CATEGORY SELECTION

Projects must be entered in ONE of 21 categories.  Many projects could easily fit into more than one category. It is highly recommend that you review the entire listing of the categories and sub-categories before choosing the category that most accurately describes your project. 

You should carefully consider which subcategory best describes your project because judges will be assigned based on their expertise in your chosen subcategory. If the project could be in multiple subcategories (or categories), it is best to select the primary subcategory of your project rather than “Other.”

Ask yourself the following questions to help in the selection of a category:

1. Who will be the most qualified to judge my project? What area of expertise is the most important for the judge to have? (For example, a medical background or an engineering background?)

2. What is the emphasis of my project? What characteristic of my project is the most innovative, unique or important? (For example, is it the application in medicine or the engineering of the machine? Is it inserting the proper gene or the method of computer mapping to demonstrate the results?)

Click here to view project categories and subcategories.