Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium

Administrative Procedure

Group Applications are submitted by December 1.
In late December letters are mailed informing schools regarding who is funded by the grant.
Individual applications for both students (student applications must have parental signature), teachers, and adults are due January 20. Anyone planning to attend the symposium must submit an individual application.
Two copies of research papers are to be received by February 10. All students indicating they would submit a paper on the group application should mail their paper to the symposium office.
Papers are sorted into categories (chemistry, environmental science, etc.) and given to a panel of judges to determine whether student is selected to present.
In early March students are informed whether they are presenting for competition on Friday morning.
If student is not selected for presenting for competition, he/she might be invited to present their paper informally at the hotel on Thursday night.
Top 36 presenters and their teachers will have a meeting on Thursday night at the hotel to discuss the next morning’s presentation procedure.