Affiliation & Awards
Awards for Students (9-12 ISEF fair)
Category Awards
Each Regional Science Fair participant will receive a Certificate of Participation.
All students must meet the criteria for the ISEF rules and be approved by the regional SRC to be eligible for a category award.
Central Virginia Science Fair Categories:
Animal Sciences
Behavioral and Social Sciences
Biochemistry
Cellular & Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Earth and Planetary Sciences
Engineering
Energy & Transportation
Environmental Sciences
Mathematical Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Microbiology
Physics & Astronomy
Plant Sciences
First, Second, Third Place, and Honorable Mention awards may be given by the judges in each of the categories.
All decisions by the judges are final.
Category Monetary Awards: First Place $ 50 ~ Second Place $40 ~Third Place $30 ~ Honorable Mention $20
Grand Award - Two ISEF Finalists (Biological and Physical Science)
*TEAM Projects are part of the regular category judging process. Team members will share the cash awards.
They will receive separate certificates after the fair. Team projects can be nominated to the state fair but are not eligible for the Grand ISEF Awards.
Regional and ISEF Professional, Armed Forces, & Government Agences' Special Awards will be presented pending projects that meet award criteria.
2024 Community Innovation Award
The Society for Science is proud to offer an award to high school students at 30 science fairs around the world
who seek to help mankind through science and engineering. CVRSF is one of the 30 fairs selected to offer the award!
The $500 Community Innovation award should be provided to a student who has done a project that will better humanity and improve conditions in the local
community. Participating science fairs should use the judging criteria to award the most deserving student at the high school level of their fair; this award is not associated with becoming a Regeneron ISEF finalist and should be judged separately.
The Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair (VSSEF.org) will be hosted by Old Dominium University April 12-13, 2024
As an affiliated fair, CVRSF may nominate up to 16 projects. All first-place regional winners and second-place winners will be considered.
CVRSF will pay for the VSSEF registration ($35.00) for students who attend in-person at ODU.
Details will be emailed to our nominees immediately after the virtual awards ceremony. A block of rooms are reserved for CVRSF nominated students.