoh Corporation

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th graders, individuals or teams, addressing the issues of environmental responsibility and sustainable development in their science fair projects

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th grader exhibiting a project concerning ecosystems, weather and water, climate or commerce and transportation

Mu Alpha Theta -Mathematics Honor Society

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th graders, individual or teams, exhibiting a creative investigation of a problem involving mathematics accessible to a high school student

National Society of Professional Engineers

Awarded to the most outstanding 7-12th graders exhibiting in engineering

American Meteorological Society

Awarded to the two most outstanding 6-12th graders exhibiting in atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences

American Psychological Association

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th graders exhibiting in psychology

ASM Materials Education Foundation

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th graders exhibiting in materials engineering

Association for Women Geoscientists

Awarded to the most outstanding female in 6-12th grades exhibiting in geosciences

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th grader exhibiting in engineering

Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award

Awarded to the most outstanding 9-12th grader exhibiting in computer science

American Chemical Society

Awarded to the most outstanding 5-12th graders exhibiting in physical science or chemistry