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2025 EVENT INFORMATION
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Poster & Paper Project Numbers
DOWNLOAD THE IJAS APP to check your information!
DOWNLOAD THE IJAS APP to check your information!
All of the State Science Exposition Entries are LIVE!
Project numbers have been assigned for both the Paper and Poster Sessions. Please download the IJAS App to view your information and ensure accuracy, including spelling, category, and project type (experimental or design).
If any information needs to be corrected, please contact the session chairs.
Please allow 24-28 hours for submitted changes to appear in the App.
Poster Session Chair: ryan.friel@ijas.org
Paper Session Chair: amy.boucek@ijas.org
All changes must be submitted no later than April 24, 2025.
2025 State Science Exposition Schedule
Participant
Credential
Pick-up/Check-in
Participant
Credential
Pick-up/Check-in
State Farm Center
May 2, 2025
7am-10am
State Farm Center
May 2, 2025
7am-10am
ALL PARTICIPANTS
MUST CHECK-IN
NO PARENTS/SPONSORS ALLOWED
Only credentialed participants, volunteers and/or judges will be allowed past SFC Security during the 3 Poster Sessions
OPEN HOUSE
All parents, families, and visiting schools
1:30pm-2:30pm
Volunteer/Judge Credential
Pick-up/Check-in
Volunteer/Judge Credential
Pick-up/Check-in
State Farm Center
May 2, 2025 - Session 1
7am-9:45am
State Farm Center
May 2, 2025 - Session 1
7am-9:45am
May 2, 2025 - Session 2
2:45pm-3:00pm
May 2, 2025 - Session 2
2:45pm-3:00pm
May 3, 2025
7am-8:45am
May 3, 2025
7am-8:45am
Judges Meeting Session 1
May 2, 2025
9:45am-10:15am
Upper Bowl
Judges Meeting Session 2
May 2, 2025
2:45pm-3pm
Upper Bowl
Judges Meeting Session 3
May 3, 2025
8:30am-9am
Upper Bowl
EPIC Judges Meeting
May 3, 2025
8:30am-9am
Traditions - South
Special Award Judges Meeting
May 3, 2025
9:05am-9:15am
Traditions - North
PAPER
SESSION
PAPER
SESSION
::Saturday, May 3, 2025
Illini Union
::Saturday, May 3, 2025
Illini Union
Paper Session ONLY
Doors Open
8am Illini Union Ballroom
Participant Check-in
8-9am Illini Union Ballroom
Judge Check-in
8-9am Illini Union Ballroom
Welcome
9am Illini Union Ballroom
Presentations/Judging
9:30am-12:30pm
Illini Union (various rooms)
Check the IJAS App under each Participant for room assignments.
Overall Results
Overall Results
POSTER
SESSION
POSTER
SESSION
Friday, May 2, 2025
State Farm Center
Session 1
10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Session 2
3 pm - 6 pm
Saturday, May 3, 2025
Session 3
9 am - 12:30 pm
Overall Results
Overall Results
POSTER SESSION ADDITIONAL DETAILS
POSTER SESSION ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Student Participants
Students will present three times, and their scores will be averaged.
Students will present during ALL three sessions.
Students are free to leave after being judged during Session 1 and Session 2.
Poster boards MUST stay up from Session 1 through Session 3. They may be removed at 12:30 pm on Saturday.
Students must have three copies of their papers. If the Regional Chair did not provide an accessible, shareable link to the entire paper document (Abstract, Safety Sheet, Endorsements, and full Paper) during registration, Mrs. Dawson or her designee will collect one copy of the paper for the plagiarism check during the exposition. This copy will NOT be returned.
Students will NOT wait for a feedback forms this year. All score sheets and feedback forms /
will be handed back in an envelope to the sponsors after the awards ceremony.
Safety Check/Safety Judging will be done the two weeks before the fair and during Session 1.
Students may be visited by a Safety Judge during Session 1 for additional information or to view signatures.
A visit from a Safety Judge does NOT count as being judged for a score.
Students must stay at their boards during Session 3.
Session 3 will be the third regular judging session and the special awards judging session.
Session 3 will also be the ONLY session where Special Awards Judges will be present.
If a student is NOT at their board, they will not be considered.
Schools will be charged a $50 no-show fee for each project not present for the poster or the paper session.
Parents & Sponsors
Only credentialed volunteers, judges, and registered participants will be allowed
through security at the State Farm Center for each session.
Sponsors must volunteer and work the event to be credentialed to enter.
All participants, volunteers, sponsors, and parents must adhere to the UIUC/SFC Protection of Minors Policy.
The State Farm Center is OPEN to the Public during the Open House, Friday, May 2, 2025, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm.
The SFC will be resecured starting at 2:30 pm for Session 3.
IJAS BANQUET
IJAS BANQUET
Saturday
May 3, 2025
Special Award
Judging
Special Award
Judging
Saturday, May 3, 2025
State Farm Center
Poster Session 3
9 am-12:30 pm
Includes:
Special Awards
Scholarships
Exceptional Projects in Category (EPIC)
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Saturday, May 3, 2025
Illini Union
Paper Session
9 am-12 pm
Top 20 Paper Awards
J&J Hoffaman Memorial
Navy Awards
AWARD
Ceremony
AWARD
Ceremony
State Farm Center
5 pm
Open to the Public.
No Credentials needed, but the Clear Bag Policy is still in effect.
IJAS Sponsors Annual Meeting
IJAS Sponsors Annual Meeting
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