Judges' Information

No. Presenters can elect to participate (or not) in judging.

Presentations will be assigned to a session based on the applicant’s academic discipline. Typically, 6-10 entries are assigned by department to a session, e.g., Chemistry. If we have enough entries, we might have two sessions, e.g., Chemistry 1 and Chemistry 2.  If we do not have sufficient entries, we might combine entries from multiple departments into a single session, e.g., Physical Sciences.

Presentations (10 min) will be judged based on the presentation of the work. Presenters should clearly state:

• What did they did/are they doing?
• Why do it? What is the need/context to other work in the field?
• How did/will they do it? What methods will/did they use?
• How will their work further knowledge in the field/benefit or impact society?

Judges will award a 1^st ($150) and 2^nd ($75 prize) or two joint 1^st place prizes ($112.50) if one UG and one G recipient for regular sessions.

In addition, students can compete for special sessions, as are described on the registration form.

Yes. Students are eligible to compete for judging in up to 2 special session awards in addition to their regular session.